The D. Minovici Western European Arts Museum occupies a handsome villa in northern Bucharest, close to the better-known Nicolae Minovici museum and Village Museum. Its rooms display decorative arts, furniture, and objects that show how Bucharest's elite looked west while still building a very local city.
It is a quieter museum than the big national institutions, which is part of the charm. Pair it with the nearby Minovici folk-art museum for a neat contrast between European collecting tastes and Romanian vernacular imagination.