Opened in 2001, the BBU Vivarium offers visitors a permanent collection of approximately 60 species and hundreds of live animals. They belong to various taxonomic groups: reptiles, amphibians, fish, birds, and invertebrates, both native and exotic. Although they come from all continents except Antarctica, the animals are presented in terrariums designed to resemble their natural environment as closely as possible. They are fed according to their specific needs.
Established in 1859 as a section of the Transylvanian Museum, the Zoological Museum of Babeș-Bolyai University is one of the most impressive museums of its kind in Romania, housing some of the oldest collections in South-Eastern Europe.
Opened in the spring of 2018, David Prodan Memorial Museum is both a place of remembrance dedicated to one of the most important Romanian historians and a dynamic space focused on organizing and supporting cultural events.
The Virtual and Documentary Museum of the Holocaust in Northern Transylvania was inaugurated on October 9, 2017, to commemorate, document, and educate about the Holocaust of the Jews in the northern Romanian counties ceded to Hungary in 1940, after the Second Vienna Award.
The Paleontology and Stratigraphy Museum holds an impressive collection of fossils and rocks from both Romania and abroad. Of great historical and scientific value, the educational and scientific collections serve as valuable research and educational tools, playing a crucial role in understanding the Earth’s sciences. Thus, through its specific nature, the Museum of Paleontology and Stratigraphy conducts activities in the field of natural sciences, targeting both natural science students and the general public of all ages.
The Mineralogy Museum is a unique world filled with crystals, precious stones, mineral flowers, gemstones, and meteorites. Although it has been a place of study and in-depth learning for geology students and specialists since its beginnings, the general public is always welcome to discover the museum’s treasures.
The University History Museum’s collections include over 1,000 original items and facsimiles (student notebooks, yearbooks, university textbooks, documents, diplomas, postcards, photos, various scientific instruments, medals, etc.) that illustrate the teaching and research activities of past and present students and professors.
The Alexandru Duma Museum is a place for remembering the First World War, based on the individual experience of Alexandru Duma, a young Transylvanian artist who became a soldier in the Austro-Hungarian Army.
