The Nicolae Iorga Institute of History (Institutul de Istorie Nicolae Iorga) is a research institute in the field of history under the patronage of the Romanian Academy. The institute is located next the National Museum of Geology and the Kiseleff Park on Bulevardul Aviatorilor in Bucharest.
The institute was founded as the Institute for the Study of Universal History on 1 April 1937 by the historian Nicolae Iorga from Botoșani. It’s headquarters was designed by the architect Petre Antonescu while Olga Greceanu decorated it with frescoes. On 16 December 1939, it was inaugurated.
In 1948, the institution changed its name to History Institute of the Romanian People’s Republic and since 1965 it has been named the Nicolae Iorga Institute of History, after its founded and first director.
