The National Children’s Palace of Bucharest (Palatul Național al Copiilor din București) is a building next to the Youth Park in Bucharest. The palace hosts a variety of educational, cultural, and artistic activities for children and pre-university.
The history of the National Children’s Palace goes back 75 years to when the Palace of the Pioneers was established in the Cotroceni Palace on April 1st, 1949. In 1975, the building was taken over for state protocols and a presidential residence so the institution was moved to a building on Strada Sfinții Apostoli. In 1979, it was moved to another building on Strada Șerban Vodă.
Between 1983 and 1985 a new modern headquarters was constructed and inaugurated in September 1985 as the House of Pioneers and Falcons of the Fatherland. The building has a total area of 17,700 square meters and has a large performance hall with a capacity of 800 seats, a smaller 200-seat hall, and several other activity spaces. After the 1989 Revolution, it was renamed the Children’s Palace en in 1994 it’s current name National Children’s Palace of Bucharest was adopted.
