The Lower Danube Museum of History and Archaeology (Muzeul Dunării de Jos – Secția Arheologie-Istorie) is a branch of the Lower Danube Museum in Călărași, presenting archaeological discoveries and historical treasures from Călărași County and the surrounding areas of southeastern Romania.
The exhibition opened on June 9, 2012, in approximately 400 square meters of specially equipped galleries. The new facilities made it possible to display valuable archaeological objects, coins, and precious-metal treasures that had previously been kept in storage. The exhibition, titled Evoluția comunităților umane la Dunărea de Jos (The Evolution of Human Communities along the Lower Danube), traces human settlement in the region from prehistory through antiquity and later historical periods.
The archaeological displays include prehistoric tools, pottery, figurines, ornaments, and objects recovered from settlements along the Danube. Particularly notable are discoveries from the Neolithic and Copper Age Boian and Gumelnița cultures, including decorated ceramic vessels and human figurines from sites such as Sultana–Malu Roșu and Căscioarele. Other exhibits represent the Bronze Age, the Getae, Roman settlements, and the medieval Byzantine frontier along the Danube.
A separate treasury exhibition brings together coin hoards and precious-metal objects illustrating monetary circulation in the region over more than two millennia. Among the exhibits are ancient Greek and Macedonian silver coins discovered at Rasa and Boșneagu, Roman Republican denarii from Jegălia, and gold and silver coins from the 16th-century Bora hoard. Byzantine, medieval European, and Ottoman coinage further documents the changing commercial and political influences along the Lower Danube.
