Museums

The History Museum

Address: Piata Muzeului 1 (inside the Clock Tower)
Tel: 0265 771.108
Open: Tue. - Sun. 10:00am - 3:30pm; Closed Mon.

Admission charge - one ticket allows entry into three museums: the History Museum, Torture Room and Weapons Collection
The museum presents the evolution of crafts in Transylvania and features a collection of Renaissance furniture, medical instruments, ethnographic artifacts, fine arts and a collection of clocks.

The Torture Room

Address: Piata Muzeului 1 (inside the Clock Tower)
Tel: 0265 771.108
Open: Tue. - Sun. 10:00am - 3:30pm; Closed Mon.

This small but interesting museum is housed at the foot of the Clock Tower in the same room where prisoners were tortured and confessions were extorted during the Middle Ages. Some of the amazing torture instruments and methods are on display.

The Weapons Collection

Address: Str. Cositorarilor 5
Tel: 0265 771.108
Open: Tue. - Sun. 10:00am - 3:30pm; Closed Mon.

Housed on the first floor of the Vlad Dracul house, the museum features an 
array of medieval weapons, showcasing the development of weapons used in
and around the town throughout the ages. Also on display is an oil portrait of 
Michael Freiherr von Melas (1731-1806). Born in Sighisoara, he became a general
of the Austrian mounted troops and fought against Napoleon Bonaparte's army
at Marenga (June 14, 1880).