Slavery and emancipation of the Roma in the Romanian principalities
The "Esclavage et affranchissement" exhibition is curated by Petre Petcuţ, historian and lecturer at Inalco and the University of Bucharest.
This exhibition traces the history of Roma slavery in Wallachia and Moldavia, from the XIVᵉ century to 1856. Presented for the first time in France at the Château des Ducs de Bretagne - Musée d'Histoire de Nantes, with the support of the Collectif Romeurope and the Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l'amitié entre les peuples, it will be adapted for the 2026 edition with a full translation into Romanian and a graphic redesign for the exhibition spaces in France and Romania.
It will be the subject of a double vernissage: in Paris on February 20, 2026 and in Bucharest on November 5, 2026.
