The Museum of Oltenia comprises 3 main departments, located in different buildings in the town of Craiova. The most important and interesting of them is the section of history and archeology, which is located in a building that originally belonged to the Madona Dudu Church and on which trees used to grow. At the beginning of the 20th century, the construction of the current headquarters began, with public funds provided by the Ministry of Education and Cults and by the Craiova Tonwn Hall, because the first boys and girls school was inaugurated here in 1906, for the 40th anniversary of The reign of King Carol I. In the earthquake of 1940 the building was severely damaged, and the communist regime abolished the school in 1948, using the building as a museum.