The metal objects collection constitutes a part of the Museum of Art heritage. Thanks to the objects made of common metal, some important moments of the European metal craftsmanship are presented, and also the influence of the western technical and artistic innovations upon the local production. The main features of the collection are the metal-working techniques, the diversity of the morphological types and of the decorative repertoire. The objects come from the Ormós collection, from the Ciupe and Moga transfers, from donations and aquisitions.

The in-house metal craftmanship is recorded in the 18th century by Francesco Griselini, in the monography entitled: "Attempt of a political and natural history of the Timişoara's Banat" (1780). It tells of the governor's Florimund de Mercy (1716-1734) enterprice to draw in craftsmen around Temesvár (Timişoara, Temeswar). In order to succed, he founded a new quarter, called Gyárváros (Fabric), in which "workers for processing silver, tin, bass and iron" settled. These craftsmen and imperial manufacturers came from areas in which the crafting of the metals reach a very high degree: Austria, Bohemia, Transylvania and later Belgium, Holland, France and Italy. The artistic performance level reached by the local manufacturies in the processing of metals is informed by the goldsmithry held by the religious confessions and by the objects from the guild' heritage.

Explicitly, it is about a provincial art built upon the Western baroque patterns with decorative elements inspired by the Byzantine tradition. Even if the age of medieval guilds had passed, around the year 1800 in Banat emerged corporations of craftsmen which functioned by the same rules until the second half of the 19th century. The apprentices were trained for three years, as appointed by the guild rules; the training assumed a study trip in European centres, distinguised for metal craftsmanship, and finally an exam was held for the title of master. During the study trips, the young apprentices gathered notebooks or tables of patterns and designs and were informed about the main artistic currents from Western Europe of Transylvania.

Starting from the second part of the 19th century to the inter-war period, the local production of metal objects is characterised by the assimilation and interpretation of the Occidental artistic currents, from Biedermeier and historist neostyles to Secession.

One of the oldest manufactury of artistic fittings from Temesvár is the Leyritz family, prized at exhibitions in Spain, Germany, Austria and Hungary.

The objects processed in the Oriental manufacturies came from private collections. They were aquisitioned from European markets, but also from shops around Temesvár, brought as "rarities" at the end of the 19th century. There are also cases of wealthy collectors who brought the objects directly from Asia or Middle East, during their travels.

The artistic processing of metal is completed by ceramic and glass objects, whose artistic value is integrated to the European eclecticism, are based on the late Biedermeier style (after 1840), enhanced by rococo and baroque elements. The harmonization of materials and decorative motifs result in this type of nice objects, very agreable in the interior decoration in the second part of the 19th century.