Radu TUNARU
Complexul Muzeal Arad
The second upright piano in order who was submitted to complex procedures of restauration is W. Hoffmann with serial number 5916 produced in 1923. This artifact raised some different issues than the first one. It was intensly used, often moved, sometimes ”fixed” with all kinds of glue, and inside of the mechanism the textile elements were old and embrittled and
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Mihaela CHETRARI
Muzeul Național de Istorie a Transilvaniei
Iulia TEODORESCU
Muzeul ASTRA Sibiu
In the summer of 2016 during the rescue excavations made at the Cathedral of St. Mihail in Cluj-Napoca it was discovered a fragment of archaeological textiles, from the 17th century.
The textile was sampled from the head area and is a piece of ribbon made of golden silver yarn and silk threads. The
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TÖTSZEGI Tekla
Muzeul Etnografic al Transilvaniei
In 2009, a project funded by AFCN proposed for the first time the development of a methodology for the cultural integration of persons with visual impairments and its application to museum techniques, the outputs of which was a tactile exhibition having a permanent character. In the project "BaGMIVI PROJECT: Bridging the Gap between Museums and
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Silvia SUCIU
Muzeul Etnografic al Transilvaniei
A nu arăta o operă de artă înseamnă a nu-i permite să fiinţeze. (Boris Groys)
Museums and their public haven’t always been as we know them today. In 17th century, curiosity cabinets (mirabilia) have been realized by nobles and aristocrats; the only public of these cabinets was the collector and his fellows, belonging to the same social class. The
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Tudor SĂLĂGEAN
Muzeul Etnografic al Transilvaniei
Transylvanian Museum of Ethnography, a representative institution of the Romanian museology, has already built a solid reputation in the field of programs and adaptations addressed to people with disabilities. The most significant achievement in this field was the opening in 2009 of the first permanent tactile exhibition, which become a landmark
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Mirela MIRON
Liceul Teoretic „Mihai Eminescu”, Cluj-Napoca
Judging by the accounts of the village elders, the custom “The Lads” has only undergone few changes in time, due to social circumstances. The young men start getting together from the very beginning of the Nativity Fast, as always, and rehearse the same carols they learned from the elders, except for the one they sing in church, which
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Ion CHERCIU
Institutul de Etnografie și Folclor „Constantin Brăiloiu” al Academiei Române
Attirée par la beauté du costume populaire de la région du Banat, Elena Secoşan a été une admiratrice sans résérves des travaux du professeur G. Oprescu, à l’école duquel elle reviendra après l’instauration du régime communiste qui avait passé sous silence l’activité scientifique de l’Ėcole
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Aurel Ioan BULBUC
Asociația folclorică „Avram Iancu” Cluj-Napoca,
Adriana BULBUC
Muzeul Național de Istorie Cluj-Napoca Transilvaniei Cluj-Napoca
On the 14th of May, 1987, when it was founded, the unique Ethno- Archeology and History Museum from Iclod had 3 exhibition rooms; nowadays, it has had 12 exhibition rooms.
The „soul” of the Museum is the teacher, choreographer and historian Aurel Ioan
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Pamfil BILŢIU, Maria BILŢIU
Baia Mare
After a brief presentation of the particularities of the Lăpuş area, the first part of our research was dedicated to the history of Costeni village, a folkloric and ethnographic hearth of Romanian ancient and perennial civilization, where the rhapsodist and artisan Vasile Hereş lives and works.
The investigation part presents the rhapsode’s activity, with
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Daciana VLAD
Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai
The werewolf is, in the Romanian mitology, an extraordinary being, a demon who swallows the Sun and the Moon, thus causing eclipses. Multiple representations of this creature, such as regular animals (wolves and dogs) or even fantastic beings (dragons) have led to a mistery concerning the demon's appearance. The werewolf is the embodiment of evil, which
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