The Transylvanian
Museum
of Ethnography

The Night of the Nightingales 2022

08.06.2022

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The Transylvanian Museum of Ethnography, a public cultural institution functioning under the authority of the Cluj County Council, in collaboration with the Romanian Ornithological Society (SOR) invite you on Friday, June 10 at the Night of the Nightingales, organized for the third time in the Ethnographic Park, by SOR in collaboration with the Transylvanian Museum of Ethnography. The classic

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“The monk Ilarion Mureșan, a life dedicated to the icon of Nicula”,

07.06.2022

Exhibitions

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The Transylvanian Museum of Ethnography, a public cultural institution functioning under the authority of the Cluj County Council, in partnership with the County Center for the Preservation and Promotion of the Cluj Traditional Culture, invites you on Friday, June 10, starting at 7 pm, to the opening of the exhibition “Monk Ilarion Mureșan, a life dedicated to the icon of Nicula”, an exceptional

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Răsuca (spindle for twisting threads)

07.06.2022

Keepers of Tradition

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This week’s artefact is one used in the domestic textile industry, namely, related to one of the operations that followed the spinning. Răsuca, because this is about it, is a spindle-like tool, with the help of which the thread was twisted. Răsuca in the image has inventory no. 216, it’s made of hardwood, it has the shape of a spindle, with a larger “prâsnel” (a circular weight) and a hook on

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100 years – 100 artefacts

27.05.2022

Keepers of Tradition

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Notch The so-called “notch” (răvaș or carâmb) is registered in the patrimony of the Transylvanian Museum of Ethnography with inventory no. 19. Part of a sheepfold inventory, this object is also known in some areas. It’s a wooden stick, similar to the shepherd’s club, but shorter (101-cm long and 2-cm wide), made of four-sided hardwood. The object comes from Livăzeni village, Hunedoara county, and

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Book Release

23.05.2022

Events

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The Transylvanian Museum of Ethnography, public cultural institution functioning under the authority of the Cluj County Council, in collaboration with the Institute for the Investigation of the Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile invite you on Thursday, May 26th 2022, from 5 p.m., to the release of Nicoleta Șerban’s volume “România 1988-1989. The free world in the defense of the

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Book Release

23.05.2022

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The Transylvanian Museum of Ethnography, public cultural institution functioning under the authority of the Cluj County Council, in collaboration with the Media Provider publishing house, invite you on Wednesday, 25.05.2022, from 05:30 p.m., to volume release “We explore historical Cluj. Bogo and the students of <<George Barițiu>> National College”. Invited speakers: prof. dr. Radu

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Post-event press release – RO-CULTURA projects

23.05.2022

Events

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On 19th and 20th of May 2022, there were the final conferences of two projects financed through the SEE 2014-2021 grants, within the RO-CULTURA project. Thursday, May 19, began with a training held by the NUDA AS association, which focused on the impact of multimedia technology in museums. After the course, the final conference of the project Innovative Techniques in Capitalizing the Cultural

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URBAN WORKSHOP

15.05.2022

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Cluj-Napoca has green visions for the future. The politicians have decided that Cluj-Napoca aims to be Romania’s greenest city within 2030 as part of the Green City Accord. More than 50 cities have signed the Green City Accord. This agreement sees local authorities committing to achieve ambitious environmental goals by 2030 on air, water, nature and biodiversity, circular economy and waste, and

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100 years – 100 artefacts

13.05.2022

Keepers of Tradition

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The image was made by Romulus Vuia, in 1921 and it shows a panorama of Bunila village, Hunedoara county. Characteristic of Pădureni Land, Bunila is a small, gathered village, perched on the “hill saddle”, on smooth peaks and hill ridges, with terraced agricultural fields. Peasant households, surrounded by straw-covered twig fences and vertically arranged wooden fences, have in their composition:

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100 years – 100 artefacts

13.05.2022

Keepers of Tradition

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Căpcea One of the objects that the shepherd couldn’t do without while he was taking care of animals is “căpceaua”. Also called “căuc”, this cup was used by shepherds to drink water from the springs they encountered on their way or from the wooden trugs where the drinking water was stored at the sheepfold. The cup in the next image (inv. no. 215) was purchased by Romulus Vuia in Bunila,

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This project is financed with the support of EEA Grants 2014 2021 within the RO CULTURE Program me

VISITING HOURS

WEDNESDAY-SUNDAY

REDUTA PALACE (MAIN BUILDING – Memorandum Street no 21):
- 10-18
ETHNOGRAPHIC PARK „Romulus Vuia”. Every year the schedule of the Park is changing depending on the hour change (winter hour in October and summer hour in March).
- Winter visiting hours
  - 9-16 (LAST ENTRY 15)
- Summer visiting hours
  - 10-18 (LAST ENTRY 17)
- Monday and Tuesday closed.

CONCURSURI

Puteți accesa AICI concursurile organizate de Muzeul Etnografic al Transilvaniei.

VIRTUAL TOUR

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Farmstead in the Ethnographic Park
can be visited in this virtual tour.
Installations in the Ethnographic Park
can be visited in this virtual tour.
The Reduta Palace
can be visited in this virtual tour.
Cultural objectives of General Interest in Cluj-Napoca
can be visited in this virtual tour.

Access

Reduta Palace

Memorandum Street no 21, 400114,

Cluj-Napoca, România

Phone +40264 592344, +40371113733, Fax: +4 0264 592148

Visiting Hours:

Wednesday – Sunday 10-18

Situated in the historical centre of the city. The access to the information is facilitated for various categories of persons with disabilities by a permanent tactile exhibition designed especially to the persons with visual impairments and by special platforms that make possible the access for the persons with locomotive disabilities.

Ticket price:

Adults: 10 lei/person.
Preschoolers, pupils, students: 2.50 lei
Adults with moderate / mild disabilities: 2.50 lei/person.
Pensioners, war veterans and their widows: 5 lei/person.
Group of visitors minimum 10 people: 7.50 lei/person.
Guide – groups of at least 10 people
- guide in Romanian 50 lei/group
- guide* in Hungarian, English and French 50 lei/group
- *foreign language guidance requires an appointment
Amateur photo fee: 5 lei/camera

Ethnographic Park

Taietura Turcului (Turk’s Cut) Street, no number

Summer schedule

Wednesday – Sunday 10-18 (last entry 17)

Winter schedule

Wednesday – Sunday 9-16 (last entry 15)

Situated at the city outskirts near to Hoia Forest. You can get to the Park by bus (no 26, 27, 28, 30, 41 – to Piata 14 iulie – 14th of July Square or no 37 from Mihai Viteazul Square to the Industrial Park Tetarom – situated in the closed proximity of the Ethnographical Park) – see the buss schedule here; by taxi – see the main taxi companies in Cluj-Napoca here

Ticket price:

Adults: 10 lei/person.
Preschoolers, pupils, students: 2.50 lei
Adults with moderate / mild disabilities: 2.50 lei/person.
Pensioners, war veterans and their widows: 5 lei/person.
Group of visitors minimum 10 people: 7.50 lei/person.
Guide – groups of at least 10 people
- guide in Romanian 50 lei/group
- guide* in Hungarian, English and French 50 lei/group
- *foreign language guidance requires an appointment
Amateur photo fee: 5 lei/camera

Icons Workshop

Stefan cel Mare Square no 5

Visiting hours:

Monday-Friday 10-16

The exhibition space and the Restoration Workshop situated in the close proximity of the Tailors’ Tower, near to the inner wall of the medieval city

Museum Galleries

Reduta Palace, Memorandum Street no 21

Visiting hours: Wednesday – Sunday 10-18

National Ethnograhic Park “Romulus Vuia”, Taietura Turcului Street, no number

Program de vizitare: miercuri-duminică

Summer schedule: 10-17
Winter schedule: 9-15

International Airport Cluj-Napoca, Traian Vuia Street no 149-151

Visiting hours: Monday-Friday 10-18, Saturday: 12-16

The Transylvanian Museum of Ethnography has 3 museum shops where the traditional arts and souvenirs lovers could buy items made by the contemporary folk craftsmen and artists in Romania. The museum shops offer to the visitors various traditional items (folk costumes, popttery recipients, cups, plates, textile fabrics tablecloths and towels, traditional hat, icons on wood and on glass etc.) rigorously selected by the scientific museum staff.

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Tactile Exhibition

The tactile exhibition “Touch and Understand – the Tactile Message of the Traditional Peasant Objects” was made in the year 2009 having the support of the Administration of the National Cultural Fund within the project “Equal Changes in the Access to Culture”.

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M.E.T. în ”Muzee din România”

Muzeul nostru a fost inclus în cel mai recent blog al editurii internaționale Twinkl intitulat „Muzee din România”. Citiți mai multe despre noi în articolul dedicat Muzeului Etnografic al Transilvaniei.

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