TRANSYLVANIAN MUSEUM OF ETHNOGRAPHY NIGHT OF MUSEUMS 2013 ACTIVITIES TRANSYLVANIAN MUSEM OF ETHNOGRAPHY – NATIONAL ETHNOGRAPHIC PARK “ROMULUS VUIA”, TAIETURA TURCULUI STREET, NO NUMBER Visiting hours: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday, 18th of May, free entrance 1 – 5 p.m. – BALMOS FEAST (organiser: Eugen Ţepeş) The traditional meal of the International Musems Day: THE TRANSYLVANIAN BALMOS Traditional music, dances and customs offered by folk groups from Cluj. With the participation of Folk Group of the Folk School of Art “Tudor Jarda” TRANSYLVANIAN MUSEM OF ETHNOGRAPHY – REDUTA PALACE, Memorandum Street no 21 Visiting hours: Saturday, 18th of May: 4 p.m. – 1 a.m. (last entrace) – free access. Sunday, 19th of May: 12 – 5 p.m., with visiting fee. PERMANENT EXHIBITIONS: "Folk Culture of Transylvania – 18th-19th centuries” – permanent exhibition of the Transylvanian Musem of Ethnography „Touch and Understand. The Tactil Message of the Peasant Traditional Objects” – permanent exhibition for people with visual disabilities TEMPORARY EXHIBITION: „Two pieces – one pair. The Footwear: Shapes, techniques, roles”. The exhibition presents the main types of footwear used in the Transylvanian traditional rural society with refferences to the influences from the noble-urban society, emphasizing the craftsmen’s role and skill in the old times. BIO MARKET OF WINE, PLUM BRANDY AND FOOD Musem Yard, Memorandum Street no. 21. Schedule: Saturday 12 – 00 Sunday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. MUSEM TERRACE – EVENING OF THE SARMALUTE: The traditional meal of the White Night of the Museums is the TRANSYLVANIAN SARMALE. At 8 p.m., the visitors will be invited to try 3,000 sarmale (cabbage rolls filled with meat and rice) offered by our partners. The rest of the traditional meals are offered for good prices. Between 8 and 10 p.m. there will be a concert of folk Transylvanian music.