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Technical Installations and Workshops

• Wood processing
• Metal processing and peasant mining
• Wool fabric processing
• Clay processing
• Stone processing
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Wood processing

Hydraulic saw - Botiza, Maramures County, end of XIX th century

It is completely automatic, the system being formed by a wood lever drive that transforms the linear move of the saw frame into a circular one that makes the trunk be pulled towards the saw.

Wheeler's shop - Ieud, Maramures, end of XIX th century

Exhibits all the traditional tools of in a wheeler's shop (wood wheels for means of transport). The workshop is housed in a pantry, unicellular, with verandah on three sides.

House of the wooden vessels maker - Vidra, (Apuseni Mountains), middle of XIX th century

Advanced type of the house with pantry, characteristic for Moti Country where the main occupation was wood processing (making the wooden vessels, used for barter with cereals from the plain areas).

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Metal processing and peasant mining

Gold Stamp - Bucium, (Alba County), end of XIX th century

In use till 1948 for getting gold from the gold ore.

Smith's shop - Varzari (Bihor County), end of XIX th century

Peasant workshop where traditional tools were processed.

Smith's shop - Rimetea (Alba County), end of XIXth century

Brought from a (Hungarian) center specialized in iron processing. Hydraulic installation with two wheels acting upon the bellows and respectively upon the hammer.

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Wool fabric processing

Felting Mill with "maiuri" - Gladna Româna, Timis County, XIX th century

This installation was used for thickening the wool fabrics for costumes and textiles.

Felting Mill with hammers - Budureasa, Bihor County, XIX th century

The installations has hammers with a higher mobility than the "maiuri" of the felting mill from Gladna Romana.

Felting Mill with hammers and Whirlpool - Zagra, Bistrita-Nasaud County, XIX th century

Together with the installation for thickening the wool fabrics, there is also a whirlpool used for thickening and teasing the woolen blankets and for washing the clothes.

Artisan's Pile - Harnicesti, Maramures County , XIX th century

• felting mill with "maiuri"
• whirlpool
• mill
• house with "cold" hall (interior specific to the inter-war time), living room and front side verandah

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Clay processing

Pottery House - Leheceni, Bihor County, XIX th century

• Pottery center specialized for making red pottery vessels
• house with entrance hall, pantry and front side verandah
• bread oven in the hall
• the living room is symmetrically organized
• pantry transformed in workshop
• pottery kiln near the house

Pottery House - Josenii Bargaului (Bistrita-Nasaud County), early XX th century

• Pottery center specialized for making black pottery vessels
• house with hall, pantry, and two sides verandah
• open hearth of the blind oven - in the entrance hall
• the living room asymmetrically organized
• workshop in the entrance hall
• pottery kiln is near the house

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Stone processing

House-workshop and "stogar" - Almaşu Mare (Alba County), XVIIIth century

• historical monument (due to the oldness and the planimetry) with entrance hall, living room, pantry and front side verandah
• the stonecutter's tools are exhibited in the hall
• open hearth with "caloniu"
• asymmetrical interior
• "stogar" near the house used for storing the cereals, now used to shelter the "test" (small stony ovens used for baking the bread)

Lime oven (for burning the lime) - Baba, (Maramures County), XXth century

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Farming products processing - Mills

Mill with horizontal wheel - Bouţari (Caraş-Severin County), XIX th century

Mill with vertical wheel - Josenii Bârgăului (Bistriţa-Năsăud County), dated 1819

Hand mill - Preuteasa (Salaj County), end of XIX th century

Mill - Hărniceşti (Maramureş County), end of XIX th century

Mill - Mărişel (Cluj County), end of XIX th century

Oil mills

Mill with stone wheel, circular leat - Herepia (Hunedoara County), XIX th century (animal force)

Mill with stone wheel - Boşorod (Hunedoara County), XIX th century (human force)

Mill with stone wheel, arched wooden pipe - Almaşu Mare (Hunedoara County), XIX th century

• sheltered in a polygonal shed

Hydraulic mill with arrows - Sartăş (Alba County), XIX th century

Manual mill with arrows - Prundu Bârgăului (Bistriţa-Năsăud County), XIX th century

Mill with foot hammers - Preuteasa (Sălaj County), early XX th century

Mill with foot hammers - Telciu (Bistriţa-Năsăud), early XXth century

Hydraulic mill with arrows - Mărişel (Cluj County), early XXth century

Oil Presses

Metal screw press - Herepia (Hunedoara County), XIX th Century

Metal screw press - Almaş (Arad County), XIXth century

Metal screw press - Boşorod (Hunedoara County), XIXth Century

Press with "pene" - Telciu (Bistriţa-Năsăud County), XIXth Century

Wooden screw press - Preuteasa (jud. Sălaj), datată 1896

Wooden screw press - Mărişel (Cluj County), XIXth century

Press with "pene" - Almaşu Mare (Alba County), XIXth century

Press with "pene" - Prundu Bârgăului (Bistriţa-Năsăud County), XIXth century

Wine Presses

Wine Press with Screw and "urs" (Saxon) - Moşna (Sibiu County), dated 1841

Wine Press with Screw and "urs" - Oraşu Nou, (Satu-Mare County), early XXth Century

Wine Press with Screw and "urs" - Gâlda de Sus (Alba County), dated 1826

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Glass processing

The House of the Strolling Glassmaker - Margau, (Cluj County), dated 1884

• with the furniture dated 1901, having living room
• pantry with separated entrance
• front side verandah

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