The “horned” combing of the women from Hațeg Country was an element of social differentiation in women’s traditional costume, giving it a special note. The young married woman in the image made by Romulus Vuia, in 1912, in Răchitova village, Hunedoara county, seen from the…

  In the villages of Mountain Banat, the distillation of alcoholic beverages (locally known as “roasted brandy”/“răchie profriptă) was a community event, where the villagers pleasantly combined work with cheerfulness, in an atmosphere of good mood. In the village communities, obtaining these drinks was done…

SPINDLE FOR “ARNICI”  As a week artifact, the museum proposes a complex household object, the spindle for “arnici”/ “mosor” (sheave) for “arnici” (twisted and colored cotton thread), decorated with the technique of tying wood in tin, characteristic to the ethnographic area of Pădureni Land. When…

In the traditional village from the beginning of the 20th century, many crafts were practised that satisfied the different needs of the local communities, such as the case of whitewashing from Baru, Hunedoara county, where “whole families were working to collect and break the limestone…

The negative on glass was made by Romulus Vuia, in 1923, in Hunedoara county and it shows the image of a peasant family, dressed up in folk costume specific to Jiu Valley, sitting on a wooden bench. The boy has cut hair, covered with a…

Dragi vizitatori,   Duminică, 12 iunie 2022, ambele secții ale muzeului vor fi închise, cu ocazia sărbătorii de Rusalii. Vă invităm însă, vineri, 10 iunie a.c., la două evenimente frunoase, de excepție, și anume „Noaptea Privighetorilor”, eveniment în Parcul Etnografic și „Monahul Ilarion Mureșan, o…

Dragi vizitatori mici și mari,   De 1 iunie, ambele secții ale muzeului sunt deschise pentru vizitare, iar copiii (0-18 ani) au intrare gratuită la muzeu, de ziua lor. Vă așteptăm deci în secția pavilionară (Palatul Reduta, str. Memorandumului nr. 21) și în secția în…

Dragi vizitatori, În perioada sărbătorilor de Paști, cele două secții ale muzeului sunt închise duminică, luni și marți 24, 25 și 26 aprilie 2022, dar sunt deschise vineri și sâmbătă, 22 și 23 aprilie, de la ora 10 la ora 18, ultima intrare ora 17.…

The negative on glass was made by Romulus Vuia in 1923, in a potter’s workshop from the ceramic centre Baru Mare or Baru Mic, Hunedoara county. Baru Mare early became the main center of household pottery for the villages in the Jiu Valley, as well…

In the traditional village, agriculture played a central role in the life of the community, being one of the main occupations which developed in connection with the features and geographical position of the agricultural lands.   The negative on glass made by Romulus Vuia, in…

The negative on glass was made by Romulus Vuia, 1910-1923, at the Văcăria sheepfold and shows a woman, standing on a wooden chair, pressing ewe-cheese, to squeeze out the buttermilk. The milk press is a tall installation, consisting of two round wooden pillars, fixed in…

The shepherd’s wooden notch   As an artifact of the week, we propose a piece from the sheepfold’s inventory, namely the notch (“răbuș”, “răvaș”) – a stick carved on several sides on which were notched the quantities of milk obtained by each owner to…