The Transylvanian
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Architecture between present and future

16.06.2021
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The Transylvnian Museum of Ethnography, public cultural institution functioning under the authority of the Cluj County Council, invites you to the annual Exhibition of FAU Projects “Architecture between present and future”, beginning with June 17th 2021. This exhibition is the synthetic expression of the projects of students in ARCHITECTURE, accomplished in the academic year 2020-2021, a year different from all the other years of study through the challenges generated by the Pandemic, in an ON LINE learning and study process. The training of architects is long and laborious. It is based on a series of attempts and recursions, thoroughness and improvement, renewal and renouncement, search and proposal. The exhibition project shows only a synthesis of the final results of some processes which subsumed many hours and weeks of individual study and didactic guidance. The selection of
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Extension of temporary exhibition

02.06.2021
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If you haven’t yet managed to visit the temporary exhibition "BITTER THINGS - Narratives and Memories of Transnational Families", you can do it within the next two weeks. The exhibition project was extended until June 13, 2021. We are waiting for you from Wednesday to Sunday, from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., the last entrance at 5 p.m., at the Reduta Palace - the indoor section of the Transylvanian Museum
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Artisans et producteurs locaux - de nouveau dans le Parc Ethnographique

02.06.2021
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Le Musée Ethnographique de la Transylvanie, institution culturelle publique opérant sous l'autorité du Conseil Départemental de Cluj, en partenariat avec l'Association des Artisans de Cluj, vous invite au Marché volant organisé à l'intérieur du Parc Ethnographique « Romulus Vuia » (rue Tăietura Turcului), entre 4-6 juin 2021, de 10.00 à 18.00 heures, dernière entrée à 17.00 heures. En passant la
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The Artefact of May: The Prosphora Seal (“prescurnicer”)

12.05.2021
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Our proposal for the “month artefact”, month which started this year with the Easter Holidays of Orthodox and Greek-Catholic rite, the prosphora seal bears the “Jesus Christ, the Overcomer” or “Jesus Christ overcomes” message in the IC XC NI KA inlaid signs. Known under several names - “prescurar”, “pristolnic”, “pistornic”, “pecetar” – the prosphora seal (“prescurnicer”) is a cult object,
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BITTER THINGS - Narratives and Memories of Transnational Families

05.05.2021
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The Transylvnian Museum of Ethnography, public cultural instituion functioning under the authority of the Cluj County Council, invites you to the exhibition “BITTER THINGS - Narratives and Memories of Transnational Families” inaugurated on May 6th, at 3 p.m. “BITTER THINGS” is a research-based exhibition project, initiated by the Bi’bak creative space in Berlin, which explores the impact of labor
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THE YOKE

09.04.2021
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In the development of human society, the use of domestic animals’ tractive force was vital both for tillage and transport, remaining important even after motorized traction. Throughout time, archaic technical solutions were passed on from one generation to another. Among these, we find tools and technical ensembles by which peasants were plowing the land, preparing it for seeding (the plow) or
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Summer Schedule – The “Romulus Vuia” Ethnographic Park

28.03.2021
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Dear visitors, As the day broadens and spring comes into its rights, we too miss spending valuable time, as much as possible, outside in nature. Beginning with Sunday, March 28th 2021, the open-air section of the museum, the “Romulus Viua” Ethnographic Park, has switched to summer time. Therefore, the visiting schedule will be from Wednesday to Sunday, from 10.00 am to 6.00 pm, the last entry
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The wooden chain link

26.03.2021
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In order to establish the size of certain lands, whether they had agricultural or forestry purposes, different units were used, depending on the area and historical period, but also different measuring instruments. One of the most archaic tools of this type is the wooden chain link. Quite commonly used until the early 20th century, these pieces had different lengths depending on the area and they
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THE ARTEFACT OF FEBRUARY: THE HUCKABACK TOWEL

18.02.2021
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Widespread throughout the entire Romanian territory, unitary in shape (elongated rectangle) and structure (piece of linen, cotton, raw silk canvas, etc., adorned with flowers or embroidery, finished in purls or hemmed, often with added lace), huckaback towels differ zonary by ornamentation, name and function. Huckaback towels are encountered as household pieces (‘strecătoare’, ‘merindar’, ‘șervet
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