The Transylvanian Museum of Ethnography, a public cultural institution that operates under the authority of the Cluj County Council, invites you on Monday, November 28, 2022, at 3:30 p.m., to the opening of the exhibition “Self-discovery”, a painting exhibition by the artist Daniela Dâmbar.
The event will take place at the Museum’s icon workshop, Ștefan cel Mare Square no. 5 from Cluj-Napoca.
The
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The Transylvanian Museum of Ethnography, a public cultural institution that operates under the authority of the Cluj County Council, invites you in December 9-11 this year, to the already known Mineralia exhibition, in the Cellarium Gallery (21, Memorandum street).
Exhibitors from all over the country - Baia Mare, Arad, Bistrița, Cluj, Bucharest - will exhibit products from the world of
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The Transylvanian Museum of Ethnography, a public cultural institution that operates under the authority of the Cluj County Council, in collaboration with the Royal Transylvanian Choral Association, invite you on Thursday, December 1th 2022, from 5 p.m., to the Concert dedicated to the Great Union: “A December 1st Night’s Dream”.
The event will take place in the Reduta Hall of the Transylvanian
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Writing on various supports and in appropriate techniques is a constant of the elite culture, starting from antiquity. With the beginning of the 18th century, short inscriptions, namely dating, also appear on the artifacts of different genres belonging to the working classes in the Transylvanian rural and urban environment. Made on different materials, in various techniques, such inscriptions
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The ceramic pots used to prepare, store, transport and consume food, played an important role in people’s daily lives. In their production process, burning is an essential stage, during which, through fire, the clay changes its chemical and physical properties, becoming a more durable material. Burning represents the use of fire in a special kiln, built to obtain temperatures necessary to change
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The Transylvanian Museum of Ethnography, a public cultural institution that operates under the authority of the Cluj County Council, invites you on Friday, November 25, 2022, from 6 p.m., to the book release “Ioan Opriș. A life dedicated to the National Cultural Heritage”. The volume is coordinated by Mircea Ciubotaru, Aurica Ichim, Alexandru Constantin Chituță.
HG Andrei Andreicut, Aurica Ichim
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The hood, made of thick home-woven woolen cloth, is a utilitarian garment common to shepherd groups around the globe, with many variations in cut and decoration. The use of this textile object can be dated in the Carpathian area at least from antiquity, as highlighted by the representations on Trajan’s Column.
This fact also fascinated the ethnographer Romulus Vuia, who captured in his research
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Just like nowadays, in the traditional family, the woman had an essential role. We find her in the position of wife, mother, but also housewife, involved in all household and family activities. However, giving birth, raising, educating and protecting children are the most valuable attributes of a woman. The image of the woman in the traditional society who carried her child on her back, in a
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Dear visitors,
On Saturday, November 12, 2022, our Museum will host the National Musical Interpretation Competition "On the wings of sound". For this reason, the pavilion section of our museum (Str. Memorandum no. 21) cannot be visited. Thank you for your understanding and we look forward to seeing you on Sunday, November 13, during the regular hours, 10-18, last entry at 17.00.
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The object in the image is a key that operated a locking mechanism located inside the door. An archaic, simple and ingenious system, executed exclusively from wood by carpenters.
This way of securing a door ends up being replaced almost entirely, starting from the 19th century, with a safer, more complex closing system, only the old wooden churches (some from the beginning of the 17th century)
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