Over 111,700 people visited the Transylvanian Museum of Ethnography in 2025

The Cluj County Council has issued a press release announcing a record number of
visitors to its museums for 2025.
Of all the people who visited museums in Cluj in 2025, over 111,700 crossed the
threshold of the Transylvanian Museum of Ethnography.
We would like to thank the public for their interest and participation in the events
organized by our institution at the museum headquarters on 21, Memorandum
Street and in the Transylvanian Ethnographic Park!

As in the previous year, the Transylvanian Museum of Ethnography was one of the
main attractions in the county, with 111,739 visitors — an increase of around 9%
compared to 2024. Of these visitors, 74,868 were attracted to the museum’s outdoor
section — the ‘Romulus Vuia’ National Ethnographic Park in Hoia — while the
remaining 36,871 were interested in the exhibits and events hosted at the institution’s
headquarters in the Reduta Palace.

The increased number of visitors to the Ethnographic Park was also due to the popular
annual events held there, such as ‘Jazz in the Park’, ‘Iarmaroc la Sat’ (the Village
Fair), ‘Vino la Hoia’ (Come to Hoia), and ‘Festivalul Toamnei’ (the Autumn Festival).
These events, organised in this special natural setting, attract large audiences.

In 2025, the museums managed by the Cluj County Council remained one of the main
attractions for locals and tourists alike, with significant visitor numbers recorded.

Alin Tișe, the President of the Cluj County Council, stated: “These results once
again confirm the status of our museums as cultural and tourist landmarks in Cluj.
These are museums located in iconic buildings that are true architectural landmarks of
Transylvania and have been renovated by the County Council. We will continue to
support investments in infrastructure and the promotion of cultural heritage in Cluj.”
In 2025, the Art Museum in Cluj-Napoca remained a popular tourist attraction
preferred by visitors, with 87,172 visitors enjoying its exhibitions and cultural events.
In 2025, the Art Museum in Cluj-Napoca held 72 temporary exhibitions and over 148
cultural events, including film screenings, book launches and theatre performances, in
addition to its permanent exhibitions.

Last but not least, 10,622 people visited the ‘Octavian Goga’ Memorial Museum in
Ciucea during the first eight months of 2025, before it closed to the public for
modernisation works. The trend of primary school students visiting the museum
continued during the previous year.

We would like to remind you that the county administrative forum currently has two
European-funded projects underway, both of which are aimed at restoring the Ciucea museum complex to its former glory: “Restoration, consolidation and conservation of the
‘Octavian Goga’ Ensemble in the commune of Ciucea” and “Improvement of the tourism
infrastructure at the ‘Octavian Goga’ Museum in Ciucea”. These projects have received
a total of 79,413,615.8 lei in European funding.

At the same time, the Transylvanian Museum of Ethnography has also received a
non-reimbursable grant of 33,732,344.79 lei to revitalise the ‘Romulus Vuia’ National
Ethnographic Park in Hoia. The aim is to transform the park into a functional complex of
major tourist interest. The project involves developing a Holiday village – Sector for
traditional activities, an interactive area located on a 1.03-hectare plot, where visitors
will experience the atmosphere and characteristics of the rural environment first-hand.
With the help of European funds, the Cluj County Council previously restored the
Reduta Palace, an iconic building in Cluj that houses the Transylvanian Museum of
Ethnography. The project involved restoring the façade and north roof of the Reduta
Palace, including the clock, as well as renovating the basement, ground floor, first floor
and attic. It had a total value of 6,181,508.07 lei.

The County Council also carried out renovation work at the Art Museum in Cluj-Napoca.
Through the “Renovation of the façade of the building at 30 Union Square, Cluj-Napoca
– a historical monument” project, the former beauty of the city’s most important Baroque
building was restored. The work mainly consisted of stripping and restoring the
plasterwork on the façade, cleaning the stonework, removing incompatible materials
and making aesthetic additions, as well as repainting the exterior.