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[18 Dec 2012 | No Comment | ]
Attractions of the Museums Complex from Neamt County

If you decide to spend the winter holidays in Neamt County, beside the entertainment facilities you can also visit touristic attractions from Neamt County Museums Complex. When you don’t want to feel the cold of the winter you can take a quiet walk between cultural and art objects in these museums.
The museums are open to the public from Tuesday to Sunday, from 09:00 to 17:00 and the permanent exhibitions have over 300000 pieces to display. The museums from Neamt County offer to tourists a wide variety of collections: historic, cultural, …

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[22 Nov 2012 | No Comment | ]
Valuable collections in the art museums from Neamt County

Neamt County offers to art lovers the possibility to admire the art collections of three museums that contain works that depict landscapes, portraits and other artistic compositions. Nicolae Grigorescu, Tonitza and Iulia Halaucescu are just three of the great painters that are exposed in these collections.
In the Art Museum from Roman tourists will see the quality of drawings that express characters and different states of mind in portraits of the artist Maria Ciurdea, in paintings of Constantin Isachie or in the landscapes of Nicu Ene. The calm of the rural …

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[26 Sep 2012 | No Comment | ]
Three valuable collections in the museums from Piatra Neamt

The museums from Piatra Neamt offer to tourists some interesting collections that represent testimonies of our past and our heritage. These collections contain cultural pieces with historic, archeological, documentary, technical and scientific value.
The Collection from the Neolithic Art Cucuteni Museum is the most important Neolithic collection from the south east of Europe. The museum exhibits tridimensional objects as well photographic materials. The painted ceramics from the cucuteni period is one of the most beautiful manifestations of art in the Neolithic period.
The Collection from the History and Archeology Museum from Piatra …

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[18 Jul 2012 | No Comment | ]
Religious art collections in Neamt County

Neamt Monastery museum – The museum displays cult objects made out of precious metal, embroideries, fabrics, wood sculptures all made by the monks from the monastery or that were received as gifts over time from different rules. All these objects contain important historical information about our past and our traditions. Because of its wealth, Neamt Monastery was a target of many attacks. Despite the odds, the monastery survived and remained an important center of medieval culture that keeps in its museum an important part of our National Cultural Heritage.
The Religious …

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[18 Feb 2012 | No Comment | ]
“Stramosii” Museum of Ethnography from Borca commune

In Madei village from Borca commune was recently opened and Ethnographic Museum called “Stramosii”(The Ancestors) – a place dedicated to old traditions from Bistrita Valley. The exhibition of the museum is a testimony of the respect of the young generation to their parents and grandparents. Here, visitors can admire fabrics that used to decorate the interior of a traditional house, the folkloric traditional costume, objects made by local artisans that were used in daily jobs around the house or different celebrations or customs.
The museum was organized at the initiative of …

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[23 Oct 2011 | No Comment | ]
The local artisan Vasile Gaman from Vanatori-Neamt commune

The artisan Vasile Gaman was born in 1936 in Lunca village, Vanatori-Neamt commune. He graduated from the Art and Trades School from Targu Neamt in 1954 and he specialized in wood sculpting and carpentry. Vasile Gaman dedicated his entire life to his passion: giving shape to wood and creating objects that remind us of the past life from the Romanian villages.
His dedication and passion for his work was rewarded after a 40 years career with the membership of Traditional Art Academy from Romania and “Carmen Saeculare” Cultural and Art Center.
His …