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 …

Neamt County villages still maintain traditional buildings that represent true life documents about the people that used to live in these parts. These buildings are usually smaller and are constructed using simple techniques. The people that lived in these villages made their own houses and after that they contributed to other bigger and important buildings in the village like the church or the school.
The most important building from a traditional local household was the main house that had a small hall called “tinda” and only one small room. In time …

In the hot weather of the summer we recommend for you a bike route through the refreshing breeze of Ceahlau Mountain. A perfect place for a long bike tour is the road that goes from Izvorul Muntelui to Durau Resort. The route is circular and has a total length of 40 km with a medium difficulty that alternates descents with steep portions of the road.
The starting point is Izvorul Muntelui, right at the entrance in Ceahlau National Park. The route starts with a medium climb that will end at the …

A summer trip with the bicycle on the dirt roads from the forests from Neamt County can be a real stress reliever. The route from this article starts in Piatra Neamt on the road that goes to Targu Neamt. At some point you’ll make a left toward Almas Monastery.
At 4 km after this intersection you’ll reach Almas Monastery where you’ll park the car and prepare to start your ride with the bike. Almas Monastery is built at the edge of the village and it’s surrounded by green hills. The church …

Creations of the local artisans from these days continue to maintain the old traditions alive as a link between past and present. Finding the new ways and leaving the old ones behind was a process where traditions were the starting point and also the inspiration.
Local artisans that work in wood added new decorations to the traditional objects they were making. This is the way in which the high wooden gates appeared with floral decorations, shepherd clubs, staffs traditionally decorated, wooden masks and furniture pieces.
Fabrics are mostly created by women that …

In Neamt County an important role in maintaining traditions and customs is played by the local ethnographic museums through their permanent exhibitions. You can visit the ethnographic collections from Neamt County in these places: the Ethnography Museum from Piatra Neamt, the History and Ethnography Museum from Targu Neamt, the History and Ethnography Museum from Bicaz, the Ethnographic Collection from Bicazul Ardelean, the Museum from Vanatori – Neamt commune, Neculai Popa Museum from Tarpesti and Vasile Gaman Museum from Vanatori – Neamt.
The folkloric art from Neamt County was well preserved and …