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[19 Feb 2015 | No Comment | ]
The History and Ethnography Museum Targu-Neamt

The History and Ethnography Museum Târgu-Neamt has the origin in a first museum exhibition organized at School no. 2 from Tg. Neamt, in 1940’s, having the title Neamt Fortress Museum. In 1957, at the celebration of 500 years of the enthronement of Stefan cel Mare in Moldavia, already existed The Neamt Fortress Museum and the District Museum of Stefan cel Mare , Târgu Neamţ. The two museums will gather in the coming years (1978) in the same building of the former School Reign, where we can also find it today …

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[29 Jan 2015 | No Comment | ]
Neamt Monastery Museum

This museum is a point of particular interest to visitors of the sanctuary, providing important evidence about religious activity, of those living the monastery, as well as the historical evolution of the Moldavian lands in the regional context. The chantries that various rulers had endowed the monastery, made possible to develop a strong cultural and spiritual center in the medieval period, right up to modern times. Here has worked a school of copyists and calligraphers and a printing that have provided outstanding works to the monastery library, which now contains over 18,000 volumes, and …

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[20 Jan 2015 | No Comment | ]
Nemțean-traditional folk costume ornament and color

Over time, Neamt traditional folk costume, through shape, color and ornament was one of the most important modes of expression of popular culture in this region.
Traditional Garments fits into the general characteristics of Moldovan folk, but adds various and original elements specific to Neamt county. The folk costume differentiate by destination – work or feast – or after the area who came: mountaineers wore clothing in sober colors and less ornamented, instead the people from the plain have an explosion of colors.
For the execution of an outfit given, an exclusively female activity, the materials …

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[13 Nov 2014 | One Comment | ]
Memorial House Mihail Sadoveanu

The building that houses the Museum of Mihail Sadoveanu from Vanatori, located next to the Hermitage Vovidenia had originally intended to be a Archiery Palace, being built in 1937 by metropolitan care at the time, Visarion Puiu.
Since the year 1944 the house is ceded to the great writer, who was particularly charmed with these places and will use it as a summer residence. With the family help, in this house was arranged a museum where, besides the personal objects of the writer, are exhibited his works. The library contains the …

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[6 Nov 2014 | No Comment | ]
The Cucuteni Eneolithic Art Museum

Located in the historic center of Piatra Neamt municipality, in the vicinity of the Musatin foundations, The Church Saint John and The Bell-Tower and other three museum institutions: The Art Museum, The Ethnography Museum and The Exhibition “Royal Court”, The Cucuteni eneolithic Art Museum was inaugurated in the year 2005 on June 24th,   the Day of Piatra Neamt Municipality.
Is the first Cucuteni Museum from Romania, that offers to visitors a comprehensive picture of decorative and figurative art, belonging to the most important eneolithic culture from south – east of Europe.
The …

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[30 Sep 2014 | No Comment | ]
Handicrafts and their transmission – Ionela Lungu

Lungu Ionela craftsman, a professional engineer, is a founding member of the Association of Craftsmen in Neamt County, member of the Association of Moldova
Craftsmen based in Iasi and the National Association of Craftsmen from Romania.
We met at her studio in Neamt fortress surrounded by funny characters from the stories of Ion Creangă, working with thread to a scene from „Hoopoe from linden” on a sackcloth carpet.
With a natural talent inherited from parents and grandparents, she was borned in Tulcea, Ionela reached, by marrying with Costin Lungu, a renowned artisan, to …