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The Ethnography Museum from Borca commune was opened for public in March 2011 inside the “Mihail Sadoveanu” School. The people responsible for opening this museum are professors Daniel Calu, Dumitrina Iosub, Cristina Marcoci and Dumitru Balacianu that have managed to create a collection of objects that represent our traditions, our customs and the history of people living in these parts.
Although at first the objects from the collection were exposed in a corner of a room and then on the hallway of the school, in time the number of objects grew …
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For those that have a passion for art, Neamt County offers the possibility to admire quality works in the local art museums. Grigorescu, Tonitza or Iulia Halaucescu are just some of the artists that shaped the Romanian art and that you can admire in the Art Museums from Neamt County.
In these museums you’ll have the chance of admiring paintings, graphic works, ornamental art, abstract art with geometrical shapes, sculptures and more. Visit the Art Museums from Neamt County and discover an impressive art collection.
The Art Museum from Piatra Neamt – …
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Why would you want to visit the history museums from Neamt County? Because here, in this place the origins of the first people are lost in time. Because here, in Neamt County the ruler Stefan cel Mare built monasteries, Neamt Stronghold and also fought for our freedom. Because here were discovered the remains of the Cucuteni Culture.
And testimonies of all these historic remains can be seen only in the history museums from Neamt County. We encourage you to visit these touristic attractions and to participate in an imaginary voyage in …
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Neamt Monastery, the oldest monastery from Neamt County, hosts a very important religious collection both for the religious culture and art as well for the national culture.
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 …
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Secu Monastery was built in the beginning of the XVII century and represents an important religious center from Neamt County that hosts a valuable collection of religious objects such as: manuscripts, religious clothing, printings and so on.
The collection of religious objects from Secu Monastery was also appreciated by historian Nicolae Iorga that describes it like “the great wonder of Secu”. Here are some of the valuable objects displayed in the monastery’s museum:
“The Air” (“The holy Epitaph”) that was a gift received by the monastery in 1608. On the red velvet …
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In 1960 at Varatec Monastery, in the buildings from the left side of the architectural complex, was organized a museum with religious objects. What makes this collection different from the ones from Agapia Monastery and Neamt Monastery is that here you’ll see objects not only from Varatec Monastery but also from other monasteries as well: sculptures, embroideries, old fabrics, icons, crosses, clothes and ornaments.
The Religious Collection from Varatec Monastery hosts some of the oldest wood painted icons, from XV century that pictures St Nicolae or Archangels Mihail and Gavril brought …