The Tecuci Town Museum was established in
Tecuci,
Romania in 1932 based on the private collections of
Mihail Dimitriu and
Constantin Solomon, in a building donated by
Teodor Cincu.
History and collections
Until 1934, the museum was housed in the building of the local commercial high school. In 1934, the museum acquired the archaeology collection from Mihai Dimitriu, the first custodian of the institution, and a coleoptera collection belonging to Professor Alecu Alesînschi (lost after the 1965 reorganization). In 1974, the museum heritage was enriched by archaeological finds coming from the campaigns of 1926 - 1951 undertaken by Professor
Radu Vulpe and
Ecaterina Vulpe in the site of
Poiana-Nicorești (
Piroboridava
Piroboridava ( grc, Πιροβορίδαυα) was a Dacian town mentioned by Ptolemy, and archaeologically identified at Poiana, Galați, Romania. Second part name of the city Dacian dava shows significance of the tribal city.
See also
* D ...
) until then kept in the deposits of the
Bucharest Institute of Archaeology. The present building is a monument of architecture built in the second half of the 19th century. The exhibits include pottery from
Neolithic (axes, knives, hand mills, and pottery belonging to
Cucuteni
Cucuteni () is a commune in Iași County, Western Moldavia, Romania, with a population of 1,446 as of 2002. The commune is composed of four villages: Băiceni, Bărbătești, Cucuteni, and Săcărești.
It is located from the city of Iași an ...
and
Criș cultures), from the
Bronze Age (
Monteoru culture
The Monteoru culture was a Bronze Age archaeological culture located in Romania and Moldova, dating from c. 2000 BC to the 14th century BC. It was derived from the preceding Glina-Schneckenberg culture and succeeded by the Noua-Sabatinovka cul ...
pottery), the
Iron Age (food vessels); jug bearing god
Dionysius
The name Dionysius (; el, Διονύσιος ''Dionysios'', "of Dionysus"; la, Dionysius) was common in classical and post-classical times. Etymologically it is a nominalized adjective formed with a -ios suffix from the stem Dionys- of the name ...
' mask,
Dacian ornaments and weapons deposits (4th - 3rd centuries BC), the gilded bronze hoard of
Callatis (3rd century BC), glass pot bearing a
Greek inscription (4th century) etc.
The museum owns goods listed in the
National Cultural Heritage Treasure.
The building housing the museum, which dates to the late 19th century, is listed as a
historic monument by Romania's
Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs.
Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010: Județul Galați
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See also
* Romanian archaeology Romanian archaeology begins in the 19th century.
Archaeologists
* Alexandru Odobescu (1834—1895)
* Grigore Tocilescu (1850–1909)
* Vasile Pârvan (1882–1927)
* Constantin Daicoviciu (1898–1973)
;living
* Gheorghe I. Cantacuzino (b. 193 ...
* List of Romanian archaeologists
This is a list of archaeologists – people who study or practise archaeology, the study of the human past through material remains.
A
* Kamyar Abdi (born 1969) Iranian; Iran, Neolithic to the Bronze Age
* Aziz Ab'Saber (1924–2012) Brazilian; ...
* Tecuci
* Dacia
References
Further reading
* http://ghidulmuzeelor.cimec.ro/iden.asp?k=313
* http://www.viata-libera.ro/articol-Muzeu_Mixt%E2%80%A6_ca_magazinul_satesc_2.html
External links
Tecuci Town Museum at cIMeC
- article from "Viața liberă", Galați
Galați (, , ; also known by other alternative names) is the capital city of Galați County in the historical region of Western Moldavia, in eastern Romania. Galați is a port town on the Danube River. It has been the only port for the most par ...
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Museums established in 1932
Archaeological museums in Romania
History museums in Romania
Museums in Galați County
Museums of Dacia
Treasure troves
Historic monuments in Galați County