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The Ethnographic Museum of Transylvania ( ro, Muzeul Etnografic al Transilvaniei; hu, Erdélyi néprajzi múzeum) is situated in 
Image:Cizer.portal.SE.jpg, Door of Cizer church
Image:Cizer.bis de lemn interior nava E.jpg, Interior of Cizer church
Image:Petrindu.bis lemn.SE.jpg, Petrindu church in Romulus Vuia park
Image:Petrindu.bis lemn.portal nava.jpg, Interior door of Petrindu church
Image:Petrindu.bis lemn.naos E.jpg, Interior of Petrindu church
Image:Chirales.SE.2002.jpg, ChiraleÅŸ church in Romulus Vuia park
Image:Chirales. portal interior.2002.jpg, Interior door of ChiraleÅŸ church
Image:Chirales. int nava.2002.jpg, Interior of ChiraleÅŸ church
Official site of the museum
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, Romania. With a history of almost 100 years, the ''Ethnographic Museum of Transylvania'' is one of the first and greatest of its kind in Romania. It has two exhibition sections, one of which is to be found in downtown '' Reduta Palace'' (21, Memorandumului Street), while the other exhibition section is the open-air ''Romulus Vuia Park'' situated on the city's north-west side, in ''Hoia Forest''.
History
''Muzeul Etnografic al Ardealului'' was founded June 16, 1922.Collection
The museum has a collection of more than 50,000 objects reflecting the occupations, the habits and the life style of the Transylvanian rural population. Part of this collection is to be found in the Reduta Palace while the rest of the objects are in the open-air section.Reduta Palace
The collection here presented is a representative selection of the items and clothes used in rural everyday life. Besides, Reduta Palace also houses a collection of some 50,000 photographs and some 5,000 diapositives. The library of the museum has some 12,000 scholarly journals and specialized magazines.The Ethnographic Park "Romulus Vuia"
''Parcul Etnografic Romulus Vuia'', the open-air section of the museum. It opened to the public on April 12, 1929, which makes it the first open-air museum in Romania. However, the park is closed to the public from the beginning of November to the end of April. The most ancient objects here exhibited date from 1678. The park's main collection is composed of: * 13 traditional farms with some 90 buildings collected from several transylvanian ethnographical regions: Ţara Moţilor, Ţara Năsăudului, Bistriţa, Câmpia Transilvaniei, Maramureş, Székely Land, Ţara Zarandului, Podgoria Albă, Oaş Country, Gurghiu, Ţara Călatei, Bran * 34 rural technical installations (mills...) * 5 workshops * 3 wooden churches * a wooden carved cemetery gate.Gallery
See also
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External links
Official site of the museum
Bibliography
* Bodea Gheorghe. ''Clujul vechi și nou''. Cluj-Napoca, 2002 * Lukács József. ''Povestea oraşului-comoară. Scurtă istorie a Clujului şi monumentelor sale'' Cluj-Napoca : Apostrof, 2005. {{Authority control Museums in Cluj-Napoca Ethnographic museums in Romania Open-air museums in Romania