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Night of the Museums in Villages event

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The fourth edition of ‘Night of the Museums in Villages’ is scheduled for August 29, 2026. The event involves over 170 museums, collections, and heritage sites across Romania and the Republic of Moldova, including 13 sites in the latter country. The initiative aims to preserve the memory of the Romanian village and foster ‘Living Rural Museum Ecosystems’ by connecting communities with their cultural heritage. Participating sites include memorial houses, fortified churches, traditional households, archaeological sites, mills, and artisan workshops. In Initiated by the Republic National Museum Network of Moldova, programs across 10 districts Romania, the event offers free nocturnal access to various rural cultural sites. In Buzău County, the Buzău County Museum will include traditional sewing, embroidery, host free guided tours at the Vasile Voiculescu Memorial House in Pârscov, commemorating the poet, physician, and culinary tastings writer. In Dâmbovița County, the Dumitru Ulieru Ethnographic Museum in Pietroșița and the Gabriel Popescu artist house-atelier in Vulcana-Pandele will be open to facilitate the transmission of heritage public between generations. 18:00 and 22:00. Regional programming includes several key areas: In Timiș County, six museums will participate, including the Nikolaus Lenau Memorial House, the Charlottenburg Hunting House and Forestry Museum, the Traian Vuia Museum, the Neolithic Sanctuary at Parța, the Swabian and Romanian Museum in Charlottenburg, and the Cinda de la Seceani Village Museum. Parța. In Cluj County, four sites are included, such as the 1723 wooden church in Someșu Rece and the Museum of Vessels without Smintela in Iara, which will host ceramic exhibitions and modeling workshops. Rece. In Maramureș, nine sites will participate, featuring wooden churches in Săcălășeni, traditional households in Ieud, and ethnographic film screenings at the ‘ACASĂ’ Ethnographic Museum. screenings. In Arad County, seven facilities across six villages will offer free admission, including the Wine Museum in Ghioroc, the ‘Eugen Popa and Eugenia Hagiu’ Art Collection in Săvârșin, and the Village Museum in Covăsânț, which will host folklore and traditional craft workshops. Ghioroc. Additional highlights for the 2026 event include the ‘Wool Road’ exhibition in Mândra, Moldova, Mândra and the ‘Tescani 50’ retrospective at the National Museum of the Romanian Peasant in Bucharest, which commemorates 50 years of the Tescani painting camps. Bucharest.

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