Târnăveni City Museum

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Name:
Târnăveni City Museum
Main profile:
Ethnography and local history
Collection(s):

The building was built during the second half of the 19th century. It had been the premises of the noble Beldi Gergely, known at the time as Beldi Castle. After the nationalization it was the premises of the Commissariat, and since 1968 the City Museum has been there. The paleontology collection includes sea fossils from the Mesozoic and huge animal bones from the Quartenary (donation by Scheitz Endre). The archaeology collection comprises: tools, vessels and pottery fragments from the Noua, Wiettenberg and Basarabi cultures from the Bronze Age, Celtic and Daco-Roman pottery from the Iron Age, stove plates, vessels and pottery fragments, weapons, tools from the Middle Ages. The ethnographi...c collection includes: folk costumes from the Târnava Micǎ Valley, tools, household artifacts. The photographic document collection illustrates aspects from the history of the locality since the 19th century. The rare book collection comprises exhibits from the 18th and 19th centuries. The coin collection is made up of various coins from the 16th century to the 20th century, banknotes and shares from the 20th century (local and foreign). The natural sciences collection displays naturalized birds and animals.


County:
Mureş
Locality:
Târnăveni
Address:
Strada Stadionului nr. 2
Postal code:
545600
Access:
In the centre of town
Time table:
Wednesday, Friday, Sunday: 8:00 - 14:00;
Tuesday, Thursday: 17:00 - 20:00;
Monday: closed
Phone :
0265.440.902
E-mail address:
Administrative subordination:
Târnăveni City Council
Importance:
Local
Founded:
1962
Historic Monument Building: Clădire monument istoric
MS-II-m-B-16048
Museum code:
7055800
Director:
Aurelia Crişan
Contact person:
Aldea Emilia, Petru Lucia
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