Museum

The house and workshop of the Ionașcu family, a living museum where tradition is honored.  Passionate collectors, skillful creators of identity values, passionate lovers of beauty, spouses Liliana and Ion Ionașcu are a model for all those who love Romanian folklore and folk art.

Professor Gheorghe Rancu's private museum holds various ancient and old objects such as the paving stones used in bathrooms during the Roman Empire, very old folk costumes from Banat, weaving war, peasant utensils and tools, weapons from the First and Second World War, lanterns , typewriters, manuscripts, textbooks, old books and much more. The professor's collection includes over 3,000 unique pieces, some of which are of unparalleled value. The teacher's wish was to promote the cultural values and traditions of Valea Almajului and the opening of this private museum succeeded in fulfilling this wish. Source Text & Photo: https://www.infocs.ro/muzeu-privat-cu-piese

Between the years 1737 and 1739, while this building was known as the "Baia Comuna", it suffered major destruction during the conflict with the Ottoman Empire, being partially rebuilt between the years 1758 and 1760, getting the name "Baia cea Mare". Its current form dates back to 1846, when it was rebuilt. Today, within the museum, we can find the pool once reserved for ladies, dedicated to Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty and love, in a space that encourages harmony and relaxation. For the gentlemen, two special pools were dedicated in honor of Apollo, the god of truth and healing, as well as Hercules, the hero known for his immeasurable strength. With 32 individual cabins, each named after royal personalities who chose to treat themselves here, it is important to mention that the Baths of Apollo are among the first baths built during the Roman expansion. source

Muzeul a apărut după mijlocul secolului trecut, la inițiativa societății civile locale din orașul industrial Reșița.  În anul 1957 s-a constituit „Comitetul pentru înființarea muzeului”, în cadrul Uzinei Constructoare de Mașini din Reșița, reunind astfel unități siderurgice și de construcții de mașini. sursa text sursa foto

Cesky dum, or in translation the Czech House in Gârnic, is the first museum of the Czech community in Romania. This household is a typical Czech house, arranged in a rustic style and including a garden, a farmhouse and outbuildings. The building also houses the headquarters of the Union of Slovaks and Czechs from Caraş-Severin. Photo source

The Amateur Filmmaker's Museum (unique in Romania)is a private initiative that proposes to research and point out to the public the importance that the movement of amateur filmmakers had in Romania. The main collection represents film cameras and projectors. The museum is located in the old projection room of 23 August's Cinema. The Museum of Amateur Cinema is a private initiative that aims to research and bring back to the public's attention the amateur cinema movement in Romania. The main directions of the museum are the collection of equipment used by filmmakers (cameras on film, projection devices, screens, presses for cutting and gluing films, films on film), the collection of pieces related to the industry and cinematographic culture (posters of film, pictures from films, pictures with actors, film programs) and facilitating public access to the exhibitions made. The museum has three main functions: Museology: conservation, restoration and presentation of objects from the museum collection Research/Study: the study of the history of cinematography and cinematography, both from Romania and abroad Education: the organization of educational events for students, pupils and the public through profile camps, the publication of all materials from the museum to the public, relations with higher education institutions. Museology The museum has an important heritage made up of equipment used by amateur filmmakers of the last century (film cameras, projection and viewing devices, film cutting and pasting presses, film editing devices, developing tanks, etc.), films on film, both professional films and films made by amateur filmmakers, film posters, equipment used in cinemas, publications related to the activity of filmmakers but also about Romanian cinema and others. Research / Study The museum deals with the study of the activity of amateur filmmakers, with the help of materials in the heritage (films made, publications, awards and diplomas won by them, interviews with former filmmakers or people from the field of cinematography). Another activity is the digitization of old films made on film and their publication for viewing by the public. The films made by the filmmakers of the time provide us with important information about the history of the places they come from. Education The museum provides the public with information, equipment and knowledge regarding cinematography. Also, part of the museum's activities aim to train amateur filmmakers through training camps and with the help of the film club coordinated by the museum. Source Text & Photo: http://www.reteauamemoriei.ro/muzeul-cineastului-amator-resita/

The „Caraș County” Ethnography, Ethnology and Folklore Museum is part of the history and tradition of Banat Highlands, being a permanent activity section of the "Mihai Eminescu Old Theater" Cultural Center in Oraviţa and it is organized and arranged on the basis of ethno-history. That means that any exposed object has not only a strict ethno-folkloric importance, but it has its age and its history.

The museum was founded in 1980, at the initiative of Prof. Tiberiu Boşcaiu and it is located in the Bănăţean High School from Oţelu-Roşu, comprising 9 halls. Through a donation, Prof. Tiberiu Boşcaiu has endowed the institution with values such as old books, documents and photographs. The museum offers to the visitors the possibility to discover part of the history of Romanian literature in photographic images, from its origins to the present, in over 3,000 exhibits.  Photo source: Muzeul de Geografie Literară Tiberiu Boșcaiu

The Locomotives Museum is located in the open air, at the entrance to Reşiţa from Timişoara. It dates from 1972 and hosts 16 exhibits from various construction epochs. The most important exhibit is the locomotive RESICZA, one of the three prime steam locomotives built in the south-eastern European area, in Resita, between 1872-1873.

The Museum of Aesthetic Mineralogy of Iron made by Constantin Gruescu is located in Ocna de Fier. It hosts over 2000 minerals collected over a period of 60 years.  The star of the collection is ”the Gruescu macle”, a coaxial macle with radial outgrowths, having the form of a cross, found at Ocna de Fier, in an underground clay pocket.   Photo source: https://vatra-mcp.ro

The "Constantin Lucaci" museum is located in the center of Bocșa Montană and includes 17 stainless steel sculptures created by one of the greatest European sculptors, Constantin Lucaci. The sculptures-metaphors are part of the cycle of works "Space and light". None of the sculptures were named, as the sculptor intended to let the visitor capture for himself, through his own filter of thought, the essence of each sculpture. What is known is the fact that Mr. Constantin Lucaci tried to include, in his creation, light, being called "the master of light": “I have been obsessed in this life with the sculpting of light. But not light in the ordinary sense - the opposite of darkness, but light as an essence. The light that is the basis of the universe, because all the stars, all the stars are constructions of light. I sought to capture it and give it shape through metaphors." (Sgaverdia Dorina, 2008) The pieces are carved in either zig-zag, spatial curves or star shapes in harmonious proportions. Among these stainless steel metaphors of light, you will also have the privilege of seeing some of the sculptor's drawings, made in charcoal. The museum in Bocșa is the second "Constantin Lucaci" museum in the world, the first being opened in Italy, on April 14, 2007, in the Sanctuary of San Francesco di Paola, under the name "Racolta Constantin Lucaci". The museum in Italy contains a collection of 37 stainless steel sculptures, the collection being under the auspices of the Vatican. Text & Photo Source: http://cnipt-caransebes.ro/zona-turistica/obiective-turistice-din-caras-severin/muzee/muzeul-constantin-lucaci-spatiu-si-lumina-bocsa-montana/,  https://bocsacs.wordpress.com/2012/06/09/muzeul-constantin-lucaci-bocsa/, https://www.facebook.com/muzeulconstantinlucacispatiusiluminabocsa/

The museum is located in the center of the Băile Herculane Resort in the Casino building and is named after Nicolae Cena, a soldier raised to the rank of general who had a major impact on the cultural life of Mehadia, Băile Herculane and beyond. Nicolae Cena excavated the site of the Ad Mediam Roman Fort and discovered a series of coins, religious and profane documents, inscriptions and statues, including building a model of the Ad Mediam Roman Fort. He founded the museum in Băile Heculane, donating here all his discoveries from the Roman Fort. source

Muzeul Judeţean de Etnografie şi al Regimentului de Graniţă din Caransebeş s-a înfiinţat în anul 1963 la iniţiativa inimoşilor iubitori de istorie: prof. Bujor Jumanca, prof. Iulian Lungu şi col(r) Liviu Groza. În anul 1963 este descoperită o diploma militar la Tibiscum, eveniment ce atrage atenţia academicianului Constantin Daicoviciu, care impulsionează activitatea muzeală de la Caransebeş prin organizarea instituţiei în Muzeu de Etnografie şi istorie locală.  Din această perioadă datează începuturile cercetărilor arheologice sistematice de la Tibiscum. Din iniţiativa directorului muzeului dr. Petru Bona şi cu sprijinul deosebit acordat de către prof. dr. Trandafir Cocârlă, primul secretar general al Judeţului Caraş – Severin este înfiinţată Rezervaţia Arheologică de la Tibiscum, aflată în satul Jupa, pe o suprafaţă de 17 Ha, unde sunt protejate monumentele aparţinătoare municipiului roman şi castrului militar. Tot datorită demersurilor făcute de către conducerea muzeului şi sprijinite de conducerea judeţului Caraş – Severin, în anul 1980 este deschisă prima expoziţie arheologică în Muzeul Rezervaţiei Arheologice de la Tibiscum şi tot în acest an Muzeul din Caransebeş primeşte spre administrare clădirea comandamentului Regimentului de Graniţă Nr. 13 Româno – Bănaţean, unde se va stabili după anul 1989 şi unde astăzi îşi desfăşoara activitatea.

The County Museum of Ethnography and the Border Regiment of Caransebeş was established in 1963 at the initiative of the hearty history lovers: Prof. Bujor Jumanca, Prof. Iulian Lungu and Col(r) Liviu Groza. In 1963, a military diploma was discovered at Tibiscum, an event that attracted the attention of the academician Constantin Daicoviciu, who boosted the museum activity in Caransebeş by organizing the institution into the Museum of Ethnography and Local History. The beginnings of systematic archaeological research from Tibiscum date from this period. On the initiative of the director of the museum, Dr. Petru Bona, and with the special support given by Prof. Dr. Trandafir Cocârlă, the first general secretary of the Caraş-Severin County, the Tibiscum Archaeological Reserve is established, located in the village of Jupa, on an area of 17 Ha, where the monuments belonging to the Romanian municipality and the military camp are protected. Also thanks to the efforts made by the management of the museum and supported by the management of the Caraş-Severin county, in 1980 the first archaeological exhibition was opened in the Museum of the Archaeological Reserve at Tibiscum and also in this year the Museum of Caransebeş received for administration the building of the headquarters of the Border Regiment No. 13 Romanian - Bănaţean, where he will settle after 1989 and where he carries out his activity today. Source Text & Photo: https://www.muzeul-caransebes.ro

The mint operated until 1855 and has as its coat of arms a hammer and a pickaxe, crossed inside a cog wheel, surrounded by a wreath formed on one side of laurel leaves and on the other side of oak leaves. In the interwar period, the place where the mint used to be was called "bănarie", where the famous mill of Iacob Stoian operated. The realization of the Oravița Imperial Mint Museum is part of the large project of the Cultural Center "Teatrul Vechi Mihai Eminescu" to capture in locations throughout the city, through 17 museum sections that we will concretize in turn, the history of the city and the Caraş Country in relation to the history of Banat, Romania and Central Europe. It is the result of an initiative in which our specialized effort benefited from the direct support and full involvement of lawyer Dumitru Ursu, the mayor of Oravița, and is part of the project dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the Old Theater in 2017. Source Text & Photo: https://oravita.ro/muzeul-monetariae-imperiale-oravita1/

The "Izvoare Almajene" Cultural Association, with the help of the Bozovici Town Hall, reopened the "Bozovici Village Museum" in the same location as the Almaj Museum inaugurated in 1929. The theme of the event was "The Village Museum, a bridge between the past and the future". An exhibition of photographs from Almaj was organized as well as an exhibition of books and publications from Vojvodina - Serbia, which was dedicated to Romanian spirituality and presented by Prof. Gheorghe Rancu-Bodrog. The museum's collections include various objects such as archaeological artefacts, coins, weapons, local flags, old paintings and vintage photographs, letters, diaries and medals, but also various household items, pieces of popular wear or furniture specific to the area. Text & Foto: taraalmajului.ro, pressalert.ro, rudaria-turistica.ro

The museum is composed of two rooms, one for archeology and one for ethnography, where pieces of great value for history and culture are exhibited. These come from the archaeological sites and reserves within the radius of the commune. The ethnographic collection also includes objects related to fishing. Ion Dragomir, professor and man of culture passionate about history, geography and ethnography, founded the Village Museum in Gornea in 1970. Source Text & Photo: https://vatra-mcp.ro/muzeul-satesc-gornea-caras-severin/

It is a point of interest for visitors to the Almaj Valley in the Banat mountain and presents pieces of ethnography, ceramics, blacksmith tools, hemp and wool processing tools, old religious objects, old photography. text & photo source