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The open-air section of the Ethnographic Museum of Transylvania in Cluj-Napoca (Kolozsvár) will be renovated, and spaces for leisure activities and folk crafts will be added, the Cluj county branch of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania informed MTI.
The Romulus Vuia National Ethnographic Park, located in an easily accessible and more natural part of the Transylvanian city next to the Hoja Forest, is being renovated with EU funds and will also provide space for new leisure activities. The project will also include the restoration of the forest on the side of the ski jump and the hillsides around the forest.
Our aim is to further increase the attractiveness of the facility and expand the range of existing activities, as we have seen that the demand for recreational activities has increased in recent years,”
the statement quoted István Vákár, vice-president of the county assembly of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania party.
He recalled that
the open-air museum also hosts events important for the Hungarian community, such as the Donathon running race and common cooking, organized as part of the Hungarian Days in Cluj-Napoca.
The annual Student Days of the Hungarian Students’ Association of Cluj-Napoca are organized on the hillside facing the forest. According to Géza Antal, head of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania’s parliamentary group, the student association has maintained the request of youth organizations to include an outdoor stage in the project. The current project is worth nearly 5.9 million euros.
Wooden church in the Romulus Vuia National Ethnographic Park. Photo: Wikipedia
A restoration project is also being carried out this year in the open-air museum with the support of the Romanian Ministry of Culture. The project is worth around 409,000 euros and will restore 12 of the buildings on the site.
Founded in 1929, the Romulus Vuia National Ethnographic Park is Romania’s oldest open-air museum, preserving 18th-19th century farmhouses, wooden churches, and farm buildings from many regions of Transylvania. It hosts a number of cultural events, including the Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF) and the Jazz in the Park festival. Last year it attracted over 100,000 visitors.
Via MTI, Featured photo via Facebook/Erdélyi Néprajzi Múzeum