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Join us for an illuminating evening as we launch the eagerly awaited publication, Visible Cultural Heritages: Traditional Costumes of Romania and Japan, a stunning catalog that brings to life the rich textile legacies of two remarkable cultures. Authored by Florica Zaharia,

FROM THE EARTLY PARADISE is the culmination of a collaborative exhibition that facilitates the experience of mixed reality, combining different mediums and generating a winding dialogue between old and new. Displaying some of the most impressive pieces from The Muzeul Textilelor

Each year on January 24 Romanians remember a crucial moment in their history. By electing Colonel Alexandru Ioan Cuza as head of both states, the principalities of Moldova and Wallachia were de factounited despite the opposition of the Great Powers unwilling to see a stronger

We can discover similarities between Romanian and American behaviors with the arrival of Easter: both are animated by the same care to fully experience the joy of Christ's resurrection, by the feeling of rebirth of nature, by the desire for renewal (even the effort

The launch of Geographies of Tradition, our newest online series that looks at mirroring Romanian and American celebrations, is placed under the aegis of love, invoked on both sides of the Atlantic by two popular feasts. The program’s opening episode, created in partnership

This week's object in focus brings us back to one of the most important moments in the creation of modern, democratic Romania, the War of Independence of 1877-78. The siege of Plevna and the consequent surrender of the great Ottoman general Osman Pasha to Colonel Cristodulo

With the next episode of our historical saga we invite you to enter the fascinating realm of orders and decorations. Learn more about the making of Romanian modern state under Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza through four exceptional decorations, on display at the Union Museum

The artifact presented in this week's edition of The History of Romania in One Object takes us to the Eastern part of present Moldavia, which back in the 6th century AD was still considered a land of the barbarians because it lay farther out the Roman Empire’s border,the

The artifact presented in the newest episode of The History of Romania in One Object series points out to the special geopolitical position Moldavia and Wallachia had at the meeting point of three bellicose empires: The Ottoman, The Austrian, and The Russian. Situated at

The History of Romania in One Object, one of our permanent online series, resumes with a fresh display of artifacts and objects with symbolic value presented by the experts and custodians of two of Romania's historical collections, Moldavia's History Museum in

As our historical saga continues, we now turn our attention to the makeshift printing installation, devised and operated clandestinely, on which anti-communist opponent Valentin Hurduc produced and distributed no less than 20,000 manifestos in an admirable act of courage

In 1918, at the end of the bloodiest war history had ever known, Romanians fulfilled their most cherished political ideal: the unification of all historical provinces where they were in the majority – Transylvania, Banat, Crișana, Maramureș, Bessarabia, and Bukovina