"Kazinczy Ferenc, Fráter Lóránd and Csiha Kálmán" Memorial Museum

Name:
"Kazinczy Ferenc, Fráter Lóránd and Csiha Kálmán" Memorial Museum
General profile:
Main profile:
Memorials
Collection(s):

The building that houses the museum was built in the late 18th century and the early 19th century. Kazinczy Ferenc, Fráter Lóránd and Csiha Kálmán Museum in Şimian is dedicated to the memory of the three personalities of Hungarian culture: Kazinczy Ferenc (1759 Şimian -1831 Széphalom), a poet and linguist who contributed through his work to the modernization of the Hungarian language, Fráter Lóránd (1872 Şimian -1930 Budapest), a composer and performer of folk music and Csiha Kálmán (1929 Şimian - 2007 Târgu Mureş), a reformed bishop of Transylvania between 1990-2000. The collection consists of original... and copy documents, publications (books, articles in the press of the time) photographs of the personalities, their family members, or made at the commemorative events, gramophone discs on which are recorded songs composed and sung by Fráter Lóránd, scores of the compositions, and personal items of the former reformed bishop Csiha Kalman.


County:
Bihor
Locality:
Şimian
Commune:
Şimian
Address:
Strada Principală nr. 50
Postal code:
417545
Time table:
Monday - Friday: 10:00 - 16:00
Phone :
0259.356.172
Fax:
0259.356.263
E-mail address:
Administrative subordination:
Local Council
Importance:
Local
Founded:
2009
Museum code:
6908507
Contact person:
Alexandru Ciorba
Position:
Custode
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