The founder of the Ethnography and Folklore Museum in Răcăşdia is our former inhabitant Dorin Ioan Ciocănel, deceased in 2008. Together with his wife, they began to gather old objects back to the 1980s by going through the houses of the villagers and asking them to donate old things that they had in households and that they no longer needed them. In 2005, master Dorin Ioan Ciocănel, through a gesture of great nobility, donated his entire collection of old objects to the Local Council of Răcăşdia. Our current museum comprises several peasant objects, organized chronologically and structurally, in three rooms. The first room imit...ates the interior of a 19th century peasant house, including furnishings, household items, holiday banquets specific to the Banat plain area. In the second room, furnished and equipped with museum furniture, objects for field work, clothing, documents, badges, medals and many more are displayed on shelves and in show cases. In the third room, as well as in the access hall are exposed mainly the 166 paintings and sculptures in wood, metal and marble of the late master Gheorghe Roua from Vrăniuţ, donated to our museum by his heirs, but also other old, interesting objects. In the lobby there is an exhibition of old musical instruments belonging to the Răcăşdia fanfare. In recent years we have tried to complete the dowry of our museum by acquiring various objects that have been donated by the citizens of our commune. REPRESENTATIVE OBJECTS: - men's specific costume, consisting of trousers, shirt and waistcoat and female costume consisting of blouse, skirt and apron; - Men's waistcoat specific to the area; - photos, from the interwar period, representing local people from Răcăşdia in their folk costume. The day when the photographer came for a family photo was considered an event of major importance in that household; - Household items for domestic use, or required in the field, such as: butter pot - BADANI; water storage vessel - BURI; small balance; pull, cup and glass for brandy - made of specially cultivated pumpkins; - old musical instruments, fanfare - music was a pleasant means of relaxation at the cultural meetings of that period. The Răcăşdia band was founded in 1896; - writing instruments: pen and tablet; - wall clock with weights; - collection of badges and medals; - bottles for beer and gaseous water - the glass bottle is inscribed with the name of the locality and the patron who produced, during the interwar period, the gaseous water at Răcăşdia; - wool-processing tools and machines - looming while keeping a blanket weaving; - tools and rotary machines - the wood lathe is still in very good shape; - wooden sculptures representing statues, paintings, various figures. We look forward to seeing you on the occasion of the "Days of Culture and Spirituality", which take place every year from 15 to 16 August at Răcăşdia.
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