Ethnographic Museum ”Saint Ann”

Name:
Ethnographic Museum ”Saint Ann”
General profile:
Main profile:
Ethnography
Collection(s):

With its Romanian architecture, the building comprises two rooms, one of which has the function of a traditional dwelling, in which old objects are exhibited, most of them a hundred years old, some even older. From the exhibited objects we mention a brick stove plastered with clay, a traditional bed with tables, a round table with three legs, chairs, boxes of dowry, a chest, jugs, a weaving device, a kitchen cabinet with large pots, bowls, wooden spoons, plates, spindles and other tools, coloured woolen carpets, textiles, vases, old traditional costumes and accessories, oil lamps, coins and banknotes, photographs, old property documents.. The function of the second room is a clay modeling w...orkshop, exhibiting over a thousand works, some of which are for sale. Outside on the porch there are exposed wooden objects and there is another potter’s wheel.. In the storage areas there are: a traditional cart, barrels, a grinder for potters, millstones, tools, carpenters, bells, a yoke, a deposit for clay. We regularly organize sit-ups and clay modeling workshops for children and adults.


County:
Gorj
Locality:
Bălăneşti
Commune:
Bălăneşti
Address:
Strada Principală nr. 32
Postal code:
217036
Access:
By car DJ 665A; by bus from Târgu-Jiu-Glodeni-Ohaba
Time table:
On request, by phone booking
Phone :
0785.160.006; 0761.271.734
E-mail address:
Administrative subordination:
Private Museum/Collection
Importance:
Local
Founded:
2015
Museum code:
96107020
Director:
Ana Lupu
Contact person:
Ana Lupu
Classified :