It holds valuable collections relating to the life, culture and folk art on the territory of Vlăsia and Burnas, the Danube River Meadow, Mostiştea Valley and Bărăgan Plain. The exhibits include local ethnography items: costumes, interior textiles, rugs, artefacts and tools for agriculture, fishing, bee-keeping, smith's work, furrier’s work etc. The museum was opened in 1971 as an ethnographic museum of the Danube Plain. The museum presents textiles and folk costumes, pottery, objects related to traditional crafts, wood and metal works. In the main hall there are beautiful woolen rugs and carpets with geometric and floral motifs, handmade textiles of linen, hemp, cotton or silk.
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