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Museum located in the Southeast of Romania - an institution that preserves, restores and enhances the cultural heritage but also a research institution and a cultural and educational center.

Status: Idea
Creation date: 30-11-2022

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Short summary The Museum manages 9 buildings and includes 6 sections and 2 departments: o Archaeology, o Modern and Contemporary History, o Ethnography and Folk Art, o Art - including the "Nicăpetre" Cultural Centre, o Memorials: o 3 Memorial Houses/ 1 Memorial Centre o Natural Sciences Department, o Restoration - Conservation Laboratories (ceramics, metal, textile and ethnographic collections, wood and furniture, art, painting, book and document, natural science collections) and Heritage repositori

Full description The "Carol I" Museum was founded on August 23, 1881, by a Royal Decree signed by King Carol I. The Museum is an institution that preserves, restores and enhances the cultural heritage but it is also a research institution and a cultural and educational center. The "Carol I" Museum manages 9 buildings and includes 6 sections and 2 departments: o Archaeology, o Modern and Contemporary History, o Ethnography and Folk Art, o Art - including the "Nicăpetre" Cultural Centre, o Memorials: o "Panait Istrati" Memorial House, o "Dumitru Panaitescu Perpessicius" Memorial House, o "Nae Ionescu, Anton Dumitriu, Vasile Băncilă, Ana Aslan, Edmond Nicolau, Valeriu Dinu" Memorial Centre, o "Fănuș Neagu" Memorial House o Natural Sciences Department, o Restoration - Conservation Laboratories (ceramics, metal, textile and ethnographic collections, wood and furniture, art, painting, book and document, natural science collections) and Heritage repositories; o Public Relations Department - which also coordinates the Cultural Diversity Centre o Istros Publishing House. Temporary exhibitions, conferences, symposia, scientific sessions, concerts, competitions, workshops, other educational activities, social campaigns, etc. are organised regularly by the Museum. Important collections - including heritage objects classified as Treasures. Internationally renowned collections (Max Herman Maxy, Nicăpetre, Panait Istrati etc.); Awards: o 2002 - "Iulian Antonescu" Award for museum reorganization of the spaces; o 2003 - "Petre Comarnescu" Award for the Nicăpetre Retrospective; o 2005 - "Alexandru Oprea" Award for the itinerant exhibition "Time of Words", realized by the Museum in collaboration with MLR Iasi; o Istros" Publishing House (724 titles) - Prize of the Romanian Academy (19 books); Prize of the Academy of Scientists, Prize of the Cultural Foundation "Magazin Istoric"; Temporary exhibitions organized at important museums in Romania; Permanent collaborations with prestigious institutions in Romania: institutes of the Romanian Academy, cultural institutes, universities, ethnic communities: Romanian Institute of Culture and Humanistic Research in Venice - Italy, Romanian Cultural Institute "Dimitrie Cantemir" in Istanbul - Turkey, Romanian Embassy in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, etc.; Research, cultural and publishing projects funded by the National Institute for Research and Development in Optoelectronics (INOE-CERTO); National Centre for Programme Management; Romanian Government; Ministry of Culture; Administration of the National Cultural Fund, Union of Romanian Architects, etc. - 2 Awards. Participation in national and international book fairs and exhibitions.

Advantages and innovations Permanent collaborations with prestigious institutions in Romania: institutes of the Romanian Academy, cultural institutes, universities, ethnic communities: • Romanian Institute of Culture and Humanistic Research in Venice - Italy, • Romanian Cultural Institute "Dimitrie Cantemir" • in Istanbul - Turkey, Romanian Embassy • in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, • etc.; Research, cultural and publishing projects funded by the: • National Institute for Research and Development in Optoelectronics (INOE-CERTO); • National Centre for Programme Management; • Romanian Government; Ministry of Culture; Administration of the National Cultural Fund, • Union of Romanian Architects;

Technical Specification or Expertise Sought Cultural, educational and research products and services development/ exchange..
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