The Astra Museum in Sibiu, a treasure of Transylvanian history.

The Astra Museum in Sibiu, a treasure of Transylvanian history.

Tudor-Dan Ravoiu

The ASTRA Museum of Traditional Folk Civilization

The ASTRA Museum of Traditional Folk Civilization is undoubtedly one of the most important ethnographic museums in Romania. Spanning an area of 42 hectares, the museum complex features over 10 kilometers of pathways and is divided into six significant thematic sectors.

Public-Social Utility Buildings

Visitors can find here public-social utility buildings that include workshops for crafts traditionally carried out in rural households, especially those in the Sibiu area. Thus, traditional installations used in:

  • Wool processing
  • Silk production
  • Leatherworking
  • Basket weaving

can be seen here.

Exhibitions and Thematic Sectors

The Astra Museum also hosts exhibitions of monumental sculpture as well as a thematic sector dedicated to:

  • Techniques
  • Means of transport
  • Communications

You can find more details at the official page of the museum.

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