Bucovina Village Museum
Bucovina Village Museum
4.5
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Tuesday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
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Mihai R
Timisoara, Romania11 contributions
Sept 2020 • Couples
Small and compact village museum.
However, in terms of attention to interior house details, it's a 10/10.
Interiors are reconstructed to perfection!
All the important village interiors are presented: the potter, the blacksmith, the pub, water mill, the oil mill, church, primary school, weaving house, coats workshop, stables, barns along with traditional village homes with all their traditions such as agriculture tools, baptising, wedding, funeral rituals and many more.
Unexpectedly amazing!
However, in terms of attention to interior house details, it's a 10/10.
Interiors are reconstructed to perfection!
All the important village interiors are presented: the potter, the blacksmith, the pub, water mill, the oil mill, church, primary school, weaving house, coats workshop, stables, barns along with traditional village homes with all their traditions such as agriculture tools, baptising, wedding, funeral rituals and many more.
Unexpectedly amazing!
Written 20 September 2020
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Marian C
125 contributions
Nov 2019 • Couples
I did not expected it.
Who would?
Quietly tucked away behind the admission office of the Disney-esque (or kitschy, if you wish) medieval fort Suceava's take on a village museum stands firmly on its own feet.
And while stumbling slowly on its stone paved paths I was nowhere near ready for an open lesson in modern museography. And this is what I got!
A small collection of dwellings (a couple of gems among them) in pristine condition provided the backdrop for a journey I will never forget.
Birth, marriage, burial, genius, were as many excuses for immersive multisenzorial experiences pushing one deeper and deeper into a self-exploring journey.
How do you put multi-sensorial magic into words? You don't... So I'll not.
Imagine the cold, small, dark, oppressive spaces of the cottages, filled with the smells of countless spices and fabrics, illusive figures, the air vibrating with recorded incantations for good fortune at birth, marriage or torn by the grief at the departure of a dear one. And then walking back from the claustrophobic IN into the transitional space of the porch to the burning light and heat; and reaching for the forever lost balance. There are countless benches and tables scattered in larger groups or discreetly tucked away if exploring your inner self requires more than the brief snap with the mandatory smartphone.
There are no demonstration gardens, staff working with medieval gear and the mill is not spinning a will in this museum. It is not a working village in the way one experiences in the West.
Suceava's village museum is not about that. The fabric of the museum is a backdrop to subtle contemporary art. A post-structuralist manifesto I dear to add...
Take Maria Tanase shrine (Romania's Edith Piaf put simply) and the self-referential approach on the composition of a timeless voice an character. Carefully restored clothing? Jewellery? Scraps of paper behind glass? The voice (more vibrato in one room, slidely deeper in another-is it the limited sound system or an artist's work?) resolves it all. No answers! Just more questions!
I had a great time in this museum.
I found the art installations reaching up there with the experiences one gets in the Tate Moderns of this world.
And the experience I placed atop of 2 weeks of being lost in the magic of Bucovina, with its landscape, obsession for traditions, great food and (endangered)architectural heritage.
If you visited the far larger village museums in Bucuresti or near Sibiu you are in for a treat: ancient folk art can be contemporary. It can be smelled, seen, heard by anyone in the here and now.
This is not a museum to experience in 1 hour. That is barely enough for the seeing. But then you need to factor the smelling. The hearing. The tasting. And, if you anyway lost the better part of 2 hours, maybe a moment for thinking.
Visited in August 2019.
Who would?
Quietly tucked away behind the admission office of the Disney-esque (or kitschy, if you wish) medieval fort Suceava's take on a village museum stands firmly on its own feet.
And while stumbling slowly on its stone paved paths I was nowhere near ready for an open lesson in modern museography. And this is what I got!
A small collection of dwellings (a couple of gems among them) in pristine condition provided the backdrop for a journey I will never forget.
Birth, marriage, burial, genius, were as many excuses for immersive multisenzorial experiences pushing one deeper and deeper into a self-exploring journey.
How do you put multi-sensorial magic into words? You don't... So I'll not.
Imagine the cold, small, dark, oppressive spaces of the cottages, filled with the smells of countless spices and fabrics, illusive figures, the air vibrating with recorded incantations for good fortune at birth, marriage or torn by the grief at the departure of a dear one. And then walking back from the claustrophobic IN into the transitional space of the porch to the burning light and heat; and reaching for the forever lost balance. There are countless benches and tables scattered in larger groups or discreetly tucked away if exploring your inner self requires more than the brief snap with the mandatory smartphone.
There are no demonstration gardens, staff working with medieval gear and the mill is not spinning a will in this museum. It is not a working village in the way one experiences in the West.
Suceava's village museum is not about that. The fabric of the museum is a backdrop to subtle contemporary art. A post-structuralist manifesto I dear to add...
Take Maria Tanase shrine (Romania's Edith Piaf put simply) and the self-referential approach on the composition of a timeless voice an character. Carefully restored clothing? Jewellery? Scraps of paper behind glass? The voice (more vibrato in one room, slidely deeper in another-is it the limited sound system or an artist's work?) resolves it all. No answers! Just more questions!
I had a great time in this museum.
I found the art installations reaching up there with the experiences one gets in the Tate Moderns of this world.
And the experience I placed atop of 2 weeks of being lost in the magic of Bucovina, with its landscape, obsession for traditions, great food and (endangered)architectural heritage.
If you visited the far larger village museums in Bucuresti or near Sibiu you are in for a treat: ancient folk art can be contemporary. It can be smelled, seen, heard by anyone in the here and now.
This is not a museum to experience in 1 hour. That is barely enough for the seeing. But then you need to factor the smelling. The hearing. The tasting. And, if you anyway lost the better part of 2 hours, maybe a moment for thinking.
Visited in August 2019.
Written 12 September 2020
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bujordaniel
Suceava, Romania121 contributions
Sept 2018 • Friends
A place full of beautiful memories!
An outdoor museum with a multitude of traditional Bucovina houses and a wooden church.
Created by the stalking of people who love the beautiful authentic!
Situated near the fortified fortress of Prince Stephan the Great and Saint, it has easy access and this museum must be visited!
An outdoor museum with a multitude of traditional Bucovina houses and a wooden church.
Created by the stalking of people who love the beautiful authentic!
Situated near the fortified fortress of Prince Stephan the Great and Saint, it has easy access and this museum must be visited!
Written 1 October 2018
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tibi b
Suceava, Romania21 contributions
Apr 2017
A great place. It is an open air museum showing specific areas of Bukovina, formerly Austrian province.
Written 17 May 2017
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Diego118
Sudbury, Canada168 contributions
Oct 2013 • Couples
My wife and I visited this wonderful outdoor museum in early October. We spent several hours exploring the traditional Romanian homes. We were lucky enough to also enjoy a concert of traditional bands, singers and dancers in fantastic costumes. This place is great for all ages. Don't miss this place while visiting Bucharest
Written 13 November 2013
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Adelutzam
Bucharest, Romania88 contributions
Aug 2019
Just to see the old houses, the traditons and the humbel living of the old generation was so peacefull! I just love to go back in time and be part of a simple livinv for an hour.The entrance is cheep and you are alowed to take pictures.
Written 24 April 2020
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Jeff L
82 contributions
May 2019 • Solo
This is really a surprisingly good museum, and accessible even for foreigners thanks to comprehensive and well-written translations of almost all the relevant text. They have collected a variety of buildings, from houses representative of various districts to a smithy, oil press, flour mill, pottery workshop, etc., even an 18th century wooden church that is now being used again. The various buildings are full of interesting artifacts, and in some cases even exhibitions (with audio) that reconstruct the ceremonies and rites of traditional rural life. Miles beyond my expectations!
Written 29 May 2019
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Irina A
Romania195 contributions
Apr 2019 • Couples
What a beautiful place. I loved everything I saw here. Almost all houses cand be visited inside and they represent the tradition and the rural specific of different zones in Bucovina. The entrance is 6 lei for adult and the visit will take you around 1h.
Written 30 April 2019
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tibi b
Suceava, Romania21 contributions
Jun 2018 • Family
The key element of the permanent exhibition is the local history, which is set in the context of the national and European history, especially since Suceava had been the main residence of the Moldavian lords, for about a century and a half.Over and above, the period of the Austrian administration in Bucovina is also exposed, with the return of Bucovina in the Great Romania, as well as the two World Wars and the period of the communist regime.A great attraction for the visitors for sure is the "Hall of the Royal Council"
Written 25 June 2018
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Multumim pentru aprecieri.
Written 11 July 2018
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Baiasu H
Bucharest, Romania1,713 contributions
Jun 2018 • Friends
It is the place of life menține în the Bucovina lands. The Chambers are beautiful maintained and decorated. You can find Information about occupations and customs of the area. This museum has its charm. Congratulations on the cultural space.
Written 11 June 2018
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