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14 March – 10 June 2023, Casa cu Arcade, Sfântu Gheorghe (Covasna county).
MNIT is co-organizer of the temporary exhibition "Memory of Petőfi and the relics of the revolution and the Hungarian liberation struggle of 1848-1849", opened on March 14, 2023, at the Arcade House in Sfântu Gheorghe (Covasna county). The exhibition was organized on the occasion of the 175th anniversary of the Hungarian revolution and struggle for independence of 1848-49 and the 200th anniversary of the birth of the poet Sándor Petőfi.
In this event, MNIT is present with approx. 50 museum pieces from the collections of the Museum of Relics of the 1848-49 Revolution in Cluj. This museum was a Hungarian cultural institution established in 1892 with the aim of collecting objects, documents and historical data related to the Hungarian revolution. A significant part of the heritage of the Museum of Relics of the Revolution from 1848-49 ended up in the administration of the National History Museum of Transylvania in 1976.
The exhibition showcases objects of daily use belonging to both great personalities - Sándor Petőfi, Lajos Kossuth, Iosif Bem - as well as lesser-known or even anonymous characters, whose destinies were closely linked to the events of 1848-49.
Organizers: The National History Museum of Transylvania in Cluj-Napoca, respectively the Szekler National Museum and the Liszt Institute – Hungarian Cultural Center, in Sfântu Gheorghe
Partners: The Consulate General of Hungary in Miercurea Ciuc, the Covasna County Council and the Haáz Rezső Museum in Odorheiu Secuiesc.
Exhibition curators: Szebeni Zsuzsanna, theater historian, director of the Liszt Institute in Sfântu Gheorghe, and Mitu Melinda, MNIT museographer. On behalf of the Cluj History Museum, Ovidiu Muntean, museographer, and Ana Maria Gologan, MNIT conservator, also collaborated.
