Exhibition period: November 1 – November 15, 2023, Iulius Mall
This is a new MNIT brand exhibition, which aims to familiarize the public with the most beautiful pieces from the furniture collection of the National History Museum of Transylvania.
Among the cultural treasures owned by MNIT, the furniture collection holds a special, well-defined place. The pieces in this collection illustrate the most important artistic currents in the history of European cabinetmaking: Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Neoclassicism, Empire, Louis Philippe or Victorian styles.
In chronological order, the pieces of furniture from the collection of the Cluj Museum of History are arranged between the 16th and 20th centuries. Regarding their provenance, it can be appreciated that most of them belong to the cultural space of Central Europe. Whether they were made in the workshops of local craftsmen or commissioned from prestigious production centers in Hungary, Austria or Germany, they highlight the tastes, artistic canons and, ultimately, the common cultural identity of an area of civilization which stretches from the Alps to the Carpathian Mountains. A certain sobriety of forms, a more accentuated functionalism, "provincial", more modest adaptations of some established motifs - represent the characteristic notes of the furniture that gave shape to the interiors once inhabited by our Transylvanian ancestors.
Exhibition curator: Melinda Mitu
Design: Török Károly
