
Events at the MNIT headquarters (free entry):
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"Once upon a time in Egypt" exhibition opening
The play "THE JUDGMENT OF OSIRIS"
These events conclude the third year since we initiated the project addressed to high school students, the Dialogue Platform between MNIT and teenagers – Our Museum / Your Museum, an initiative that forced us to look for ways to get teenagers to use their creativity and energy and to express their own vision about an exhibition, starting from the one made by MNIT "Gods and mortals from ancient Egypt" (ZMEA).
Four Cluj schools participated in the project: "Gheorghe Șincai" National College Cluj-Napoca, "Nicolae Bălcescu" Theoretical High School Cluj-Napoca, Energetic Technical College Cluj and "Ștefan Pascu" Apahida High School. Project results, exhibition #AfostodateinEgypt and the play Judgment of Osiris, will be presented to the public on May 31 at 16:00 p.m. at the MNIT headquarters. In addition to what they learned with us and achieved through their own effort, there remains an experience that brought them closer to the museum and brought the museum closer to them!
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JUNE 1, 11.00:13.00 AM – XNUMX:XNUMX PM:
Museum education workshops:
"GODS AND MORTAL IN ANCIENT EGYPT"
For the ancient Egyptians, the preservation of the body by mummification or embalming was very important. Only certain priests could do this. Mummification could take up to 70 days. Afterwards the body was washed, wrapped in linen strips and placed in a human-shaped wooden sarcophagus, painted with various signs and symbols.
The mummy – an important artefact in our Exhibition, is painted with different scenes illustrating moments from the embalming ritual. One such scene is a wide collar, decorated on the chest and composed of ten rows of geometric motifs.
From JUNE 1st we will talk about rituals, gods and embalming. And because we chose to make the collar rendered on the mummy together, we will turn the activity into a real art.
Age of participants: 5 – 11 years.
We are waiting for you in the courtyard of the museum, starting at 11:00