International temporary exhibition organized as part of the Hungarian Cultural Days in Cluj, 15th edition (August 18-25, 2024)
The exhibition can be visited free until the 21 September 2024, at the headquarters the Reformed Museum of Transylvania (Cluj-Napoca, Avram Iancu Square, no. 14), of Monday to Friday, between 10am and 14pm.
MNIT participated as an organizer in the exhibition that presents over 150 cultural goods (paintings, documents, photographs, clothing and decorative items) from a period between the end of the XNUMXth century and the beginning of the XNUMXth century, goods which belonged to Count Imre Mikó, as well as his wife, children or other relatives by alliance.
The exhibition was organized to commemorate the 175th anniversary of the death of Countess Mária Rhédey (1811-1849), wife of Count Imre Mikó (1805-1876). The latter was a politician from the Transylvanian aristocracy, governor of Transylvania (in 1848, respectively between the years 1860-1861), as well as minister of transport and public works (between the years 1867-1870), within the Andrássy government. Among the special merits of Imre Mikó is the founding of the Society of the Ardelean Museum in Cluj (in 1859).
Nowadays, a good part of the cultural treasure bequeathed by the Mikó family is in the heritage of some institutions in Romania and Hungary, such as the "Lucian Blaga" Central University Library in Cluj-Napoca, the Cluj County Directorate of the National Archives of Romania, The National Museum of Transylvanian History in Cluj-Napoca, the Veszprém County Directorate of the National Archives of Hungary and the "Laczkó Dezső" Museum in Veszprém.
Organisers:
- Liszt Institute, Hungarian Cultural Center in Sfântu Gheorghe (Covasna county)
- "Laczkó Dezső" Museum – Veszprém (Hungary)
- Veszprém County Directorate of the National Archives of Hungary – Veszprém
- The National History Museum of Transylvania - Cluj-Napoca
- "Lucian Blaga" Central University Library - Cluj-Napoca
- The Reformed Museum of Transylvania - Cluj-Napoca
Partner institutions:
- The Reformed Diocese of Transylvania - Cluj-Napoca
- Consulate General of Hungary in Miercurea Ciuc
- Consulate General of Hungary in Cluj-Napoca
Exhibition curator: Gréta Somogyi, researcher at the Institute and Museum of Military History of the Hungarian Ministry of Defense
On behalf of MNIT, they collaborated:
Melinda Mitu, as cocurator,
Andrea Demjén, Ágnes Alföldy-Găzdac, Ștefania Dogărel and Ovidiu Muntean, museographers,
Ioana Cova, Ana Maria Gologan, Diana Bindea and Beatrix Magó, conservatives,
Mihaela Chetrari, Laura Troșan, Cornelia Rotariu, Sabin Grapini and Radu Cordoș, restaurateurs,
Sergiu Odenie, photographer.
Additional contacts: Melinda Mitu (0749-646362)
