After the triumphal entry into Alba Iulia, Mihai Viteazul had a monetary issue, with a rather small circulation, of which only one original piece is preserved, in Vienna, and very few later copies, one of which is part of the numismatic collection of National History Museum of Transylvania. The museum copy, made by a German engraver around 1825, differs in weight from the Vienna original. Dr. Livia Călian tells us about all this, about the context in which this medal appeared, but also about the portrait on the piece issued in 1600, which is probably the closest to the real appearance of Mihi Vitezul. Dr. Claudia Bonța tells us about medals and the art of engraving in the Baroque period, the golden age of medalism, in which many masterpieces of the genre were made.

Obverse description: Circular inscription; in field: pearl circle; facing bust of Michael the Brave wearing mantle with fur collar and fur hat with plume fastened in clasp Reverse legend: TRANSYL: LOCVMT: CIS: TRAN: PAR: ET: SVP: EXER. GE: HEAD; A: D:/ VIGILAN/TIA: VIRTV/TE ET: ARMIS: VICTORI/AM: NACT/VS/ 1600/

The Pharmacy History Collection is well-known both for its exhibits and for the building in the center of Cluj that houses them. Among the most beloved objects in the collection are the bottles for the Elixir of Love, very popular especially around Valentine's Day. The collection contains four hand-painted glass containers with different romantic representations (hearts, facing doves, couples, flowers) made in a factory in Transylvania in the middle of the 18th century. Dr. Ana Maria Gruia tells us about them, about their contents and about the various ingredients used for the preparation of elixirs. Dr. Felix Marcu, the museum manager, and architect Endre Ványoló talk to us about the situation of the building, its history and how it will look after the extensive restoration workss , which is coordinating the restoration of the building and the murals. If you are fascinated by the history of the pharmacy, on the facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/colectiefarmacluj) and on the collection blog (http://farmacluj.blogspot.com) you can find every day super interesting posts about diseases and their remedies, containers, medical tools and many other curiosities related to this field.

In the Middle Ages, the law was enforced by means of quite harsh punishments, one of which was beheading. The National History Museum of Transylvania keeps in its collection the executioner's sword of the city of Cluj, which dates back to the 16th century, a sword with a broad blade, with a slightly rounded tip, with two edges and a long handle, covered in leather, which he was holding on with both hands. How it was used, according to which law and who could be beheaded, historian Andrei Fărcaș tells us. Dr. Diana Varga tells us about the punitive mechanisms in Transylvania of the Middle Ages in the context of the medieval legal system and thus we learn that the city of Cluj had "jus gladii", meaning the right to apply capital punishment, a privilege granted by the king to important cities. Our colleague also tells us about some instruments of penance from the museum collection, used in the environment of Catholic monks, for self-flagellation.

In the Transylvania of the 17th and 18th centuries, the nobles traveled quite a lot and always had chests with medicines with them, for adequate treatment, if needed. The Pharmacy History Collection in Cluj has in its heritage such an artifact, which belonged to Terézia Kemény. The chest, with many drawers and compartments, is precious in that it keeps all the bottles, each with the name (in Latin and Hungarian) of the substance it contained, and some of them also preserved the medicine inside: mustard seeds, used bezoars in case of poisoning and many others, about which we learn from our colleague Dr. Ana Maria Gruia. Dr. Márta Guttmann tells us about the secrets of the substances present in these vials, and Dr. Diana Varga tells us the story of Terézia Kemény and her family. If you are fascinated by the history of the pharmacy, on the facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/colectiefarmacluj) and on the collection blog (http://farmacluj.blogspot.com) you can find every day super interesting posts about diseases and their remedies, containers, medical tools and many other curiosities related to this field.

Our journey through time took us to Cluj in 1918, a period from which an object with an interesting story, located in the museum's collection, dates. Dr. Ioan Cârjă, from Babeș-Bolyai University, outlines the general framework of the events, and our colleague, Dr. Ovidiu Munteanu, tells us the story of this panel with the inscription, which, together with the tricolor flag, was put up on the premises of the National Senate Romanian from Transylvania, located in the Economul Bank building, on November 12, 1918. The panel was made by Sidonia Docan, who was "leading sister of the Red Cross", but also secretary of the Senate. Our colleague Pompei Grapini talks to us about this piece, from the point of view of the restoration specialist.

Today we are talking about the year 1989 and the exhibition Cluj 1989.21.12. On this occasion, Ovidiu Moldovan conducted an interview with Radu Negru, a participant in the events of December 21, 1989, in Cluj, which evokes the moment in Piața Unirii, where several demonstrators were injured and killed by the volleys of bullets. In a selective montage, Dr. Ioana Gruiță, the curator of the exhibition, describes the most important exhibits and part of the concept that the team of museographers and conservators of MNIT put on stage, through the exhibition organized yesterday to commemorate 30 years since the Romanian revolution.