AMULETS – WORSHIP AND MAGIC
30 May 2023
We are starting registrations for the fifth activity within the museum education project carried out in partnership with the Association HaiHui between words: "The 12 papyri. From Life to Immortality in Ancient Egypt". The theme of the activity is: "the amulets" – cult and magic”.
We meet on Tuesday, May 30, at 15 p.m. in the space related to the "Gods and Mortals in Ancient Egypt" Exhibition (XNUMXst floor).
The team made up of Monica Bodea (museographer) and Luminița Bratu (teacher. primary teacher) will welcome you with stories, history and ....as usual with surprises!
Appointments: 0745392935 Monica; 0748989347 Luminita.
Available places: 15 (the activities are aimed at children aged between 6 and 10).
"Amulets" – cult and magic.
Fashionable since ancient times, ancient Egyptian amulets and talismans have fascinated with their shape, color and symbol.
The Djed Pillar is an amulet made of glazed fired clay. It symbolizes the reconstruction of the spine and the restoration of the body of Osiris. The artifact, of great importance in religious services, is the emblematic sign of the annual Tat completion ceremony, a ceremony commemorating the death and resurrection of Osiris. The four inscribed lines represent both the cardinal points and the four elements: air, water, fire and earth. It has the role of protection against enemies but also of attracting good auspiciousness for stability and preservation of power. Placed around the neck of the deceased, it has the role of protecting them on their journey through the underworld.
A stone amulet represents a Tilapia fish. Due to the way of reproduction by laying eggs in the mouth, the tilapia fish symbolized for the ancient Egyptians the renewal of life, the spontaneous regeneration. The wearer of this type of amulet could hope to assimilate the qualities and traits that the fish had. In tombs, fish amulets were sometimes deposited as a substitute for food, but tilapia guaranteed rebirth. These perforated amulets are also often sewn onto the textile bandages of the mummies.
- Published in MUSEUM EDUCATION
GODS AND MORTAL OF ANCIENT EGYPT
September 2022 – June 2023
The opening of a new exhibition at MNIT brings with it a new museum education project. And, perhaps, no exhibition was as awaited as the "mummy exhibition", respectively the "Gods and mortals from Ancient Egypt" project. There will be a series of activities for children, all at the MNIT headquarters, second floor, in the museum education room. The project is aimed at primary school students.
Cost/participant: 10 lei
Appointments at the phone number: 0745392935.
Project coordinator: Monica Bodea
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GODS AND MORTAL IN ANCIENT EGYPT
English version of the exhibition's labels and posters.
from September 2, 2022, MNIT headquarters
The Egyptian collection, one of the collections in the preferences of the Cluj public, comes before visitors in a space innovatively arranged with multimedia applications, modern and interactive technology. The exhibition itself brings to the fore the pieces from the Egyptian collection of MNIT, donated to the Ardelean Museum in the second half of the 2.000th century and the first half of the XNUMXth century, the central piece representing a human mummy in a wooden sarcophagus painted, discovered at Gamhud, in Middle Egypt. The pieces illustrate a history of more than XNUMX years, during which the Egyptians embalmed and buried their dead so that they could continue their lives in the world "beyond". In addition to funerary objects, the exhibition also highlights votive objects, as well as everyday objects.
To prepare for the exhibition, the 49 artefacts underwent conservation and restoration procedures, and the human mummy, along with mummified human organs and mummified animals, were also subjected to medical imaging investigations, procedures which resulted in extremely interesting, which will be revealed for the first time, during the exhibition. Interesting details about mummification techniques and the role of this ritual in Egyptian beliefs will also be presented. All this exhibition approach will be illustrated by means of a documentary film, which presents step by step the development of the project and the observations of the specialists involved in the project.
I didn't forget the little ones either. As the stories related to Egypt are a true magnet for them, we have created a special space for them dedicated to museum pedagogy activities, where we will hold thematic workshops designed specifically for this theme.
The exhibition will be visited during the working hours of MNIT and will be open to the public for the next 5 years.
GODS AND MORTAL OF ANCIENT EGYPT
The "Gods and Dead from Ancient Egypt" exhibition, the main objective of an extensive research and restoration project of the pieces from the Egyptian Collection of MNIT, a project financed by the SEE Grants 2014 - 2021, within the RO-CULTURE Program, (project code CALL01-4 ), the call on "Supporting innovative exhibitions with restored movable cultural goods".
Project financed by the SEE Grants 2014 – 2021 within the RO-CULTURE Program
Contract no. RO-CULTURE-A1-2/2020/31.01.2020
Project duration: February 2020 – September 2022
Contract value: 615.547,61 LEI (128.719,10 EURO)
The general objective: the promotion of the Egyptian collection, by creating an innovative exhibition, with preserved and restored objects.
The EEA grants represent the contribution of Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein and the Kingdom of Norway to the reduction of economic and social disparities in the European Economic Area and to the strengthening of bilateral relations with the 15 beneficiary states in Eastern and Southern Europe and the Baltic states. In total, the three states contributed €3,3 billion between 1994 and 2014 and €1,55 billion for the 2014-2021 funding period. More details are available at: www.eeagrants.org and www.eeagrants.ro.
The RO-CULTURE program is implemented by the Ministry of Culture through the Project Management Unit and its general objective is to strengthen economic and social development through cultural cooperation, cultural entrepreneurship and cultural heritage management. More details are available at: www.ro-cultura.ro
- Published in EXHIBITIONS, EXHIBITIONS AT THE HEADQUARTERS, PRESENT EXHIBITIONS
THE SCARAB – FROM ANIMAL TO GOD
April 19 2023
🏁We are starting registrations for the fourth activity within the museum education project carried out in partnership with the "HaiHui among words" Association: "The 12 papyri. From Life to Immortality in Ancient Egypt". The theme of the fourth papyrus is: "The scarab - from animal to god".
🏵We meet on Wednesday, April 19, at 15.00 p.m., in the space related to the "Gods and Mortals in Ancient Egypt" exhibition (XNUMXst floor).
The team made up of Monica Bodea (museographer) and Luminița Bratu (teacher. primary teacher) will welcome you with stories, history and surprises.
📲 Appointments: 0745392935 – Monica; 0748989347 – The light.
Available places: 15 (the activities are aimed at children aged between 6 and 11).
Workshop Introduction:
The ancient Egyptians observed the behavior of this small animal and came to associate it with a god. This insect manages to turn a piece of mud/dung into a perfect sphere by rolling repeatedly. This sphere, rolled from east to west, recalled the movement of the sun, the shape of the ball being another symbolization of the solar star, much revered by the Egyptians. The sun is the source of life, and the observation that even scarab babies are born from these balls of dung led the inhabitants of the Nile area to associate the scarab with the Sun god. This is how the scarab became the God Khepri - representing the rising sun, when it emerges from the underworld: a symbol of the power of regeneration, renewal.
A symbol of immortality and rebirth, the scarab was used in the mortuary chambers of the pharaohs, being placed next to the heart. Over time it has become a symbol used very often in amulets, jewelry with the role of protection, prosperity and luck, for all those who believe in it.
- Published in MUSEUM EDUCATION
THE MYSTERY OF THE PYRAMID
March 16 2023
We are starting registrations for the third activity within the museum education project "The 12 papyri. From Life to Immortality in Ancient Egypt", made in partnership with the HaiHui Association among the words. This time, the theme of the activity is: "The Mystery of the Pyramid".
We meet on Thursday, March 16, at 15 p.m. in the space dedicated to the exhibition "Gods and Mortals in Ancient Egypt" (XNUMXst floor).
The team made up of Monica Bodea (museographer) and Luminița Bratu (teacher. primary teacher) will welcome you with stories, history and, as usual, with surprises!
Appointments: 0745392935 Monica; 0748989347 Luminita.
Available places: 15 (the activities are aimed at children aged between 6 and 10).
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