Photo Laboratory Kováts Odorheiu Secuiesc

A museum has opened in Rugănești/Rugonfalva, near Cristuru Secuiesc/Székelykeresztúr, inviting you to take a trip down memory lane!  Enter the Nostalgia Museum, where memories of the past come to life! This special exhibition will bring you objects and experiences that were once part of our everyday lives but are now rare. At the Museum of Nostalgia, bicycles, motorbikes and kitchen utensils tell the story of a bygone era. The walls are adorned with wall hangings that give an insight into how our ancestors lived and decorated their homes.  Whether you come alone or with your family, the Nostalgia Museum is an unforgettable experience for all ages. Discover the beauty of the past and experience the magic of nostalgia with us! 

The Upper Olt and Mures Museum hosts a permanent ethnography exhibition and numerous temporary exhibitions in the fields of archaeology, history, literary history and geography. The museum is part of the Museum of the Eastern Carpathians.

The museum, founded in 1998 and reorganized in 2006, operates together with the "Kelemenek Rhapsódia" Folklore Society as part of the Maroshévíz Cultural Center belonging to the Ministry of Culture. The area of ​​the museum is approx. 270 square meters, consisting of five rooms and an entrance hall. The visitor walks along a circuit, where on the left he finds the small reception hall of the "Masters' room", here is the logo of the museum "On the Road to Father Nucu". Moving on, we discover the "Thread of Life", the central theme of the museum, which shows the life of a simple person in the area at every stage of life, accompanied by photo documents and words of wisdom. The first room is his childhood. Here we find the cradle, toys and didactic elements, such as the bag, notebooks, textbooks, the blackboard, or the calculator typical of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. At the entrance to the children's room, there is a small door that requires you to bend down, this is a form of forced respect, but also a defense against historical aggressions. Here, too, we can find clay pots, figurines, objects for personal use, made by children with woodcarving, from various materials. The second room, the "Youth Room", presents the wedding scene, as well as an impressive collection of folk costumes, some of which are more than 100 years old, with various influences (from the Moldavian area through Corbu-Tulgheş Street to Marosfalu), from the upper regions, the from the lowland Maros, Beszterce, Nagy Szeben, but also from the Căngăi zones) keeping together the traditions left behind by those who were involved in farming, sheep breeding or forestry in these areas. We note that work clothes are very simple, while festive ones are embellished with different decorative repertoires, and men's shirts are distinguished by two versions: the pre-war one-piece, later the two-piece, shirt and lapel. Through the 18th-century portico with traditional windows, we enter the third room, which contains a huge collection of household objects both inside and outside. We take into account the dish bowl decorated with flower motifs, but also the charcoal iron available in two versions, the larger one is used by adults, the smaller one by children and girls for studying and also for ironing collars and cuffs. There is also a prayer corner, an icon and a pendulum clock, wall protectors. The hall is designed for temporary exhibitions, where, depending on the season, you can find everything from painted eggs to military objects. The museum also contains other items of interest, such as an old wooden refrigerator, a hand mill, handicraft tools, shepherd's artworks, and documents that are currently not open to the public due to lack of space. Visiting program: daily from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m On days off and public holidays only for groups upon prior registration.

The memorial house dedicated to the revolution of 1848-49 and to the national assembly of Lutița/Agyagfalva, is located on the meadow, where these events took place. The village of Lutița hosted several Szekler meetings, of which two, those of 1506 and 1848, had decisive role in the history of the Szekler people, in both cases were adopted decisions with legislative power. The memorial house presents the national assembly of Lutița and the bravery of the Szekler soldiers from that period, through the contemporary documents, besides hosts a permanent exhibition, which presents to the visitors the events of 1848.

The Szekler Museum in Ciuc financed the Mineral Water Museum in the center of Tușnad. The design and layout of the exhibition was carried out by Csíki Természetjáró and Természetvédő Egyesület (CsTTE - Tourism and Nature Protection Association from Miercurea Ciuc) and the Ars Topia Foundation, with the help of designers and students from Hungary and Transylvania, as well as aid from local people. The Mineral Water Museum draws attention to the value of the mineral waters in the region, to the history of drinking water and to the spa tradition. The location of the museum is in Tusnad village, a locality where locals, tourists and travelers stop to collect mineral water from the natural springs. Thus, the museum offers the opportunity for those interested to glance at another type of tourism that is quiet and calm, wears boots and has a special theme. The museum is in a building that has the shape of a yurt, because it presents the path of the mineral water from the steam baths of the Scythian and Magyar shamans to the present day spa tradition. The building has ​​40 square meters (the area of ​​the internal exhibition), and the total exhibition reaches 60-90 square meters (internal and external space). Text and photo sources: http://csikimuzeum.ro; https://www.eco-turism.ro/

The museum pays tribute to one of Transylvania’s most influential 20th-century figures, Bishop Áron Márton, while also presenting the history of 20th-century Transylvania through the perspective of the Hungarian community. Áron Márton’s life journey is exceptionally suited to illustrate the contradictory historical events, political changes, dictatorships, and restrictions of freedom through which the minorities of Transylvania had to remain faithful both to the Christian commandment of love for one’s neighbor and to their national culture. Our exhibition helps visitors understand the present-day situation of Transylvanian Hungarians – in many ways thought-provoking, yet in even more ways a source of pride – and shows interactively the unique Transylvanian path of today, above which, like a “guiding light,” Bishop Áron Márton’s exemplary life and legacy point the way. At the same time, the exhibition, which presents the complex historical contexts, offers visitors the opportunity to recall their own families’ 20th-century stories and to share with their children and grandchildren memories of those times, whose tragedies must never be repeated. For teenagers, we have also prepared museum education programs designed to help them learn in an explorative and engaging way about the 20th century and about the life and teachings of Bishop Áron Márton, whose message remains meaningful and relevant even today.

The curative effects of Szejke's mineral water were documented since the 18th century. Between 1871 and 1890, the Szejke Baths and the surroundings of the village became the property and the beloved destination of Orbán Balázs. Thanks to him, Szejke rose from the rank of a "peasant bath". In the center of the settlement were the thermal baths with 24 bath tubes, and a pool with cold water fed by Attila's Spring. The locals used to drink water from the Sarolta Spring to the North. In the locality, villas had begun to be built. The tourists had at their disposal the Székely Mózes Restaurant with a hundred seats where they could party with gypsy music. The death of Orbán Balázs ended the blossoming of the small resort. After a decade of efforts, the exhibition opened on 21 May 2008. The visitors can admire the pitchers that stored mineral water at Szejke and the carts pulled by buffaloes for carrying it, which have become representative of Odorheiu Secuiesc. Geologist Bányai János, the one who has identified and mapped about 2500 mineral springs in the Szeklerland, was a renowned researcher. The museum exhibits just a part of his impressive collection of rocks and minerals, along with the portraits of the scientists who once adorned the walls of his working room.

TEMPORARILY CLOSED The museum is closed between 1 November 2022 and 1 May 2023. Visits by appointment only. The Aragonite Museum is open between 1 May and 1 November. It is located vis-a-vis Melcului Hill, on DN13A, in the former grinding plant. Aragonite is a crystallized mineral, enriched with carbonated calcium by salty mineral waters. The museum presents the history and technique of aragonite polishing, an original collection of pieces that were made in the same building, some 100 years ago. The aragonite objects and artefacts arrived in 1890 at the World Exhibition in Paris (vases, ashtrays, lamps, cups, fruit, etc.). We look forward to greet you in the first and only museum of its kind in Europe.

The Szekler Museum of Ciuc, as an institution, was born in 1950. Since 1970, the headquarters of the Szekler Museum of Ciuc is the Mikó Castle Fortress, known as “the Fortress", the oldest and most important historical monument in Miercurea-Ciuc/Csíkszereda. The museum’s collections: 1. Plastic arts, with 7823 works from 207 artists; 2. Ethnography, including folk furniture, wooden and metal objects used in agriculture, objects used in animal husbandry and shepherding, objects used in milk processing, folk handicraft items, folk ceramics and folk musical instruments: cello, folk violin, clarinet and trumpet. The textile collection (3336 pieces) is made of indoor textiles and folk costumes; 3. An open-air exhibition with peasant houses and Szekler gates built of wood; 4. Archeology, a collection of 90,000 objects of clay, stone, bone, metal, etc., jewelery, numismatics; 5. Old books, a collection containing the old inventory of the Library of the Franciscan Order from Şumuleu Ciuc, the library of the Roman Catholic Gymnasium, manuscripts, printouts, magazines, archival materials and the toolbox of the Franciscan Book Binding from Şumuleu; 6. Natural sciences, including the following collections: "Mineral Waters", "Herbarium", "Birds and Mammals", "Minerals and Rocks"; 7. Arms Collection; 8. Religious art. PERMANENT EXHIBITIONS: • The Story of the Mikó Caste • The Franciscan printing workshop from Şumuleu Ciuc • Pace of time in Ciuc (Csík) • Preserved sacred art tresures