‘Petre Țuțea’ Cultural Center (Cluj-Napoca, Brașov)
‘Petre Țuțea’ Cultural Center (Cluj-Napoca, Brașov)
Despre eveniment
Locations: The Tailors’ Tower Cluj-Napoca The White Tower, Graft Bastion, Blacksmiths’ Bastion Brașov e-mail: cdlcv@yahoo.com Free entrance for those who can say how many years the European Museums’ Night has been celebrated
Tailors’ Tower (Baba Novac Square, Cluj-Napoca) Event Title: The Order of the Basarabs – Night-watchman in Castrum Clus Night of Museums opening hours: 10.00 pm – 03.30 am
Traditional puppet theater, medieval sonnets, medieval dance school, performances presenting activities that were peculiar to medieval guilds, public lectures on historical themes, screenings of old images and other surprises (watchmen at the gates of the tower, knights and miladies playing Baba-Oarba, double-dealers selling miraculous medicine, highlanders accompanied by their Mioritic Shepherd dogs, knights engaged in sword duels or wooing ladies, minstrels, fiddlers… and many more).
The White Tower, Graft Bastion and Blacksmiths’ Bastion in Brașov Event Title: UrzelnZunft Schassburg® Night of Museums opening hours: 9.00 pm – 04.00 am
Within the museum perimeter of The White Tower and Graft Bastion, and also inside the Blacksmiths’ Tower (housing the National Archives), visitors will be given the chance to enjoy medieval sonnets, performances presenting activities peculiar to medieval guilds, public lectures on historical themes, animations and other surprises (the rescue of a Milady from the tower, the Citadel´s watchmen patrolling, minnesingers, petty thieves and bandits robbing other well-known medieval characters… and many more). At the beginning of the night, at 9 pm, the White Tower will host a historical re-enactment of the guild´s Zunftmeister (guild master) election and his handling of the guild´s chest; the chest which later will be guarded by watchmen and then robbed by masked intruders, to be locked up in the Blacksmiths’ Tower, that also holds several 14th-16th century documents pertaining to the guilds of Brasov.
Partners: Cluj Municipality, Center for Urban Culture, Qual Media, Cluj-Napoca Info-Tourist Center (CIT-CJ), RATUC History Museum of the Brasov County, National Archives – Brasov County Administration, Brasov Info-Tourist Center (CIT-BV)
Sponsors: Den Braven Romania, VES, FORTSTYLE, Armatura, GRUP TRANSILVAE
