Caransebeş County Museum of Ethnography and Border Regiment

Event title: Night of Museums – Knights of the City of Caransebes Night of Museums program: 22:00 – 0:00

Locations: Caransebes County Museum of Ethnography and Border Regiment, 2 General Ioan Dragalina Square, Caransebes Tibiscum Archeological Reservation Telephone: +40 255 512.193 mjergcaransebes@yahoo.com www.muzeu-caransebes.ro

Free access

The event will take place in two locations: one is the interior court of the museum and the other one is the archaeological reservation Tibiscum.

10:00 The official opening of the event Night of Museums at the headquarters, where, for one hour, the right atmosphere will be created thanks to the aid of mountebanks, knights and princesses. They will provide glimpses of medieval times and the context for nobleman UBUL to enter the city of Caransebes

11:00 A departure for the second location where the following events will take place: 12.00 - Knights Marathon, organized on a runway made especially for the event; any participants are welcome 13.00 - The medieval world of stories, play for children, staged by West Theatre Resita

14:00 In the interior courtyard of the museum the following exhibitions will be opened for the public: • Religious and profane paintings, exhibition that brings in front of visitors anonymous paintings from city of Caransebes and places near by. • House of the forester, ethnographical exhibition that reproduces the interior of a traditional house from Mountainous Banat • Banat border in images, exhibitions that shows the life of the city of Caransebes during the Habsburg domination. • Paintings of Ion Salisteanu, a famous contemporary Romanian artist • Traditional crafts from Banat, ethnographical exhibition made in partnership with the Museum of History, Ethnography and Art Lugoj, which brings forth for the visitors traditional tools and materials, used more than 200 years ago. • Medieval church from Caransebes and statue of Empress Sisi, two moments of the local history of city of Caransebes

16.00 - Representation of folk dances from Banat, performed by the traditional dance ensembles from Armenis, Bolvasnita, Bocsa, Vermes 18.00 - Folk music concert performed by Stana Stepanescu 19:00 - I want to be stupid – a play held by the „Mihai Eminescu” Theatre Timisoara 21.30 – Official awarding ceremony dedicated to one of the visitors who has participated in all the events during this day and visited all the Museum`s exhibitions. 22:30 – Screening of the final football match of Champions League - in the interior court of the Museum, on a giant screen.

Partners: ”Mihai Eminescu” Theatre Timişoara, West Theatre Reşiţa, RNMR, Romanian Opera Timisoara Media partners: Radio Resita, Banat TV, Radio Timisoara, TVR Timisoara