The County Museum of History and Art (Romanian: Muzeul Județean de Istorie și Artă) is a museum in Zalău, Romania, established in 1951.[1]

Zalău County Museum of History and Art

Muzeul Judeţean de Istorie şi Artă
Front entrance of the County Museum
Location within Romania
Established	1951 (1951)
Location	Zalău, Romania
Coordinates	47.182042°N 23.051805°E / 47.182042; 23.051805
Website	muzeuzalau.ro

Archaeologists from the museum took part in excavations in the region. In 2015, a stone sarcophagus was discovered during restoration of a sacred area at Porolissum. The find was unusual because the sarcophagus was not in the cemetery that had been previously excavated. The sarcophagus contains skeletal remains of a young peron, and the limestone lid has carvings that were common in Roman times. A hole in the lid suggests that the grave was robbed in antiquity.[2]

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