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The Museum of Banat (Romanian: Muzeul Banatului) is a museum in Timișoara, Romania, headquartered in Huniade Castle. It was founded in 1872 under the name "Societatea de Istorie și Arheologie" (The Society for History and Archaeology). It hosts the largest collection of archaeological objects Banat. The ground floor houses the Parța Neolithic Sanctuary, a unique monument in Europe.

The museum includes departments for history, archaeology, ethnography and natural sciences. The museum also has a laboratory for conservation and preservation of objects of cultural heritage and history.

History

The museum is located in a historic monument building. Hunyadi János built the castle in the early Renaissance style of the first Italian bulwark system type. It was restored during the 18th century. The north facade, damaged by the Hungarian revolutionary army, was restored in 1856.[1]

In 1872 the History and Archaeology Society was established in Timișoara and they began to collect historical material. In the interwar period the history and archaeology collections grew. The building has housed them since 1947.[2]

The permanent exhibition presents archaeological material on the Neolithic, Daco-Roman periods and the Middle Ages. The museum owns goods listed in the National Cultural Heritage Treasure.[3]

See also

• List of places in Timișoara
• Arad Museum Complex
• Ziridava

Notes

External links

• Official Website
• Museum of Banat at Romanian Institute for Cultural Memory (cIMeC)

На других языках

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[de] Banater Nationalmuseum

Das Banater Nationalmuseum (rumänisch Muzeul Național al Banatului) ist ein Mehrspartenmuseum an der Piața Huniade Nr. 1, im I. Bezirk Cetate, in Timișoara, Rumänien. Es wurde 1872 von der Banater Gesellschaft für Geschichte und Archäologie (rumänisch Societatea de Istorie și Arheologie) auf Initiative des Präfekten des damaligen Komitats Temes Ormós Zsigmond ins Leben gerufen. Das Museum hatte seinen ersten Standort im Haus Wellaner, an der Strada Lonovics (heute Strada Augustin Pacha) und zog 1888 in das extra dafür erbaute Museumspalais (rumänisch Palatul Muzeal), heute Sitz der Rumänischen Akademie, Außenstelle Timișoara ein. Seit 1948 hat das Banater Museum seinen Sitz im Schloss Hunyadi.

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- [en] Museum of Banat

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