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the last Ipoteşti estate owner. He donated his house to the Romanian state. Now, there is
the Etnographic Museum of National Centre of Studies from Ipoteşti, being exposed
objects from the old peasant households. The museum presents, chronologically, during
of ten symbol-spaces, the moments of Eminescu’s life and opera. In entrance in the
museum recreates metaphorical, the universe on Eminescu’s nature: the sky full of stars,
the sea sand with the nacre shells, exposed in hone and the stylized trees, three elements
which can be found permanently.
The memorial houses situated in the South of Romania are in a number of
approximately 40, 15 of them being found in Bucharest.
George Enescu National Museum from Bucharest (Fig. 3) is situated in Cantacuzino’s
Palace, in three rooms of the palace being developed chronologically the permanent
exhibition which include, except other, photos, manuscripts, various documents ,
diplomas, decorations, art objects, musical instruments, his clothes from Romanian
Academy, artist's death mask and his hands moulded 12 .
Theodor Aman Museum of Bucharest is the only vintage documentary house rested in
Bucharest, hosting a collection of 186 paintings,400 drawings and engravings, but also 50
engraving plates.
George Călinescu Memorial Museum from Bucharest presents a part of his personal
objects, furniture, manuscripts, documents regarding great man of letter’s life and
activity 13 .
In Prahova County there are approximately 10 memorial houses, in which the most
representative are: Constantin Stere Museum, Ion Luca Caragiale Museum, Cezar
Petrescu Museum, and Bogdan Petriceicu Haşdeu Museum.
Bogdan Petriceicu Haşdeu Museum (Fig. 4) was open for the public in the time when he
was living. The exhibition exposes documents about culture’s history, family photos,
manuscripts, furniture and personal objects which were owned by the scholar and his
daughter (approx. 300 exhibits); old book, paintings with Bogdan Petriceicu Haşdeu and
his daughter Iulia Haşdeu; Bogdan Petriceicu Haşdeu archives; his sketches for Iulia
Haşdeu Castle; the first editions of Bogdan Petriceicu Haşdeu (1838 - 1907) and of Iulia
Haşdeu (1869 - 1888) works 14 .
In Transylvania there are almost 30 memorial houses in which the most representative
are Mureşenilor House and Stefan Baciu House from Braşov.
Mureşenilor House from Braşov (Fig. 5) was constituted in 1968, after the donation
made by the followers of Mureşeanu family. They were putting in this way in work Iacob
Mureşianu’s cultural testament, offering for the Romanian state, for organising a
museum, the necessary space, a very important furniture collection, paintings, sculptures
and especially an archive of invaluable cultural value counting over 25.000 documents.
The museum is dedicated to the memory of many members of this family with big worth
in the cultural and political life of their time. Subordinate for a period to the County
Museum of Braşov, starting with 1998, became itself a museum. The museum illustrates
especially the life and the activity of the poet Andrei Mureşanu, the author of Romanian
12 http://www.georgeenescu.ro/document_65_istoric_pg_0.htm
13 http://www.muzeeromania.ro/arta/casa-memoriala-george-calinescu-bucuresti/
14 http://ghidulmuzeelor.cimec.ro/id.asp?k=489