3/5 Jonathan E. 7 years ago on Google
Ostensibly,
this
is
one
of
the
most
historic
places
in
Romania:
the
hall
where
the
union
between
Transylvania
and
the
rest
of
Romania
was
decided.
But
instead
of
providing
an
adequate
explanation
and
a
relevant
display,
the
place
is
full
of
dusty,
haphazardly-collected
set
of
exhibits
all
attempting
to
show
how
the
ethnic
Romanians
have
been
in
Transylvania
for
centuries,
in
what
smacks
of
an
effort
to
protest
too
much.
The
main
hall
displays
huge
portraits
of
King
Ferdinand
with
no
explanation
or
context.
And
it
also
houses
irrelevant
temporary
exhibition
panels;
when
I
visited
it
in
August
2016,
it
had
an
exhibition
explaining
how
to
tell
fake
gold
from
real
(!).
Nothing
about
the
political
context
to
the
Union,
the
people
behind
the
event,
or
its
world-wide
implications,
despite
the
fact
that
huge
amounts
of
material
exist.
A
massively
missed
opportunity
to
educate
people
about
the
history
of
Romania;
all
you
get
is
a
massive
hall
with
random
exhibits,
a
few
fading
black-and-white
pictures
of
Romanian
peasants
and
some
scattered
dusty
pottery.
Heartbreaking
for
someone
who
appreciates
and
loves
Romanian
history.
Ah,
yes:
the
website
of
the
museum
managing
the
Hall
was
last
updated
in
2015!
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