Ethnographic Museum of Maramureș "Francisc Nistor"

The Muzeul Etnografic al Maramureșului „Francisc Nistor” (Francisc Nistor Ethnographic Museum of Maramureș) is at 1 Strada Bogdan Vodă in the city of Sighetu Marmației. It belongs to the Maramureș Museum, together with the Mihai Dăncuș Maramureș Village Museum, which is a separate open-air museum. The first ethnographic museum in Sighet opened in 1926, following an initiative of 1921. Its collections were scattered during the Horthy administration, and the museum was re-established in 1954. Reorganisation began in 1969, and the museum reopened on 26 December 1971. The exhibition follows a circuit and presents the main categories of folk culture. The pastoral collection has more than 100 pieces, from wooden milking vessels to flutes and alphorns. The Victor Pop collection of bread stamps (pecetare) has 90 pieces, 71 of them on permanent display; the oldest dates from 1812. The collection of icons on wood from the 17th and 18th centuries has 136 pieces, 16 of them classed as national treasures, some signed by Alexandru Ponehalschi. The "hall of columns" displays 12 carved Maramureș gate posts and a small gate dated 1790 from the old cemetery in Breb. The textile collection holds 1,884 objects and the folk costume collection 1,252 pieces, including a complete bridal costume. The museum is open to the public and offers a free audio guide in Romanian through the izi.TRAVEL app.