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The exhibition invites you on a historical adventure, where you can experience 400 years of history, gaining an insight into the diplomatic peculiarities of the Principality of Transylvania, but also into the gastronomy of the period. At the end of your visit, you will also get answers to questions such as: what did they eat at a princely banquet, or can you substitute a groom at a wedding?

🕰🖋 In the House of Collections, owned by Ernő Beke and his family and opened on 29 August 2010, you can see an impressive collection of all kinds of collectibles: from thimbles to padlocks, from pocket watches to badges. You'll also find one of Europe's largest collections of Kinder figurines, with over 10,000 pieces on display. You can also admire thousands of ballpoint pens, perfumes and beer bottles. A beautifully decorated room is dedicated to the 1848 War of Independence. So far, all visitors have been amazed by the more than 50,000 objects on display. 😍 ❗️Visits require prior appointment.

🏺 The Ethnographic House from Arcuș village has come to life thanks to a passion for over 20 years, being a rich collection of ethnographic, folkloric and local history objects. Bálinth Zoltán started to collect various objects that testify to the life of the ancestors and the collection has grown to more than 8,000 exhibits, which is constantly being enriched with new pieces. The uniqueness of the exhibition is due to the collection of more than 500 charcoal irons of different types and brands. ✨ ❗️ The location can be visited by prior telephone appointment!

❗️ IMPORTANT! Temporarily closed for renovation. 🏰 The Daniel-castle, as well as the park surrounding it, is one of the most well-known monuments in Erdővidék. The details of the building-complex strung along the longitudinal east-west axis are witnessing the sequences of several rebuilding’s and restorations. The chronology of the building process can also be described from east to west. Its earliest wing, namely the flat ceiling room of the main building and the intersecting-barrel-vaulted one, has allegedly been built in the late 16th century. In the mid-17th century, Ferenc Daniel expanded the building with several rooms with a westward view. Also, it is very likely that he was the one building the protection gallery on the northern facade, which has since been included into the overall volume of the building. 📜 The castle became famous mostly for its many late renaissance stone carvings that adorn its southern facade, but none of them – except for the pillars of the loggia – is in its initial spot. In 1687, one of the most spectacular structural elements of the castle, the southern arcaded portico, was erected thanks to István Daniel. At the corners of the main building, the three baroque avant-corps with curved gables, framing from both, the right- and the left-hand-side the cross-vaulted arches of the loggia arcade were also built by István Daniel, who was known to have been the famous chief royal judge of Udvarhelyszék in 1723. The main entry, just as it can still be seen today, must have been built during the aforementioned reparations, too, because its frame bears fragments of similar late renaissance stone carvings. 🧱 Elek Daniel started a somewhat more comprehensive construction in 1797, resulting in the levelled wing of the palace, as well as the penthouse roof on the main building. Inserted between the windows with segmental arches, the huge double coat-of-arms made of sandstone bears the inscription „1745”. The embellished carving was probably ordered to mark the election of István Daniel as chief royal judge of Scaunul Odorheiului/ Udvarhelyszék, and it represented the coat-of-arms of the castle owner, and also that of his wife, Perki Polyxena. Gábor Daniel erected the two-levelled circular bastion attached to the south-western corner of the palace wing between 1850 and 1853. During the same period, a neoclassical wing was added to the northern face of the main building. ⚜️ The castle was amended with several new elements throughout the 20th century. Somewhere around 1920, Ferenc Daniel attached a round bastion to the north-eastern corner of the neoclassical wing, and in 1937 he had the last extension works concluded. The westward open loggia, with the little belfry in its corner, was also built in that very period. Such as the northern, two-levelled stone loggia, recalling a somewhat renaissance atmosphere, which was duly accomplished under the guidance of the art historian József Keöpeczi Sebestyén.  🔗  Text source: https://www.virtualisszekelyfold.ro/en/pano/28

🏛 The Museum of Transylvanian Life in the 17th century Kálnoky Castle takes you into the former world of Transylvanian aristocrats. The restored hunting lodge opened its doors in April 2017. In its rooms you can see original weapons, reconstructions of period clothes, popular books of the aristocrats and old musical instruments. True music lovers will also be able to see an original Streicher piano, the same model as the one played by the German composer Johannes Brahms. The period setting includes a huge park. 📆 Guided castle tour is starting in every hour, based on reservation. Opening hours: ❗️ Monday-Thursday: entry by prior arrangement (last guided tour at 16:00) 📍 Friday-Sunday: 11:00-16:00 (last guided tour at 16:00) 🎫 Tickets can be purchased: •  for individual visitors: Micloșoara, nr. 186. •  for groups: Micloșoara, nr. 85., StonePub.

❗️ We recommend prior consultation before visiting. 📞  📜 Throughout history, there have always been those "Return Home, Wanderer" who, sadly, could never return home, much as they would have liked to. Such was Kelemen Mikes, author of the Letters from Turkey, chamberlain to Ferenc Rákóczi II. Visit the Szentkereszty Castle, where the writer and translator spent part of his childhood. After the confiscation of his estates, the Szentkereszty family inherited the building. It is now a museum with memorial rooms to Kelemen Mikes, Vilmos Csutak, Manyi Kiss and Géza Domokos. ⚜️ This manor from Zagon is one of the most significant buildings of the Mikes family, and it already existed in the 17th century, as indicated by an inscription in one of the beams, which includes the year number 1632, and the initials B:M and E:D. 

🐗🐾 The collection is housed in the Bene House, where you can learn about the richness of the region's species and game, as well as the local hunting culture, through nearly 300 trophies and hundreds of hunting-related objects. The diorama of the Sub Carpathians of Curvature illustrates the species of game that can be hunted in full life-size, showing their habitats. On the walls of the exhibition there are also a number of important trophies, which occupy prominent positions in world rankings, such as the largest deer shot in Romania. You can also see the skin of a bear shot by the late communist dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu in Covasna County. 🐻

✨ We invite you to a little corner of heaven, where tradition still lives on! 🌄 At the foot of Piliștea Peak, nestled in a spacious countryside yard, we’ve lovingly preserved the soul of the Romanian village - so that you may rediscover its charm. 🏡 You’ll find a traditional house and barn, a wood-fired bread oven that fills the air with the scent of childhood, a scenic viewpoint with breathtaking landscapes, an exhibition of old village artifacts that tell forgotten stories, and traditional craft workshops where you can create with your own hands. 📜🕰️ 🛏️ Our guestrooms, furnished with a deep love for authenticity and tradition, await you with comfort and serenity - far from the noise of modern life. 🌿 Come reconnect with nature, with simplicity, and with the beauty of a life lived at a slower pace. We welcome you with open arms and warm hearts! 💚 📍 Visits are available by prior appointment only.

❗️ The Koréh-Dénes mansion can be visited by prior appointment. 📞✉️ ⚜️ It is one of the most beautiful manor-houses of Bicfalău. During its renovation the old decorations and characteristics were restored, so it was restored its exterior painting from the 18th century, and its door`s stucco-decoration, made in 1830. Presently functions as a family house, it is the headquarters of the Transylvanian Art and Heritage Association, but it can be visited with booking.  Its owners if requested organize guided mansion visiting tours in the village and also show you the exhibitions of the Bicfalău Cultural Centre, where you can see the historical stove tiles collection, arhive recordings about the manor-houses of Covasna County, the Magical Bicfalău exhibition and the international contemporary arts photo documents, that were created in nature. Guided tour in romanian: 0724 100 352 Guided tours in hungarian and english: 0724 519 924

👸🏼 This unique private collection is a collection of dolls, furniture, ornaments and old pictures belonging to the Nagy family. Known as the Olga Gallery, the gallery includes classic and modern porcelain dolls, artist dolls, limited edition dolls, character dolls, vinyl dolls. You can find large dolls of the characters from the television series The Lord of the Rings, but also Mother Teresa or Princess Diana. You'll learn when and how the first porcelain dolls were made, and at the end of your visit you'll discover that doll-making is not just an entire world, but a complex and demanding craft. "The Gallery was founded in 2010 with 175 dolls, and today I am the owner of 1,000 dolls. The museum's material is entirely a private collection, the result of years of collecting. My collection includes classic and modern porcelain dolls, artist dolls, limited edition dolls, character dolls, vinyl dolls, and many more. These dolls are more than just ephemeral toys with their lifelike designs and masterfully stitched clothes. The Doll's Gallery is known as Olga Gallery, named after my husband's mother. The museum is not educational, the doll gallery is a fairy tale and reality, a fairy tale that comes to life. Memories, dreams and desires all come to life here. I recommend this experience for all ages." - says Ibolya Nagy, founder of the Olga Gallery. 🧡 ❗️ To visit you need a prior appointment by phone.

🏛🔒 The city of courtyards was once home to many guilds. The museum hosts valuable collections and exhibitions about the history of the city, guilds and crafts. You can see the tools and workshop equipment of potters, bootmakers, shoemakers, embroiderers, locksmiths, gingerbread makers, hatters and tailors, all of which are now rare. You can learn about the history of the town, its civic culture and see local artefacts from the 1848-49 War of Independence. 👧👦 Another special collection of the museum is the collection of Zsuzsi and Andris dolls, dressed in folk costumes from all the regions of Transylvania and Csángó Land.

🏛 The Museum of the Baraolt Basin is the home of the famous four million year old mastodon skeleton, which is of great importance, as only a few skeletal remains have been found in the world. It is also home to a diorama exhibition on the history of Transylvania, with an astonishing six to seven thousand miniatures. The ten, eighteen and twenty-nine millimetre lead soldier figures give a detailed account of the battles of the 1848-49 revolution. ⚜️ 🕰 The first museum in Baraolt was founded by Gáspár Kászoni (Baraolt, 1896 – Baraolt, 1989) watchmaker and antiquities collector of Hungarian and Szekler heritage. After many years of exploration in the area in 1979 he donated a collection to the community of Baraolt. The small museum is closed in 1984.  The collection was transported to Sfântu Gheorghe in the stores of the Székely National Museum for conservation and preservation. From the initiative of Gaál Mózes Cultural Association and the cooperation between Local Government of Baraolt and Székely National Museum on 17th November 2006 these three institutions inaugurated The Museum of the Baraolt Basin (Erdővidék Múzeuma). 

🤎 After the regime change in 1989, the focus on the Csángó-Hungarians became more and more. As a result, not only their unique folk music, folk costumes and folk customs, but also elements of their material culture became the focus of interest. The Csángó costumes, everyday and ritual objects of use, lead us into an interesting and precious world. 🧥 The collection contains pieces from the traditional interiors of Lespezi, Oituz Bacau, Pustiana, and the workshop of the potter Gabor Raymund. The collection includes home textiles, carpets, wool tapestry, rugs, towels, icons and religious representations, pottery from Oituz and Frumoasa. Most objects are related to the essential moments of the sacred and profane life of Moldovan Csangos, from birth to death: for example they include objects related to customs, everyday and sacred life, traditional garb for the rites of passage, art of weaving, sacred objects (prayer books, songs, rosaries, etc.), musical instruments, symbols of baptism, wedding and funeral.

🏛💊 The museum is situated on the first story of the so-called Finta-House. (Court 12 no.1). The real estate predecessor of the Finta-House, the former house with round porch, was built in 1835 after the great fire, and because of its ruinous state it was demolished in 1972. The building was rebuilt in 1978 preserving its previous form. The history of the collection   The exhibited materials were saved for the posterity by dr. Boga Olivér head physician.  The museum objects and the apparatus were exposed for the first time in 2008 in one of the buildings of the Centre for Gerontology and Rehabilitation in Lemnia de Jos. From there they were brought in the building of the Finta-House. The basis of the collection’s material represents the apparatus of the pharmacies no. 24 and 52 of Târgu Secuiesc after 1949, completed with the collection of dr. Boga Olivér. The collection survived the Communism and escaped from confiscation. After the change of the regime dr. Boga Olivér asked for the furniture and apparatus from the personnel of the Golden Snake Pharmacy, which had already been functioning as a private pharmacy and completed it with his own collection. Other donations were also included afterwards.  According to our present knowledge there are 22 pharmaceutical museums in the country. Most of them are functioning within an institute. In Transylvania are recorded four, one of them is in Târgu Secuiesc. The actual state of the museum praises the work of the civil association Let’s act for Kézdi Chair. 

🤎📻 The "Haszmann Pál" Museum in Cernat is set in the Damokos mansion, built in a neoclassical style. Exhibits from the building heritage of Szeklerland are displayed on the two hectares around the mansion: houses and gates of the szeklers, a water mill, as well as Szekler funerary monuments carved from wood and stone. The exhibition of tools and agricultural machines in the open air provokes the curiosity of the visitors, being unique in Transylvania. 🚜 🔸 You can find more information about the museum HERE.

⚱️🏛 The museum's exhibitions showcase objects from research and archaeological excavations, memoirs and local historical features in a welcoming and attractive space that stimulates the creativity and imagination of each visitor. The museum's collection now consists of more than 16,000 items. The archaeological exhibition of the prehistoric settlement of Dâmbul Cetății in Păuleni-Ciuc presents reconstructions of rituals and dwellings, hearths and ovens from the period. There will also be games, puzzles, interactive videos, creative workshops and a virtual guided tour, to which everyone is expected to take part. 👉 The virtual tour of the exhibition "Prehistoric settlement Păuleni-Ciuc, Dâmbul Cetății" can be accessed HERE! ❗️ During the weekend, visits to the museum are only possible by prior appointment.

🏛 The Székely National Museum is one of Central Europe’s oldest museums. Its first home was in Imeni, the manor of Zathureczky Emília, the wife of Cserey János. The first entry in its visitor’s log dates back to June 1875. The museum has been open to visitors since 1875, it has been present in international professional life since 1876, has had its current name since 1877 and moved from Imeni to Sfântu Gheorghe in 1879 thus becoming public property. 📖 The museum’s main building, which was completed in 1913, is a true architectural encyclopedia. It was designed by Kós Károly, who was influenced by the Arts and Crafts artistic movement. The cultural palace of Háromszék combines elements from medieval urban architecture and folk architecture. The founder’s collection, which started with nearly ten thousand items, has now grown to hundreds of thousands of artifacts.  The most exceptional treasure in our library is the Codex Apor, which dates back to around 1500 and contains, among other texts, the first Hungarian biblical psalms translation. Our natural science department’s collection of Ice Age fauna is internationally recognized, and it houses Romania’s most significant collection of macrofungi (large mushrooms) as well. The museum’s excavations at the Ariușd/ Erősd prehistoric archaeological site and the 7,000-year-old painted ceramics unearthed there in the 1920s also piqued the interest of Cambridge University. 📌 The most outstanding relics in our historical collection are the symbols of Székely freedom. Gábor Áron’s cannon is a unique piece, together with Bem József’s field printing press; they stand as enduring mementos of Háromszék’s glorious struggle for self-defense. In our ethnographic collection, unique noble embroideries, diverse ceramics, and furniture pieces captivate researchers and serve as an inspiration for artisans and craftsmen alike. Our open-air exhibition, the relocated 18th-century house from Csík, became the second Hungarian open-air museum when it opened its doors in 1937. The art collection contains the works of renowned classical and contemporary artists from Háromszék, Szeklerland, and Transylvania. 📜 The exhibition "Mrs. Cserey – 200 - We are reborn!" is the permanent exhibition organized in the memory of the founder of the Museum and guides you with wonderful objects and interesting questions and games in the world of objects from the XVIIIth - XIXth centuries and in the life full of tragedies and dreams of Mrs. Emília Zathureczky Cserey. Visit the exhibition to learn more about a lady who in the XIXth century - when ladies' social connections were very narrow, and it was very rare for a woman to found a museum - had the determination and perseverance to make a museum happen. However, how was it possible that a museum that, 25 years after the first exhibition, already participated at the world exhibition in Paris, and its manuscripts, documentary archives were studied by academics and researchers? Find out everything at The Székely National Museum!   Today, the institution is widely recognized as an intellectual hub and a center of knowledge. It serves as a popular venue for spectacular exhibitions, scientific conferences, classical music concerts, and outdoor performances. Additionally, it hosts city events and even cozy family gatherings. 🤎

❗️ The museum can be visited by prior telephone appointment only. 📞  🏠 A House with a Story – A Journey Through Time ⌛  The Valea Zălanului Village Museum was brought to life by local historian and ethnographer Barna Préda. Built in 1896 by his great-great-grandparents, the house has been carefully restored using traditional materials and techniques, preserving the authentic charm of Szekler architecture. 🖼️ Fascinating Collections The museum tells the story of the village from its early days to the mid-20th century. Some of its most valuable exhibits include: ✨ Handcrafted Glass Collection – a precious legacy from collector Zoltán Karácsony. ✨ Traditional Tools & Artifacts – everyday objects once used by the villagers of Valea Zălanului. ✨ Historic Documents – dowry letters, old contracts, and photographs, including 19th-century agreements signed by Count Kálnoky. ✨ Military History – wartime photographs, uniforms, decorations, and memorabilia. 🧶 An Interactive Experience Visitors can admire authentic textiles from Valea Zălanului and even try their hand at weaving on a fully functional loom! 🔎 Step back in time and explore history in an authentic setting!

☎️📻 Sepsi TeleTár has more than 3,500 communication devices, which are still mostly functional. The goal of the location is to acquire, preserve and display the historical telecommunications equipment of Szeklerland, such as transmitters, receivers, audio and video recording devices and other related hardwares. TeleTár will promulgate and disseminate the heritage of the telecommunications industry and be a resource for those interested in that history, including both children and adults. Most of the devices are of great interest to the new generation, who will discover that the world didn’t start with the touchscreen smartphone. Listen to music on a record player - no DJs here - and write a letter on a typewriter about your trip to Covasna County - then mail it at the Post Office. The recipient will be delighted for sure! ❗️ An appointment is required on weekends and outside the opening hours.

🏰 The castle's park can only be visited by prior reservation or during public events! ☎✉️ ❗️ The minimum number of tourists is 2 people, and the maximum number is 10 people, in the absence of public events. 👥 Please note that during certain periods, the estate hosts private events 🎉, and visitor access may be restricted. 🕐 Tours take place between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. and last approximately one hour, including coffee or tea at the beginning. ☕🍵 📍 To avoid any inconvenience, please inquire in advance by phone. 📞 ⚜️ Zabola is a unique estate, and not only in Transylvania. If you want to experience the countryside in an unusual setting, the Mikes estate in Zăbala is the ideal destination. The park, part of the 15th-century castle, covers an area of over 50 hectares, where you can ride a bike, take a horse-drawn carriage ride, or take a guided tour of the estate, discovering the history of the Mikes family. 🌳 A perfectly maintained English garden with two lakes and four ponds, pavilions, terraces, a sauna in the forest, stables, barns, and paths for walking, horseback riding, and carriage rides await you.  🌿 🐾 The rich nature and wildlife we live alongside are of great importance to us. Along with wild ducks, storks, and gray herons, the estate's garden and adjacent forest are home to bears, deer, wild boars, wolves, lynxes, bats, squirrels, owls, eagles, frogs, and all sorts of smaller animals. We strive in a prudent manner to make this nature available to our visitors. 💚 💳 Prices: • Adults: 70 lei/person 👤 • Children (6-14 years old): 35 lei/person 🧒 • Children under 6 years old: free 🎉 We look forward to seeing you! 🧡 📸 Zabola Estate