Over 25.000 people from Cluj spent the night at the museums that participated at the 13th edition of the „European Night of Museums”. The number of participants increased by 10.000, compared to last year. This was the largest edition in Cluj county, both through the number of visitors and the number of exhibition spaces that participated in the event. There were 11 institutions and exhibition spaces including Dacia Cinema and the French Cultural Institute.
Next, you have the data as submitted by the museums that participated at the event:
3925 visitors – The Ethnographic Museum of Transylvania
3453 visitors – National Museum of History of Transylvania – History of Pharmacy Collection
2700 visitors – The UBB Vivarium
2645 visitors – Museum of Mineralogy UBB
2364 visitors – Museum of Paleontology UBB
1800 visitors – Casino Urban Culture Center
1050 visitors – The UBB History Museum
950 visitors – Museum of the Metropolitan Church of Cluj
100 visitors – Dacia Cinema
There is no information confirmed by the Art Museum, but the estimates from last night showed over 4,000 visitors at 23.30, while at the Tailors\’ Bastion, the numbers exceeded 1,000 people.
We mention that 10 persons had the occasion to spend two hours with one of the artists from Cluj, Marius Bercea, after closing the doors of the Art Museum to the general public at Night of Museums. The visitors had dinner, offered by Exclusive Catering, and they were led by the painter from Cluj through his first personal exhibition in his hometown and had a discussion about the artist\’s career.
We would like to thank our partners who helped us at the event: Cluj-Napoca City Hall and Public Transport Company, which have made the trolleybus line number 25 free of charge, the Beard Brothers Association, Exclusive Catering.
This event is organised every year by the National Museum of Romania Network and Cluj Cultural Center is the coordinator of this event in Cluj-Napoca.
