|Museum of Traditional Folk Civilization "ASTRA" | "ASTRA" Museum of Transylvanian Civilization |
|"Franz Binder" Non-European Ethnographical Museum|"Emil Sigerus" Ethnographical Museum of Transylvania Saxons |
AN INTERACTIVE "CD-ROM"
      The "ASTRA" Museum from Sibiu, in co-operation with the Institute for Computing Technique from Bucharest, has issued an interactive compact disc presenting the Ethnographical Open Air Museum of Dumbrava Sibiului.
      The presentation of the Romanian traditional folk civilization, the exceptional graphics, the quality of the great number of pictures and films, the bilingual version of the text, written both in Romanian and English, the genuine folk music peculiar to the villages where the monuments come from, make the CD-ROM a special gift.
      You can order it at astra@zappmobile.ro where you will receive more details.

The "electronic travel" allow the visitors to select the route, following:
      - the role of the present museum as a successor, from the conceptual and patrimonial view, of the first ethnographic and historic museum of the Romanian people of Transylvania, called "The "ASTRA" Museum, founded in 1905 in the town of Sibiu, and arbitrary abolished in 1950, from ideological reasons
      - the presentation of the monuments placed in The Open Air Museum within the frame of six thematic domains, or, following their geographical origin by means of a sensitive map, or, corresponding to their location in the museum
      - MUSEUM VIVUM - the presentation of the main events organized in the museum, by means of video sequences presenting:
            - The children's competition "Traditional Artistic Handicrafts"
            - The Romanian Artisans' Fair
            - The Academy of Traditional Handicrafts of Romania
            - The "ASTRA" Local Laboratory of Preservation and Restoration
      - Folk Treasure
      - Features of Sibiu
The thematic outline of the museum - traditional folk civilization - is illustrated by:
      - Traditional occupations:
            - fishing
            - bees keeping, bees waxing and candle making
            - animal breeding and grazing
            - fruit and wine growing
      - Traditional folk industries:
            - oil pressing
            - miller's trade
      - Techniques and means of communication and transport
      - Traditional Handicrafts:
            - wood processing
            - mineral and metal processing
            - pottery art
      - Textile home industry and hydraulic industry for textile processing
      - Social and public edifices
The children's competition "Traditional Artistic Handicrafts"
The museum project of preserving and revitalizing the traditional handicrafts and the authentic folk art makes possible the yearly organization of the children's competition "Traditional Artistic Handicrafts", which develops the talent and the necessary skills encouraging the creation of real traditional folk values .
The Romanian Artisans' Fair
It is an extensive national cultural manifestation, gathering every year, in the month of August, the most famous artisans, representative for all kinds of handicrafts: weaving, embroidery, pottery, wood, bone and metal processing, musical folk instruments manufacturing, mask making, painting on wood and glass, eggs painting and others.
The "ASTRA" Local Laboratory of Preservation and Restoration
Founded in 1990, it works on the items belonging to the South- East Transylvanian patrimony of the museum. Its specialists are also carrying out different works for other beneficiaries, both from the country and from abroad. In 1993, they started to work at an ample project, consisting in restoring the original iconostasis, dating from the 17th century and belonging to the episcopal church from Curtea de Arges. After four years of steady work, it had been completely restored.
Folk Music Treasure
- selecting one of the districts indicated on the map, you can listen to some authentic folk music from that area. The music accompany the "visit" throughout the museum, supporting the presentation of the monuments and emphasizing the vitality, the specificity and the value of some local folk treasures.
Features of Sibiu
- a raid in the history of the town by presenting the main cultural features, the medieval monuments and some representative images

Departaments:
Museum of Traditional Folk Civilization "ASTRA"
- Open-air Museum -
Address: 2400 Sibiu, Calea Rasinari
Phone: 0269/242419

"ASTRA" Museum of Transylvanian Civilization
Address: 2400 Sibiu, Piata Mica, nr. 11
Phone: 0269/218195

"Franz Binder" Non-European Ethnographical Museum
Address: 2400 Sibiu, Piata Mica, nr. 11
Phone: 0269/218195


"Emil Sigerus" Ethnographical Museum of Transylvania Saxons
Address: 2400 Sibiu, Piata Mica nr. 12
Phone: 026/ 218195

Fax: 0269/218060
E-mail: astra@zappmobile.ro