Baia Mare ethnographic museum

Like most people, the Romanians are very proud of their past. One manifestation of this is great attention to ethnographic museums which host reconstructed wooden buildings and/or showcases filled with objects of daily life. The museum at Baia Mare has both. I love these museums for the buildings and objects they preserve - fascinating in their own right. But as an archaeologist, I cannot help but project these kinds of objects (often wood, leather, cloth...) back in time to allow me to ponder the whole range of objects used in antiquity that have long since disintegrated. The buildings are amazing - often constructed without nails, but using a complex system of joints and arches. The details carved in the wood are also quite amazing...but I will show some details in another posting (Sighet).