Post-event press release – RO-CULTURE project final conference

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The Transylvanian Museum of Ethnography organized on Friday, May 20, 2022, the final conference of the project The Church of Horea – a heritage for the future. Valuing an 18th century architecture monument through virtual reality, funded by the EEA Grants 2014-2021, within the RO-CULTURE Program. 56 objects, which belong to the church within the Ethnographic Park, were restored and preserved within the project, objects exhibited in an innovative exhibition, at the headquarters of the Transylvanian Museum of Ethnography.

The day before, on Thursday, May 19, 2022, a training session was held by the Northern Urban Design Association (NUDA AS – a project partner), which focused on the impact of multimedia technology in museums, and then a press conference.

The exhibition can be visited in physical form, but also through virtual reality, at the institution’s headquarters (str. Memorandumului no. 21).

  • EEA Grants

  • This project is financed with the support of EEA Grants 2014 – 2021 within the RO-CULTURE Programme

    The EEA Grants represent the contribution of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway towards a green, competitive and inclusive Europe.
    There are two overall objectives: reduction of economic and social disparities in Europe, and to strengthen bilateral relations between the donor countries and 15 EU countries in Central and Southern Europe and the Baltics.
    The three donor countries cooperate closely with the EU through the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA).


  • The donors have provided €3.3 billion through consecutive grant schemes between 1994 and 2014. For the period 2014-2021, the EEA Grants amount to €1.55 billion.

    Further information available here: www.eeagrants.org and www.eeagrants.ro

  • UMP

  • RO-CULTURE is implemented in Romania by the Ministry of Culture through the Project Management Unit. The Programme aims
    at strengthening social and economic development through cultural cooperation, cultural entrepreneurship and cultural heritage
    management.
    The total budget amounts to 29 million EUR. For more details: www.ro-cultura.ro

    • Theme: Overlay by Kaira.