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| THE MURESIANU HOUSE IN BRASOV 14/08/2010 |
| (2010-08-13) |
| Last updated: 2010-08-17 14:27 EET |
The Muresianu family was considered to be a landmark in the history of Romanians in Transylvania. The Muresianus contributed to the cultural development of the principality, as well as to the national emancipation of Romanians living there.
Today, the century-old residence of the Muresianu family houses a museum and stands in a central square in Brasov, central Romania. The Muresianu House Museum was set up upon the wish of one of the family members. Valer Rus, museum director, enlarged on the building’s story:
"Iacob Muresianu, who was an honorary member of the Romanian Academy, left a wish in his testament that, when the Muresianu family no longer male descendent, an institution for young Romanian students be set up. That was how he expressed his wish, back in the 19th century. However, in the 20th century., the best formula to fulfil it was to set up a memorial museum reviving the atmosphere of the time and showcasing the achievements of the Muresianu family. As generations passed away, parts of the house were sold and today the museum is open on the 1st floor.’’
Academician Iacob Muresianu (1812-1887) was the first in a line of people who made up the illustrious Muresianu family. Their descendants lived until the mid 20th c. The most famous member of the family is poet Andrei Muresianu, one of Iacob’s cousins. Born in 1816, and a participant in the 1848 revolution in Transylvania, Andrei Muresianu wrote the lyrics and the music of Romania’s present anthem, entitled ‘’Wake up, Romanians!’’ In May 1848, he wrote the poem “An Echo” and picked a very popular song, which he rearranged and turned into the anthem of the 1848 revolution and later on Romania’s national anthem. Museum director Valer Rus told us about the museum exhibits:
“At the time the donation was made to the Romanian state, besides the initial apartment housing the museum’s permanent exhibition, the Muresianu family also donated a rich archive consisting of over 25,000 documents, including original letters, manuscripts, official documents and documents belonging to the local public administration. They also donated pieces of decorative art, paintings and furniture. There are almost 500 such pieces, the most spectacular being the portraits of the family members and complete sets of Biedermayer furniture. When we changed the museum’s permanent exhibition in 2007, we tried to reconstruct as much of the atmosphere of the time as possible. This is an atypical museum in Romania in that there are no panels and glass cases. The history of the family is featured with the help of several discreet labels in Romanian and English, describing the over 120 pages of vintage images in the exhibition.”
For several years, the museum has been complemented by the Stefan Baciu Memorial House, which belonged to a great poet from Brasov who settled in Hawaii when the communists came to power. Valer Rus:
“The house was built between the two world wars after designs by architect Coloman Halasz on a piece of land belonging to the Andrei Saguna High School. Ioan Baciu, the father of the poet, was a teacher at that school. At the time, teachers had this exceptional right to receive land to build a house close to the school where they worked.”
Plans are for the Muresanu House to become in time a genuine House of Music, as many of its former owners were musicians.
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