Museum sights in Braşov
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First Romanian School Museum
Beside St Nicholas’ Cathedral is the two-room 1495 First Romanian School Museum, which packs a staggering far-reaching selection of old books and pieces, including the first Russian Bible (1581), King Ferdinand’s coronation flag from 1922 (found in 2006), and 15th-century schoolbooks that warn ‘he who will steal this book will be CURSED…his blood shall melt on his body…his left eye shall dry out!’ Resist the temptation then. No English signage, but guides are available.
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Art Museum
A block west of the Heroe's Cemetery is the Art Museum housing a mix-match of Romanian paintings and decorative arts.
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Braşov Historical Museum
The old city hall in Piaţa Sfatului today houses the two-floor, by-the-numbers Braşov Historical Museum, in which the history of the Saxon guilds is recounted (in limited English); they could certainly sex up the small torture room.
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Ethnographic Museum
A block west of the Heroe's Cemetery, adjoining the Art Museum, is the Ethnographic Museum. There are laminated handouts (in English, German and French) explaining exhibits; ask for a demo of the early 20th-century eight-ribbon loom. It also houses a shop that sells souvenirs.
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Mureşenilor House Memorial Museum
On Sfatului square's western side stands the charming Mureşenilor House Memorial Museum, which honours the family of Jacob Mureşan, the first editor of the Romanian-language Gazeta Transylvania, a political newspaper published in the 19th century. No English is spoken.
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Weavers' Bastion Museum
On the city wall's southeast corner, past the Schei Gate (Poatra Schei; 1825), is the 16th-century Weavers' Bastion (Bastionul Ţesătorilor). Visit the Weavers' Bastion Museum, housed in Braşov's only 15th-century building. The simple exhibits - in German and Romanian only - include a fudge-coloured model of Braşov in the 17th century, made in 1896 by a German teacher in town.
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First Romanian School Museum
Beside St Nicholas' Cathedral is the two-room 1495 First Romanian School Museum, which packs a staggering far-reaching selection of old books and pieces, including the first Russian Bible (1581), King Ferdinand's coronation flag from 1922 (found in 2006), and 15th-century schoolbooks that warned 'he who will steal this book will be CURSED…his blood shall melt on his body…his left eye shall dry out!' Resist the temptation then. No English; guides are available.
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Piaţa Sfatului
This wide square is the heart of medieval Braşov. In the centre stands the 1420 council house (Casa Sfatului), topped by a Trumpeter's Tower, in which town councillors, known as centurions, would meet. Some locals swear the joint's haunted; we were warned one worker there quit after 'hearing sounds'. Apparently the tower staged countless tortures, and the square outside supposedly staged the last witch burning in Europe. The Braşov Historical Museum is located here.
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