Named for a 19th-century collector from Sibiu, the Franz Binder Museum of World Ethnology was undergoing a revamp when we passed through. A scattering of musical instruments and a mummy were on display, but a reopening of its vast, global collection of objets d'art was imminent.
Franz Binder Museum of World Ethnology
Sibiu
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