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Former Craftsmen's House, Gewerbeverein Haus, Franz Binder Museum of Universal Ethnography

Muzeul de Etnografie Universală Franz Binder
Former Craftsmen's House, Gewerbeverein Haus, Franz Binder Museum of Universal Ethnography
Muzeul de Etnografie Universală Franz Binder
Hermannstadt, Franz-Binder-Museum, 13
Renardo la vulpo, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Original function:
casino
library
school
commercial building
Current function:
museum
Address:
Casa Hermes, Piața Mică 11
Historical Hungarian county:
Szeben
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
45.7975985841, 24.1509938695
Google map:

History

The former Craftsmen's House (Burger- und Gewerbeverein-Haus) was built between 1865 and 1867. It was a club, library, apprentice school and exhibition space for artisans' products, before being renovated in 1989 and becoming the home of the Franz Binder Museum.

Franz Binder, a merchant, lived in Egypt for 10 years and was appointed Honorary Deputy Consul to Sudan by the Austrian Imperial Court in 1857. In 1862, he donated a collection of 500 items from the tribes along the Nile to the museums.

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