Former Casino of the Craftsmen's Association, County Museum of History and Arts History Section
Muzeul Județean de Istorie și Artă
Former Casino of the Craftsmen's Association, County Museum of History and Arts History Section
Muzeul Județean de Istorie și Artă
Historical Hungarian county:
Szilágy
GPS coordinates:
47.1792757176, 23.0539236474
History
It was built at the end of the 19th century as the headquarters and later the casino of the Craftsmen's Association of Zilah. After the Romanian occupation, a Romanian grammar school was opened in it. Between the two world wars it was enlarged with a ceremonial hall. Two more wings were added around 1970, and in 1990 another one was built. Since 1951 it has been the seat of the County History Museum.
1.5 km from the town, at an altitude of 450 m, you can see the remains of a Roman road and a 2nd century watchtower. The town museum houses an exhibition of Roman finds found here.
On 30 December 1880, the Museum Association of Szilágy County held its inaugural meeting, where the lawyer Szikszai Lajos offered his own collection of documents, coins, stone and bronze objects and prehistoric finds for the future museum. The exhibits were on display in several rooms of the county hall, now the town hall, but most of them were lost during the Romanian occupation in 1918. The present museum was founded in 1951 and it includes the remaining part of Szikszai's collection.
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