23/02/2024
💥 in autumn 2019, driven by the collective vision and dedication of history enthusiasts and entrepreneurs from Tămășeni village, the museum's journey began. Remarkably, within a short span, this vision took shape, with the unveiling of its first three rooms to the public just a year later. Shortly thereafter, four additional rooms were opened, completing the exhibition and establishing a comprehensive circuit within the house on the street
🏆 by 2021, the project garnered recognition, earning a nomination for the Bucharest Architecture Annual Award in the Exhibition, Stands, and Scenography category
🏠 within the 7 rooms, visitors can explore over 100 authentic artifacts from the communist era, including furniture, publications, posters, household items, tools, currency, and photographs. Each item has been meticulously cleaned, cataloged, and documented.
💡 the museum experience is enhanced through interactive mechanical installations, providing access to photographs, texts, and audio recordings. A luminous totem on the street signals the museum's presence, while inside, a personalized graphic system aids navigation through the spaces
The newly established museum trail within the new house encompasses six major themes:
Quotas: Addressing the primary challenge faced by Tsars, who were obligated to surrender up to 70% of their production to production cooperatives. Failure to comply resulted in penalties ranging from house confiscation to deportation and imprisonment.
House: Exploring the precarious, humiliating, and economically controlled rural domestic universe under political direction and supervision during the collectivization era.
Land: Examining how communist property laws dispossessed almost all Romanian peasants, transforming them into proletarians and wage laborers on their former land.
Bread: Unveiling the shift from the traditional Moldovan and southern Romanian food, mămăliga, to bread during communism. However, this transition was accompanied by rationalization and unequal distribution, leading to the disappearance of domestic production.
Anger and Revolt: Chronicling the inevitable outbreak of anti-collectivist riots and the subsequent violent suppression by communist authorities.
The East: Presenting a comparative study of agricultural collectivization across the communist bloc, highlighting the deviations from the Soviet model and marking the distinctive features of each region.
Project initiated by: Asociația Memorialul Colectivizării din România
Partner: Asociația Mușatinii Roman
Historians: Virgiliu Țârău – Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai – UBB Cluj, Vlad Pașca
Reasearch contributors: Fundația Academia Civică – Memorialul Victimelor Comunismului; Consiliul Național pentru Studierea Arhivelor Securității – CNSAS; Institutul de Investigare a Crimelor Comunismului și Memoria Exilului Românesc – IICCMER; Goethe-Institut București
Museum design and interactive system development: Zeppelin Design / Cosmina Goagea, Justin Baroncea, Ioana Naniș, Andrei Angelescu, Emanuel Birtea, Cristina Ginara, Alexandru Ivanof, Iulia Panait, Alexandru Voicu, Mugur Grosu, Constantin Goagea
Production: Atelier SET, Acant Design
Graphic design and visual identity: Radu Manelici
Translation and proofreading: Anamaria Sasu, Tom Wilson
Craftsmen: Sigmund Pleym Hågensen, Maria Gașpal, Ion Gașpal, Maria Burlacu, Valerian Ilinca, Maria Bulai, Valentin Antonică, Mihai Antonică
Interviews with: Anton Giurgi, Ioan Dorcu, Ionel Bulai, Zaharia Aprofirei, Maria Darie, Constantin Darie, Ion Ciupercă, Mihai Pascaru
Images: AGERPRES, Azopan, Fototeca online a comunismului românesc, Atelierul de grafică, Memorialul Închisoarea Pitești, TV Arheolog
Exhibition production: Q Group Proiect, Acant Design, Azero, Promotas Advertising
Photo: Andrei Mărgulescu
