ASTRA National Museum Complex

Romania's largest open-air museum inviting visitors to dog sledding

The ASTRA Museum at Dumbrava Sibiului Forest, Romania's the largest open-air museum, has for the past two days invited visitors to dog sledding trips at the initiative of one of the museum's employees who is passionate about dog-pulling competitions, according to the museum's spokesman, Cosmin Calinescu.

ASTRA documentary film festival to be held outdoors and online, because of pandemic

The ASTRA documentary film festival will be held this year both outdoors (September 4-13) and online (October 16-25), to ensure the best conditions to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, informs a press release sent to AGERPRES on Thursday. "Filmmakers and documentary film lovers will once again enjoy the screenings offered at the Astra Film Festival.

ASTRA, first Romanian museum that receives European "Oscar" of museums

ASTRA is the first museum in Romania and the first open-air museum in Europe to have received the European "Oscar" of museums, as the great Luigi Micheletti Award of the European Museum Academy is also known, Director of the culture institution Ciprian Stefan announced on Monday. "There is also positive news in Romania, too.

Over one hundred traditional craftsmen to show their mastery to participans in May 9 EPP Sibiu Summit

The participants in the May 9 European People's Party Summit in Sibiu will have the opportunity to see over one hundred traditional craftsmen show their mastery at the Dumbrava Sibiului Open-air Museum, as the institution marks Europe Day with an action called "Rural Europe," ASTRA Museum said in a release.

TIMS Symposium dedicated to windmills, nationwide first in Sibiu

Over 100 researchers from 23 countries will participate between June 6 and 14 in the 14th edition of the International Molinological Society (TIMS) Symposium, an event organised as a nationwide first at ASTRA Museum of Sibiu, the main theme being "the preservation and restoration of mills in museums," the organisers announced on Wednesday.