THE LIBRARY AND MUSEUM, THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE GREEK CATHOLIC CHURCH
THE LIBRARY AND MUSEUM, THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE GREEK CATHOLIC CHURCH

Summary/Abstract: This article aims to present the Library and the Blaj Museum in the interwar period, two institutions founded and supported by the Greek Catholic Church. Blaj, a city of books and culture, had an old library which were developed and systematized during the period between the two world wars,. It has its origins back in the period of Bishop Inochentie Micu Klein and, over time, it has increased its number of books thanks to the teachers and bishops who have activated in this Romanian culture center. The museum opens in Blaj in 1939, under the direction of Stefan Manciulea. It includes religious art, ethnic objects and historical relics. The pieces in the museum have a long history, as this place of culture has its seniority in the distant past of the Blaj monastery and the schools here.

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