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The largest European folkloric/village artifacts collection in the U.S. It features costumes, textiles, rugs, pottery, painted furniture, painted eggs and a full Transylvanian interior. It has a Library and a Resource Center on Romania and the Romanian immigration. It organized - in 33 years - more than 120 exhibits in 10 states and, since 1990 in Romania, functioning as a cultural and economic bridge with Romania. A gift gallery sells eggs, rugs,
contemporary folk art, decorative arts, and books The Romanian Folk Art Museum is a non-profit organization established in 1983 in Chicago.
Its starting mission was to preserve and promote Romanian folk culture, and gradually it has expanded into a resource center about Romania for Americans, a common ground for the Romanian-American communities, and a cultural and economic promotional center for Romania.In the last 15 years it focused on promoting 500 hundreds Romanian artisans and, along with the Romanian-American League, it has been functioning as a bridge with Romania, developing cultural, educational, and economic promotion projects in US and in Romania.
