Gold Museum in Brad
Founding of the museum is considered to be July 4, 1912, but the labels of exhibits marked age suggests a 1896 first samples collected old. Initially, the museum hosted the only samples with gold mining area Brad, but over time, through donations and exchanges in the museum fund and pieces came from other deposits in the country and world. Museum now belongs Stork Mining Enterprise.
The museum currently comprises more than 2,500 mineral samples of which approx. 1000 gold pieces with archaeological mining. Also, the museum hosts a collection of systematic mineralogy, a collection that includes mineral first described from Romania (nagyagit, Silvana, tellurium, etc. pseudobrookit.) And one pick in Romania.
Of special samples of fluorite octahedral stands light green from Cavnic, South African diamonds, cubic pyrite crystals with edge 10 cm, but the main attraction are native gold samples of different shapes and sizes.
Museum of Ethnography and Folk Art from Brad Zarandeana
Founded in 1987, has ethnographic objects from the Zarand: animal bells, tools, grain bins, chests of drawers, loom, ceramics, costumes, icons, located in the courtyard of a traditional house museum, musical instruments (flutes)
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