Visiting The Land Of Straw Hats - The Museum

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Three days ago I had a post about The Straw Hat Museum - Open Area And Souvenir Shop, in which I showed you the funny open area of the straw hat museum situated in Kőripatak (Crişeni).

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Today I'd like to invite you to see the museum from inside, which hosts not only a huge variety of hats, but also the tools and machines they use to create these hats.

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As I mentioned in my previous post, the owner bought a 100 years old peasant house, renovated it and opened the museum in 2001. This makes it more authentic and in line with the local tradition.

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But before we enter the museum, let me show you the stone collection in the courtyard. These are stones of all shapes and forms, collected over the years. These have not been worked by man, but by nature.

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There's this specific stone, which is called the weather forecast stone. Székelys are known to be funny people, so let me translate to you how the stone works.

If it's wet, it's raining.
If it's dry - it's not raining.
It it has a shadow - it' sunny.
If the top is white - it's snowing.
If it can't be seen - it's foggy.
If it's swinging - it's windy.
If it jumps up and down - earthquake.
If it disappears - tornado.

It's quite funny :) So you know what each thing means, now you can get yourself a weather forecast stone.

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Even the stairs are made of stone.

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On the veranda there's this gentleman greeting the visitors, let's call him Mr. Straw :)) He's dressed according to the local tradition and because we're in a straw hat museum, the straw hat could not be missing from his head :) He's even wearing straw glasses.

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This was a nice surprise. There is no entry fee, but they accept donations.

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There was this QR code on the pole of the veranda, which makes you think that's where you buy your ticket, but in fact the code takes you to their website, where it says, the funds used to set up the museum came from donations, therefore they are not asking for a fee, but any donation is welcome. I loved this honestly. Instead of ripping off people with 10€ entrance fees, they ask for nothing and I assure you, people are generous.

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What you see here is the type of hats worn in Romania and different machines used in the process of making these hats.

But before we start taking a closer look of the exhibited items, please have a look at the room. Due to preserving heat, these rooms were small, ceilings were low and the door was also low, so I suppose I would have hit my head several times a day if I had to live in such a house. The ceiling was made of beams by the way. The rugs on the floor are traditional and typical to this area and not only. Obviously today these are not so popular, but they were back in the day.

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Two traditional sewing machines, one adapted for electricity. I'm still amazed how tiny these machines are. I must admit, it was the first time I saw such a sewing machine.

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Not the best photo, so my apologies, but it's more important what's on it. These are some of the forms they used to shape the hats. These are made of wood.

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A huge hat, that most likely would cover me completely. Some hat forms, a very old iron that worked with charcoal and a press that was used (maybe still is) to make the straw flat.

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More tools used in the process.

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Imagine rotating this all day, every day. It must have been hard work.

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This is where the magic happens. The straw is at the bottom, above there's the wooden form that shapes the hat and I suppose steam was used to facilitate shaping the hat, along with the press.

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The raw material used, I mean the straw braids. There have different sizes and styles. The wall cover itself is a beauty.

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I took a photo of the door, to show you what doors were used back then. That curtain is handmade and manually embroidered.

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The other room that must have been used as a kitchen (just guessing) was full of products they used to create.

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There were so many cool things there.

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Imagine the level of creativity these people possess. They had no internet or YouTube, to watch DIY videos and copy these designs from. I love the wall cover with the couple dancing.

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Now buckle up as we're entering the straw hat heaven! Let me see who do I have to tag here. @wittyzell, please have a good look, see if you can find a hat used by Luffy from One Piece. @janitzearratia wanted a Panama hat if I'm not mistaken. @delishtreats would most likely be able to fill another bag with goodies and pick a hat too. I almost forgot @coinjoe, who wanted a cowboy hat. Ladies and gents, please look around to see if you can find yourselves the right one 😁

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There were some interesting hats as well, the Vietnamese types you only see in the movies.

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This was an interesting thing, you most likely haven't seen one yet. It's round, it's made of wheat (I think 😳) and it's a lamp shade.

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I hope you liked the tour of the straw hat world and were able to find something you like. I'm pretty sure I'm going to go back one day, visit the museum again and buy some Christmas ornaments and not only. This time I bought some fridge magnets (yeah, typical tourist thing), a coaster for my dinner table and some wooden spoons for spices. There are so many interesting things for sale, you can't leave empty handed.

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The museum collection is interesting and even very unique. Are there many visitors on weekends? Btw the Straw Hats are super cool, and hopefully One Piece doesn't take the Hats home.

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We went there on Sunday and were there when the museum opened. The lady told us they are expecting 4 busses from Hungary. Now take 40 people on each bus, that is 160 people and these are just the ones they know of. Imagine how many drop by unannounced. And the place is small.

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It was a great visitor. I didn't expect the place to be small. Hopefully this museum is always crowded with visitors and very useful for science. 🥰

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This is master level creativity 🙌

Good picture quality too its just as if I was on tour in person😁

Really brilliant piece 👏

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Indeed, as you say, master level and imagine these are simple, village people not artists. As about my photos, I did what I could under the circumstances.

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Wow! That's for sharing this post with us, I think that was lovely place to visit. There's a lot material and machines to see. I think the stone collection is beautiful, and I love the idea of how the museum is arranged . I guess lot of people will love to visit since there's no gate fee.

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I think it's quite popular and as time passes, more people will come. Word is spreading and now it is pinned to the map on Hive as well.

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Thanks for translating the weather forecast stone.. that's funny! - hahahaha. Great post my friend, thanks for sharing.

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I thought I would share the stone in the post as it's quite funny 😁

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hahaha, a kő. Elolvastam a férjemnek, jót nevettünk 🤣

That fluffy-lamp thing is a hat too? 😳

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😂😂😂 Szinte látom, ahogy nevettek.

The fluffy lamp is not a hat, but I suppose you can order one as a hat as these people are extremely creative 😁

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Erika thank you for this tour and of course, I got my panama hat with its black ribbon surrounding the main crown of the hat.

Definitely multiculturalism is the best gift that we are all one to the world. It is amazing that some spaces and staging with his works resemble the museums I have visited in the cities and towns of the Andean mountain range in my country of origin.

Thank You so much 🍀 🖼️🎨🎩

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I'm really glad you got your Panama hat finally. There are so many there, it's impossible not to find one you like.

I'm glad to hear you've been to a similar place.

Have a nice day my friend 🙂

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Wow this place is amazing, I love the different caps, they are all gorgeous. Mr straw definition looks welcoming☺️☺️

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Finally someone notices mister Straw 1😂

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Art is beautiful. The creativity is top-notch!

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I'm okay with spending extra money to visit that place. It won't be a waste because finding such places for free is uncommon. love it ♥️

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I agree with you on that and that's why we contributed nicely. They deserve it.

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I like to see the idea of ​​the owner of this house or land by creating a museum. I can see many things that are in the house. Is that the typical hat of the villagers there?
maybe on another occasion I will share the culture in my area, soon there will be a traditional clothing festival.

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There are hundreds of hats there. Which one are you referring to?

I hope you can attend that traditional clothing festival as those are a lot of fun.

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this hat..

Too bad, I just missed the festival today because it was raining so hard that I couldn't attend the event.

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There are many here, but these are not necessarily traditional in the area. You can see ranger hat that is common in the United States, Panama hats that are mostly common in the Caribbeans, Vietnamese hats, so there are all kinds of hats from around the world.

Oh, sorry to hear about the rain and that you missed the festival. Maybe there will be something else coming up soon.

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I hope so.. may I receive good moments to share in these few days.

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This museum is so cool! I love the diff kind of hats

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It is cool indeed. It's nice to see so many hats in one place.

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excellent, very nice, I would love to visit it someday.

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Maybe one day. Who knows.

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Straw creative world, very nice! The weather forecast stone is cool, as well as Mr. Straw. 😀 I'm on the hunt for a straw hat these days, it would be cool to have one of these.😊

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Lol, they have a souvenir shop, where you can buy whatever style you like. I hope you can find a hat soon.

And yes, both the stone and Mr. Srtaw are funny 😁

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I think I may have a weather forecast stone or two outside my house. 🤣

Thanks for the tag. There are so many hats to choose from and that I like. But I did seem to be attracted to this one. It reminds me of a straw version of a park ranger hat.

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Lol, the weather forecast stone seems to be popular :)

You are right, that hat looks indeed like a ranger's hat. Could look good on you.

Thanks for stopping by and have a nice weekend Joe!

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I enjoy looking at your images, they always make me yearn for far away places. But your text also has me hooked. It is always thoughtful and quite inspiring to read.

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Many thanks for the nice words Brian. I hope you can travel to your dream place and take some amazing photos. Have a nice Sunday 😊

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I always see you visiting the meseum and displaying interesting beautiful content have a nice day

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I love museums, you can learn a lot from them.

Same to you, enjoy your weekend.

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Thank you very much glad to see that you can enjoy a happy day

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I never see a museum like this; everything is just so unique. I guess this should be a great thing to develop here in our province since I can see a lot of available straw here.

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I think a folk museum is always a good idea and as each region has its own tradition and culture, it woul be easy and recommended to have a museum.

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Wow the museum collection is really nice and so unique I would ❤️ to go on a tour in the museum.

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Worth visiting for sure as there are so many nice things there. I hope you can visit a similar one soon.

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I've never seen such beautiful images made of straw, I hope someday I can visit in different places like that.

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Great display of artistic work

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I love your images, I love visiting museums, I get to learn one or two things whenever I visit them, especially about the history of the place where they are located.

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