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Ioana Monica Gruiță

PhD

museographer - MUZEUL NATIONAL DE ISTORIE AL TRANSILVANIEI

Researcher

Historian and museographer, I am specialized in art history, modern and contemporary art, museum studies, and curating. Throughout my academic and professional career, I have been fascinated by history, art, and culture. I believe museums play a vital role in preserving our collective heritage and providing access to knowledge and insight that would otherwise be difficult to obtain. Moreover, I firmly believe that museums can be powerful educational tools to help people of all ages and backgrounds develop new skills and broaden their horizons. As a museum professional, I am always seeking new opportunities to expand my knowledge, develop new skills, and collaborate with colleagues worldwide.

Expertise & keywords

All Things Apothecary in 16th-20th-century Transylvania. The History of Pharmacy Collection in Cluj-Napoca Call name: P 4 - Proiecte de Cercetare Exploratorie, 2020
PN-III-P4-ID-PCE-2020-1562 2021 - 2023

Role in this project: Key expert

Coordinating institution: MUZEUL NATIONAL DE ISTORIE AL TRANSILVANIEI

Project partners: MUZEUL NATIONAL DE ISTORIE AL TRANSILVANIEI (RO)

Affiliation: MUZEUL NATIONAL DE ISTORIE AL TRANSILVANIEI (RO)

Project website: https://pharmatrans.mnit.ro/

Abstract:

The project envisages the publication in English of a complete catalogue of the History of Pharmacy Collection in Cluj, part of the National Museum of Transylvanian History, the conservation and restoration of some of these patrimony goods, and the research of the history of pharmacy in Transylvania during the 18th century based on the previously unpublished sources in the collection (manuscripts, jars, tools, printed materials) analyzed through innovative methods such as complex chemical analyses of preserved pharmaceutical preparations (mass spectrometry, chromatography), as well as through the new data obtained through the ongoing restoration work of the oldest pharmacy in Cluj (the Hintz House that houses the collection). This will be the first exhaustive catalogue of the collection (6 volumes, ca. 2500 artifacts dated to the 16th-20th centuries), a valuable source for future studies, that will be made available online and will be sent to 150 libraries in Romania and abroad. The proposed research is deeply interdisciplinary, at the intersection of fields of study such as entangled and global history, history of technology, social and economic history, cultural and museum studies (in which the project leader and the team members have studies and experience).

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