A Kriza János Néprajzi Társaság
The Kriza János Ethnographic Society

Summary/Abstract: The Kriza János Ethnographic Society was founded in March 1990, with the desire to become a representative institution for the interests of Hungarian ethnographers from Romania, thus to assure the necessary institutional framework for the efficiency of professional activities. It has been active from the beginning and with the development of ethnographic research and education its activity has become more and more extended and diversified. In 1994 it managed to purchase its own building, and the current location includes an ethnographic library, documentation centre, exhibition hall, lecture hall, research centre and publishing house. A further step was taken in 2004, when rooms were built in the loft, thus we can find a new exhibition and lecture hall, a guest room and an archive room. Researchers and all who are interested can consult the library, the documentation centre, the data bases (bibliographies, photo archive, archive of folk ballads, archive of eth-nographic museums and collections, archive of Transylvanian Hungarian ethnographic values). The society functions also as a research centre and a background institute for Hungarian ethnographic education: it coordinates scientific researches, organizes conferences and exhibitions, and publishes books and periodicals.

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