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Muzeul Alexandru Duma

The university museum of the First World War, told through the story of the painter Alexandru Duma, a soldier in the Austro-Hungarian army.

Address
Calea Moților nr. 11, et. 5, sala 502, Cluj-Napoca

Opening hours Monday 13:00–18:00 · Tuesday–Friday 10:00–15:00

Programme

Updated 19 Oct, 14:50

We found no announced events for the coming weeks.

Archive

What has already happened here, from the venue’s own announcements.

  1. 19 Oct 2026

    ATELIERUL DE GÂNDIRE CRITICĂ 2: „Știrile false și efectele lor în preajma Marelui Război”

  2. 24 Jul 2026

    ATELIER DE GÂNDIRE CRITICĂ 8

    A critical thinking workshop at the Alexandru Duma Museum on the consequences of the First World War, with guest Cătălin-Raul Beian, a History and Philosophy student.

  3. 23 Jul 2026

    ATELIER DE GÂNDIRE CRITICĂ 7

    The seventh summer meeting of the Critical Thinking Workshop discussed the use of intelligence tests in recruitment, with psychology student Alina Rogojan.

  4. 22 Jul 2026

    ATELIER DE GÂNDIRE CRITICĂ 6

    The sixth summer meeting of the Critical Thinking Workshop, with doctoral student Cristina Zaha, covered women’s contributions to science from a diachronic perspective.

  5. 21 Jul 2026

    ATELIER DE GÂNDIRE CRITICĂ 5

    A critical thinking workshop with a comparative debate on Oppenheimer and Werner Heisenberg, scientists on opposite sides of the divide.

  6. 17 Jul 2026

    ATELIER DE GÂNDIRE CRITICĂ 4

    The fourth Critical Thinking Workshop by the Alexandru Duma Museum was a city hunt about city residents who lived through the First World War.

  7. 16 Jul 2026

    ATELIER DE GÂNDIRE CRITICĂ 3

    A critical thinking workshop at the Alexandru Duma Museum about the conflictual and tragic ways war shaped Max Planck’s life.

  8. 15 Jul 2026

    ATELIER DE GÂNDIRE CRITICĂ 2

    A critical thinking workshop at Muzeul Alexandru Duma about a scientist from a country neutral in the First World War, also known as a promoter of peace.

  9. 14 Jul 2026

    ATELIER DE GÂNDIRE CRITICĂ 1

    A critical thinking workshop at Muzeul Alexandru Duma about how a name can hold a history, with discussion of scientific names and past mindsets.

  10. 12 Jun 2026

    HISTORY GAMES 2.0 – Atelier 4: „Paths of Glory & Așii cerului”

    A HISTORY GAMES 2.0 workshop in UBB Heritage Week, using Paths of Glory and Așii cerului as a starting point for discussing the First World War. Organiser: Direcția Patrimoniu Cultural Universitar a Universității Babeș-Bolyai.

  11. 11 Jun 2026

    HISTORY GAMES 2.0 – Atelier 3: „Trench Club & Așii cerului”

    A HISTORY GAMES 2.0 workshop in UBB Heritage Week, organised by UBB’s University Cultural Heritage Directorate, using Trench Club and Așii cerului. Organiser: Direcția Patrimoniu Cultural Universitar a Universității Babeș-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca.

  12. 10 Jun 2026

    HISTORY GAMES 2.0 – Atelier 2: „Coroana de oțel & Așii cerului”

    A HISTORY GAMES 2.0 workshop organised by UBB’s University Cultural Heritage Directorate, using the games “Coroana de oțel” and “Așii cerului”. Organiser: Direcția Patrimoniu Cultural Universitar a Universității Babeș-Bolyai.

  13. 9 Jun 2026

    Atelierul „Veteranii & Așii cerului”

    A workshop by the Alexandru Duma Museum in the HISTORY GAMES 2.0 series, using board games about the First World War and its own game, “Așii cerului”. Organiser: Direcția Patrimoniu Cultural Universitar a Universității Babeș-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca.

  14. 8 Jun 2026

    Prelegerea „What Is It Like to Be an AI? – Selfhood, Consciousness, and Knowledge”

    A lecture on selfhood, consciousness and knowledge in AI, delivered in English by Alina-Lorelay Rogojan, a Psychology and Cognitive Sciences student. Organiser: Direcția Patrimoniu Cultural Universitar a Universității Babeș-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca.

  15. 8 Jun – 12 Jun 2026

    CITY HUNT – Clujul nevăzut: „Fantomele războiului trecut”

    A city hunt by the Alexandru Duma Museum, where participants reconstructed a route from clues through symbolic central places linked to the First World War.

  16. 23 May – 24 May 2026

    Expoziție temporară: „Viața cotidiană în Transilvania reflectată în cărți poștale (1914-1918)”

    A temporary exhibition with 7 thematic panels of First World War postcards, with texts translated into English by students from Gheorghe Șincai National College.

  17. 21 May – 30 Jun 2026

    Expoziția itinerantă „Viața cotidiană în Transilvania reflectată în cărți poștale (1914-1918)”

    A travelling exhibition on postcards from Transylvania during the First World War, organised by Babeș-Bolyai University's cultural heritage office, with 7 thematic panels. Organiser: Direcția Patrimoniu Cultural Universitar a Universității Babeș-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca.

  18. 23 Feb – 30 Mar 2026

    Atelierul de gândire critică: „Savanții și războiul”

    A critical thinking workshop by the Alexandru Duma Museum about scientists and war, covering discoveries around the First World War and the following decades.

  19. 12 Jan 2026

    Atelier de caricaturi 2

    A caricature workshop at the Alexandru Duma Museum, guided by teacher Irinel Lucia Oltean and based on Virgil Tomuleț’s sports portraits.

  20. 16 Dec 2025

    Atelier de caricaturi 1

    A caricature workshop organized by the Alexandru Duma Museum, with exercises based on portraits from an exhibition on Cluj university sport.

  21. 25 Nov – 31 Dec 2025

    Expoziția temporară „Viziuni paralele Alexandru Duma – Aurel Popp. Impresii imediate din Marele Război”

    A temporary exhibition by UBB’s University Cultural Heritage Directorate through Alexandru Duma Museum, with wartime drawings and sketches by Alexandru Duma and Aurel Popp. Organiser: Direcția Patrimoniu Cultural Universitar a Universității Babeș-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca.

  22. 17 Nov – 19 Dec 2025

    Expoziția temporară „Chipuri emblematice ale sportului universitar clujean oglindite în caricatura lui Virgil Tomuleț”

    An exhibition made by Muzeul Alexandru Duma, CS Universitatea Cluj and the Department of Journalism and Digital Media, with caricatures by Virgil Tomuleț. Organiser: Direcția Patrimoniu Cultural Universitar a Universității Babeș-Bolyai.

  23. 17 Nov 2025

    Atelierul de gândire critică

    The final Critical Thinking Workshop at the Alexandru Duma Museum discussed scientists’ lives in wartime, with three guests of the museum.

  24. 10 Nov 2025

    Atelierul de gândire critică: „Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu, între primele femei inginer din lume”

    A critical thinking workshop at the Alexandru Duma Museum, with guest Cristina Zaha, on Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu and her work as a nurse on the WWI front.

  25. 3 Nov 2025

    Atelierul de gândire critică: „Alan Turing. Secrete salvatoare. Secrete finale”

    The fourth Critical Thinking Workshop focused on Alan Turing, with Alina Rogojan, a student in Psychology and Educational Sciences.

  26. 20 Oct 2025

    Atelierul de gândire critică: „Manifeste pentru pace: Einstein – Freud – Russell”

    The third Critical Thinking Workshop at the Alexandru Duma Museum discussed peace manifestos by Einstein, Freud and Russell.

  27. 13 Oct 2025

    Atelierul de gândire critică: „Marie, Bronia, Irène”

    A critical thinking workshop at the Alexandru Duma Museum dedicated to Marie, Bronia and Irène’s family, with discussion of research and their role in wartime crises.

  28. 15 Jul – 25 Jul 2025

    Atelierul de gândire critică: „Mari scriitori ai Marelui Război. Insula comorilor sau insula ororilor?”

    A critical thinking workshop by Muzeul Alexandru Duma about major writers of the First World War and the role of the war in their lives and writings.

  29. 25 Jun – 6 Oct 2025

    Expoziția temporară „Pacea sau războiul? Viziuni conflictuale între Primul și Al Doilea Război Mondial”

    A temporary exhibition by UBB’s University Cultural Heritage Department, made with students from Colegiul Tehnic Energetic, with scale miniatures of interwar planes, tanks, ships and submarines. Organiser: Direcția Patrimoniu Cultural Universitar a Universității Babeș-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca (UBB).

  30. 13 Jun 2025

    HISTORY GAMES – Atelier 4: „Familia regală a României”

    A HISTORY GAMES workshop on Romania’s royal family, part of UBB Heritage Week, using board games inspired by the First World War. Organiser: Direcția Patrimoniu Cultural Universitar a Universității Babeș-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca.

  31. 12 Jun 2025

    HISTORY GAMES – Atelier 3: „Cluburi din tranșee”

    A HISTORY GAMES workshop by the Alexandru Duma Museum, with board games inspired by the First World War, held in an exhibition on university sport in Cluj. Organiser: Direcția Patrimoniu Cultural Universitar a Universității Babeș-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca.

  32. 11 Jun 2025

    HISTORY GAMES – Atelier 2: „Căile gloriei”

    A HISTORY GAMES workshop in UBB Heritage Week, organised by the University Cultural Heritage Directorate, with “Căile gloriei” about the First World War. Organiser: Direcția Patrimoniu Cultural Universitar a Universității Babeș-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca.

  33. 10 Jun 2025

    HISTORY GAMES – Atelier 1: „Între camaraderie și adversitate”

    A HISTORY GAMES workshop by the Alexandru Duma Museum, during UBB Heritage Week, using board games inspired by the First World War. Organiser: Direcția Patrimoniu Cultural Universitar a Universității Babeș-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca.

  34. 17 May – 16 Jun 2025

    Expoziția temporară „Istoria sportului universitar clujean (1919-2025). Tradiție și performanță”

    A photo-documentary exhibition on Cluj university sport, made by Muzeul Alexandru Duma, CS Universitatea Cluj and FSPAC-UBB, with photographs, medals and cups. Organiser: Direcția Patrimoniu Cultural Universitar a Universității Babeș-Bolyai.

  35. 14 Apr 2025

    Atelierul de gândire critică: „Chipul dușmanului: Exercițiu de gândire critică. E. M. Remarque, J. R. R. Tolkien, Vera Brittain, Robert Graves”

    A Critical Thinking Workshop meeting at the Alexandru Duma Museum on the reassessment of the idea of the enemy in Remarque, Tolkien, Vera Brittain and Robert Graves.

  36. 7 Apr 2025

    Atelierul de gândire critică: „Robert Graves. Goodbye to All That”

    A Critical Thinking Workshop meeting at the Alexandru Duma Museum, dedicated to Robert Graves and his experience in the Battle of the Somme.

  37. 31 Mar 2025

    Atelierul de gândire critică: „Helen Zenna Smith. Limbaj de ambulanță”

    A Critical Thinking Workshop meeting on Helen Zenna Smith’s book and the front-line experience of a young British volunteer ambulance driver.

  38. 24 Mar 2025

    Atelierul de gândire critică: „J.R.R. Tolkien – Frății și cluburi la 1914”

    A meeting in the Critical Thinking Workshop series about J.R.R. Tolkien and his friendships, from his student years to the end of the war.

  39. 17 Mar 2025

    Atelierul de gândire critică: „Vera Brittain. Studentă la Oxford în 1914′′

    A critical thinking workshop on Vera Brittain and women students at Oxford before the First World War, with guest Cristina Zaha.

  40. 10 Mar 2025

    Atelierul de gândire critică: „Agatha Christie. Memorii ante-feministe”

    A meeting in the Critical Thinking Workshop series at the Alexandru Duma Museum, focused on Agatha Christie as a memoirist of adolescence before the Great War.

  41. 3 Mar 2025

    Atelierul de gândire critică: „Erich Maria Remarque. Ce lideri urmăm?”

    A critical thinking workshop at Muzeul Alexandru Duma, starting from Erich Maria Remarque’s front-line experience and questions about leaders.

  42. 3 Mar – 25 Jul 2025

    Atelierul de gândire critică pentru liceeni și studenți „Mari scriitori ai Marelui Război. Între două lumi”

    A critical thinking workshop by the Alexandru Duma Museum for high school and university students, about World War I writers and the war’s role in their lives.

  43. 2 Dec 2024 – 31 Jan 2025

    Expoziția temporară „Viața cotidiană în cărți poștale (1914-1918): dincoace și dincolo de Carpați”

    An exhibition by UBB’s Cultural Heritage Directorate, made with the National Military Museum and Satu Mare Archives, about postcards in Romanian, Hungarian and German. Organiser: Direcția Patrimoniu Cultural Universitar a Universității Babeș-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca.