The Golești Museum of Viticulture and Fruit Growing will organize the 55th edition of the National Scientific Communications Conference on October 22–23, 2026. The event will bring together approximately 60 researchers, historians, museum specialists, conservators, restorers, and educators.
The official opening will take place on Thursday, October 22, at 10:00 a.m., in the presence of the Golești Museum’s management and the directors of several prominent museum institutions:
Ramona Mocanu, Director of the “Ștefan cel Mare” County Museum, Vaslui
Cornel Popescu, Director of the Argeș County Museum
Ștefan Dumitrache, Director of the Curtea de Argeș Municipal Museum
Alexandru Oprea, Director of the Câmpulung Muscel Municipal Museum
The special guest will be Professor Ioan Opriș, PhD, from Valahia University of Târgoviște, who will deliver a keynote lecture entitled “Heritage Today, Heritage Tomorrow.”
The scientific programme will feature approximately 45 presentations, organized into three thematic sections: Conservation and Restoration; History, Ethnography and Museology; and History, Ethnography and Museum Education.
The topics will cover a wide range of research areas, from the restoration of religious icons and heritage objects, modern conservation technologies, and the protection of archaeological remains to the history of the Golescu family, prominent figures of Romanian culture, historical events, and personal accounts from the two World Wars. Other presentations will focus on folk traditions, the history of viticulture, documentary heritage, museum education, and the relationship between museums and their communities.
In addition to the scientific presentations, Thursday’s programme will include, at 1:00 p.m., a presentation of the traditional fruit-growing household “Casa cu cuniță” from Rădășeni, Suceava County. At 7:30 p.m., the museum will host “Look at the Sky, Romanian Style!”, an evening of astronomical observations held on the museum grounds.
On Friday, October 23, the scientific sessions will resume at 9:00 a.m. At 11:00 a.m., the exhibition “The Colours of Orthodoxy”, organized in partnership with the Polish Cultural Institute, will be presented. At 11:30 a.m., a memorial service honouring the Golescu family will be held at the Church of Saint Demetrius the New, located within the museum grounds.
Participating Museum Institutions:
Golești Museum of Viticulture and Fruit Growing; Argeș County Museum; “Ștefan cel Mare” County Museum, Vaslui; Curtea de Argeș Municipal Museum; Câmpulung Muscel Municipal Museum; National Museum of the Union, Alba Iulia; Museum of Oltenia; “Casa Mureșenilor” Museum, Brașov; “Brătianu” National Museum; Museum of National History and Archaeology, Constanța; Museum of Dacian and Roman Civilisation, Deva; Aiud History Museum; and “Teohari Antonescu” County Museum, Giurgiu.
Universities and Research Institutes:
Valahia University of Târgoviște; University of Bucharest; National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest – Pitești University Centre; “Nicolae Iorga” Institute of History of the Romanian Academy; “C. S. Nicolăescu-Plopșor” Institute for Socio-Human Research in Craiova, Romanian Academy; and the National Institute for Research and Development in Optoelectronics – INOE 2000.
Cultural and Specialized Institutions:
“Dinicu Golescu” Argeș County Library; Romanian National Military Archives – “General Grigore Constandache” Central Archives Repository, Pitești; Radio Romania International; and the Toy Museum Association, Bucharest.
Educational Institutions:
“Zinca Golescu” National College, Pitești; Rădăuți Technical College; Țițești Secondary School; and “Tudor Cornel” Secondary School, Ungheni.
Now in its 55th edition, the National Scientific Communications Conference is a long-standing tradition of the Golești Museum of Viticulture and Fruit Growing, dedicated to cultural heritage and to the people who study, preserve, and protect it.
