Installation view, Ethnic costumes

In various periods and regions of what is now Romania, ethnic Swabians, Lipovans, Hungarians, Szeklers, Saxons, Ruthenians, Roma, Ukrainians, Turks, Tartars, Jews, Armenians, Serbs, Bulgarians, Greeks, Italians, Czechs, Croats and Slovaks have settled. They plied various trades: functionaries and shopkeepers (Aromanians), merchants (Jews and Albanians), soldiers (Albanians), craftsmen (Saxons), and made their contributions to culture and art.