Address: Principală Street, no. 52, Hășdate, Gherla
Phone: (004) 0766-241.181
E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
Web: www.muzeuldexilogravura.ro/xilogravuranoua.html
The Hășdate area was one of the areas where, in the medieval period, the craft of wood engraving developed. The first woodcuts known and preserved in the Hășdate area are dated 1787. The first artifact of this type is signed by the craftsman Gheorghe Pop from Hășdate, who came from a family that had come to the area in the 16th century from Moldova.
The museum is made by one of the descendants of the Pop family who brought this craft to the Hășdate area out of the desire to bring back to the community’s attention the popular artistic phenomenon that was specific to the area in the 18th century.