Flood in Zalau

Last June in the midst of some of the worst weather Europe has experienced, the city of Zalau was flooded. There are news reports and YouTube videos of this disaster. Fortunately no one was injured, although there was about a meter of water at ground level. People with basements got flooded, including the Salaj County Museum of History and Art. The Museum has two primary storage areas - one above ground and one in a large basement. There had never been any problems until June 2010...

All of the artifacts stored in the basement were soiled and the Museum workers together with local volunteers, including members of the PFP Team, spent about a month washing, re-labeling and re-storing all of the artifacts. Despite the obvious difficulties, it was indeed a moment when everyone came together to help. This is the unfortunate state of cultural institutes in Romania - hardly any funding to perform an incredible mission - to investigate, document, preserve, and share the Past.