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2007-2008, Grandot's Blog

This blog is now dedicated to the memory of Dorothy Cochrane by her elder daughter, Scottie. I started it for her in the summer of 2007. Mom turned 90 on June 30, 2008, reaching her last big goal. She fell on July 3rd and suffered a brain injury that took her peacefully away on July 6th, surrounded by her children. I will continue the blog as a way of keeping in touch with friends and family who enrich our lives every day, but are dispersed to the four corners.

Friday, June 13, 2008

Romanian Village Museum in Bucharest

This museum compound on a lake in Bucharest started in the 1930s as a sociological project with peasants living here and being on view all the time. It was around the same time as the Williamsburg, VA project of John D. Rockefeller. The museum barely survived WWII and the Communist era, but it seems to be thriving today. They brought traditional ethnic houses and crafts from various regions of Romania. Given how fast the traditional aspects of rural Romania are disappearing now, it will be even more of a blessing in the future.





Louie with the single board of siding that's about 3 feet (1 meter), typical of these houses.

Posted by Lynn Scott (Scottie) Cochrane at 8:55 AM

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