YEAR: 2020

PHOTO CREDITS: Loredana STASISIN, Gabriel TAMASANU

BENEFICIARY: Complexul Muzeal National Neamt

“After the disappearance of her parents and two older sisters, Cornelia and Cecilia, [...] Sidonia C. Hogas (music teacher at the Normal Schools and then at the Girls' High School in Piatra-Neamt) inherits all the family property ( the house with the annex, the courtyard with the acareturi, everything that can be seen around), lives alone here, never marries and takes care of her father's memory: she organises the writer's archive, gives information about him to literary historians and publishers, preserves her personal objects and of the family (furniture, photographs, documents, etc.), even organises a permanent exhibition in the office of Calistrat Hogas (in 1939) and writes the memoir Tataia. Memories of C. Hogas. In the 55's of the last century, the local authorities even granted her the status of (paid) custodian of the "memorial house" (not yet transformed into a museum) [...]

In 1967, at the age of 85, Sidonia donated to the state the house and the entire property (building, courtyard, kiosk / "pavilion", fountain, etc.), in order to organize the memorial museum (by will, with special clauses prohibiting any interference in the structure of the site!). Two years later, in 1969, the "Calistrat Hogas" Memorial Museum in Piatra-Neamt was officially opened [...]

The Memorial Museum, as the only building in Piatra-Neamt that still preserves intact the architecture specific to the Moldavian fairs from the end of the 19th century (the house was rebuilt in 1880), is a precious historical reference. Protected by the Law of Historical Monuments and Architecture, the museum imposes a picturesque presence in the image of a city aiming to be a tourist attraction. "

More information about the "Calistrat Hogas" Memorial Museum is available here: mmchpn.muzeu-neamt.ro