A SHORT HISTORY OF ACTA MVSEI NAPOCENSIS

 Acta Musei Napocensis is the scientific journal of the National Museum of Transylvanian History (Publisher - https://mnit.ro/-/despre-mnit/ce-avem/publicatii/), first published in the year 1964, two years after the founding of the History Museum of Cluj.

The founder and the first director of the editorial board was prof. dr. Constantin Daicoviciu, member of the Romanian Academy, director of the History Museum of Cluj, rector of the “Babeș-Bolyai” University, a supporter of the classical culture and the soul of the Cluj school of archaeology. Over the years, several renowned scientists, historians acted as editors of the review: P. Bunta, H. Daicoviciu, Șt. Ferenczi, I. Kovács, M. Macrea, Șt. Pascu, G. A. Protopopescu, I. I. Russu, N. Vlassa. Among members of younger generations of editors, one might name N. Cordoș, I. Glodariu, Gr. Marian, I. Mitrofan, Fr. Pap, C. Pop, E. Glodariu, I. V. Ciupea, D. Alicu, Gh. Lazarovici, Șt. Matei, V. Vesa, R. Ardevan, S. Cociș, E. Iaroslavschi, N. Gudea.

The journal covers a wide thematic area of history, with studies, notes and discussions reflecting the results of various researches in history, archaeology, the history of art, in classical studies, museology, preservation and restoration.

The 10th volume, published in 1973, is dedicated to the memory of Constantin Daicoviciu, who passed away this year. From 1976 to 1984 Hadrian Daicoviciu was the editor in charge of the journal.

Starting with issue 26-30 (1989-1993) published in 1994, Acta Musei Napocensis is reorganized, and from now on two separate volumes are published, one for the section Prehistory – Ancient History – Archaeology (I), the other for the section History (II). In the period 1998-2008 the editor in charge of the journal is Ioan Piso, and starting with issue 35 (1998) the journal takes on a new aspect, the article being published in international languages, and in the following issues the names of renowned researchers from abroad are included.

Acta Musei Napocensis. I. Prehistory - Ancient History - Archaeology was first presented with this title in 1994 and has now reached issue number 60.

The journal is distributed in 47 libraries in the country and 216 libraries abroad, reaching 26 countries such as Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Croatia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, the United States of America.