MINA Cluj-Napoca, Cluj

Museum of Immersive New Art

Where, when, how much?

MINA Cluj-Napoca is the new immersive art museum in Cluj, located at 10 Orăștiei Street and open from Wednesday to Friday from 12 noon to 9pm, Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 9pm. Tickets can be bought both online and at the ticket offices on site. Admission to the MINA Kids section costs 15 lei for adults and 40 lei for children. At MINA Immersive adults pay 50 lei and children 40 lei. At New Media Art any tickets are 25 lei. If you opt for the last 2 together there is a discount of 10 lei per person.

About MINA Cluj-Napoca

MINA Cluj-Napoca is the largest immersive art center in Europe with an area of over 4,000 square meters. MINA presents educational shows about artists and the cosmos combining art and technology with explanatory content. It is fascinating for all ages. There are warnings about access for visitors suffering from dizziness and vertigo.

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1. Introduction

Until you enter the screening rooms you can familiarize yourself with immersive art on a big screen set up in a space that doubles as a restaurant. Here I enjoyed the appearance of a remote-controlled electronic puppy.

MINA Cluj

remote-controlled dog

introduction to the show

new art

2. Claude Monet

At MINA Immersive we started by watching a show dedicated to the painter Claude Monet. We discovered Monet's works, but we also learned about milestones in the artist's life relating to Japanese influences, serialism and the years when he suffered from cataracts and discovered the UV spectrum.

immersive art

Japanese influences

serialism at Monet

UV spectrum

me in Monet's world

Monet virtual exhibition

original art

3. Cosmos

In the second part of the show at MINA Immersive we learned in a modern way about the Cosmos, the planets of the solra system, their satellites, black holes, the movies were sprinkled with written educational information. The only Romanian cosmonaut, Dumitru Prunariu, has a place of honor in the movie.

introduction to the cosmos

in the universe

black hole

about Mercury

astronomy lesson

Dumitru Prunariu

4. New Media Art

Here you pass through several fascinating rooms where controlled light installations and lighting effects transport you between jellyfish, the seaside, a palm tree, mirrors.