The Wooden Spoons Museum (Romanian: Muzeul Lingurilor de Lemn) or Ion Țugui Spoon Museum (Muzeul Lingurilor "Ion Țugui")[1] is a museum in Câmpulung Moldovenesc, in the Suceava County, Romania. It is located in the house where the history professor Ion Țugui lived,[2] at no. 1 in Gh. Popovici Street.[1] Those who now take care of the museum are his descendants, the Mateescu family. The museum houses wooden spoons which were studied and cataloged by Țugui from many regions of Romania[2] (most of them being from Bukovina)[3] but also from other parts of the world. About 10 spoons are placed on each support, which are labeled with their age, their place of origin and, if known, their owner. Some of the foreign spoons come from countries such as Japan, Madagascar, Pakistan, Tanzania, the United States and several others. Many of them were donated by foreign tourists or exchanged for Romanian spoons with Țugui. The museum also has ladles, a collection of more than 500 erasers, ceramic objects and coins.[2]
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| Location | No. 1, street Gh. Popovici, Câmpulung Moldovenesc, Suceava County, Romania |
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| Coordinates | 47°31′58.03″N 25°33′5.625″E / 47.5327861°N 25.55156250°E |
| Type | Art museum, folk museum, private museum |
According to the World Record Academy, the museum holds the record for the largest collection of wooden spoons in the world.[4] Estimates about the number of spoons collected by Țugui and displayed in the museum vary from 3,500[5] to 4,200,[4] 5,000[6] or over 6,000.[2]
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edit- ^ a b "Muzeul Lingurilor "Ion Țugui": Obiective turistice Suceava". Deștepți.ro (in Romanian). 1 November 2018.
- ^ a b c d Ignâtescu, Marius (5 July 2009). "Muzeul lingurilor din Câmpulung Moldovenesc" (in Romanian). Asociația Descoperă.
- ^ "Muzeul Etnografic Ioan Țugui – Câmpulung Moldovenesc" (in Romanian). România pe hartă.
- ^ a b Toma, Adriana (9 January 2020). "Largest collection of wooden spoons: world record set by The Wooden Spoon Museum". World Record Academy.
- ^ Jbanca, Florin (13 November 2015). "Cum a reușit un român să strângă 2.442 de linguri de lemn diferite. Colecționarul a scăpat de porecla "doctorul lingurar"". Adevărul (in Romanian).
- ^ "Muzeul lingurilor! Rudimentara lingură transformată în obiect de artă". Suceava News Online (in Romanian). 12 January 2014.