National Art Museum of Moldova marks International Day of Families, International Children's Day

Chisinau, 23 May /MOLDPRES/ - More cultural and educative activities have been organized at the National Art Museum of Moldova, in the context of the International Day of Families, marked on 15 May, and International Children’s Day, marked on 1 June. Parents and children, pupils from the lyceums Gheorghe Asachi and Nicolae Sulac, as well as from the Gymnasium No 7 from Chisinau participated in the events.      

Contacted by MOLDPRES, the head of the public relations and exhibitions section at the aforementioned museum, Lucia Postica, has said that the goal of the action was to promote the cultural heritage and attract as much as possible public here, so that people understand that a museum does not mean only exhibitions, but also an institution where diverse cultural and educative actions are organized.    

„The participation of children together with adults in the creation of art works in diverse genres and techniques in a museum space, where everybody has possibility to fully show imagination and express oneself through drawing, has already become a tradition. Children had possibility to draw in pastel, pencil, chalk on pavement. Teachers were awarded merit diplomas for active participation in events organized by the museum,” Lucia Postica said.     

Bands of children from the Gheorghe Asachi Romanian-French theoretical lyceum, Nicolae Sulac theoretical lyceum specialized in arts, Gymnasium No 7 and Satelit community centre performed at the event.

Two companies gave children ice-cream, crackers and juice, and the theatres for children Guguta and Licurici offered them free of charge tickets for plays.  

The International Day of Families was established by the United Nations General Assembly on 20 September 1993 and is marked on 15 May.  

The International Children’s Day is marked on 1 June. For the first time ever, this day was mentioned at the World Conference for the Well-being of Children, held in Geneva in August 1925, during which 54 representatives from different countries adopted the Declaration for Protection of Child. After this conference, many governments introduced the Day of the Child in the list of holidays. In 1954, The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) issued a recommendation to all states to set a day for marking the Children’s Day.  

(Reporter N. Roibu, editor L. Alcaza)