#Exhibit of the Month

The exhibited necklace of beads originates from Funerary Complex No. 6 of Kurgan No. 4, excavated in 1982 by Dr. Habil. Eugen SAVA near the town of Taraclia. The beads were found in the chest area of the deceased, indicating that they had been worn as a necklace and had remained in their original position within the funerary assemblage.
The necklace consists of 11 elements made entirely of Egyptian faience. Eight of the beads are spherical and decorated with vertical incisions forming between 14 and 21 raised ribs. Their diameters range from 13 to 20 mm. Two additional elements are scarab representations measuring 23.5 × 19.5 mm, while the final component is a flattened cylindrical pendant bead featuring a central vertical groove and measuring 22 × 9 mm. The objects range in color from light blue to dark blue and violet hues, reflecting the natural deterioration and glaze variations characteristic of Egyptian faience.
Egyptian faience is an artificial quartz-based material coated with an alkaline glaze, typically blue or blue-green in color. It was widely used in Ancient Egypt and later spread throughout the Mediterranean and Pontic regions through trade networks. During the first centuries AD, such objects served as important indicators of cultural and economic contacts between the Mediterranean world and the communities of the North Pontic region.
Owing to its typological, technological, and symbolic characteristics, the Taraclia necklace is an exceptionally valuable artifact for the study of intercultural relations, the circulation of prestige goods, and the funerary practices of the Sarmatian communities during the first centuries AD (1st-2nd centuries AD).

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Celebrating the International Museum Day

18 May 2017

In 1977, the International Council of Museums (ICOM) established the International Museum Day, which is celebrated on May 18, in order to recognize the role of these cultural institutions in the development of society. This day aims to help promote the idea that museums are an important means of cultural exchange, mutual enrichment of cultures and development of mutual understanding, cooperation and peace among peoples.

Every year on May 18, history, science and art are celebrated around the world through special programs.

The program dedicated to the International Museum Day:

• Free access to museum exhibitions
10:00-18:00

• Creative and educational workshops for children promoting the country's historical and cultural heritage and the need to protect it

10:00-17:00

• Interactive lesson and a competition on this year's theme of the International Museum Day - Museums and contested histories: Saying the unspeakable in museums
14:30

• Concert of classical music performed by the quartet of the Sergei Lunkevich National Philharmonic
13:40

• Opening Ceremony of the International Museum Day 2017. In the program: awarding the Ministry of Culture Prize for achievements in the field of museums, awarding the Diplomas of the Ministry of Culture for remarkable results in museum work 14:00

• Presentation of a series of postage stamps "Treasures of the Past. Ancient Artifacts from the Treasury of the Republic of Moldova" organized by the State Enterprise "Poșta Moldovei". The philatelic issue consists of 4 stamps depicting 4 exhibits from the collections of the National Museum of History of Moldova, an envelope and the first postmark.
14:40

• Opening of the exhibition of clocks from the museum collection "The Clock in the Course of Time"
15:00

• Performance of the quartet of the Sergei Lunkevich National Philharmonic
15:30