Valeria Suruceanu, a museographer at the National Art Museum from Chisinau has been awarded a medal for persistence in managing, preserving, researching and promoting the collection of decorative sculpture and art of the Art museum, in the contest for the cultural heritage organized by the European Commission and the Pan-European organization “Europa Nostra”. The awarding ceremony took place on August 29, Info-Prim Neo reports. According to the deputy director of the Museum, Svetlana Pociumban, the museographer Valeria Suruceanu was awarded for preserving a collection of 3,500 works of national sculpture, tapestry, decorative art, objects of wood, glass that she takes care of since 1993. The earliest works in the collected date back to 1937 and belong to the known sculptor Alexandru Plamadeala, while the latest works date to 2007. “Given these projects, we manage to draw the public’s attention for the heritage of the museum. The fact that Valeria Suruceanu got the prize next to other two countries with vast culture – Russia and Swtzerland – speaks of the fact that our project was presented very well,” Svetlana Pociumban says. The prize was conferred by the vice president of “Europa Nostra”, the prince Alexander Furst zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, come to Moldova on this occasion. “The jury has been really impressed by the work of Mrs. Suruceanu. Valeria’s work in the museum since 1990 has been appreciated because it unfolded in difficult cultural, political and financial conditions,” Alexander Furst zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn said. At the ceremony they also launched an album called “The Gallery of Contemporary Sculpture of the National Art Museum,” by Valeria Suruceanu, 109 candidates from 29 countries presented their works this year.