A exhibition of Polish folk art from Lowicz region of Mazovia was opened Friday as a premiere at the National Ethnography and Natural History Museum from Chisinau. They exhibit holiday national costumes from Poland, wool apparel, embroideries, canvass and models of artistically processed wood and paper dating from the 19th and 20th centuries, Info-Prim Neo reports. According to museum director Mihai Ursu, the desire to host such an expo has existed fro long. “We've negotiated with many museums from Poland, but the Polish Embassy to Chisinau anticipated the events and now we witness this wonderful exhibition,” he said. Patruch Pawlach, an ethnographer from the Lowicz Museum, has said the region has belonged to bishops from Gnezno since the 13th century. The peasants from that area had to less than others and they had time to manufacture apparel, silks and adorn their houses. The region is famous for its paper works of the 19th century, used by peasants to adorn their houses. The Polish ambassador, Krzysztof Suprowicz, thanked the hosts for housing the exhibition and “for maintaining the spirit of excellent cooperation” with the Polish embassy and hopes the expo will be able to fascinate the Chisinau public with the people's art from Poland. He added some 3,000 Moldovan citizens confirmed their Polish origins. “I'm confident each of them will visit this exhibition and find things of interest.” The expo will last till November 21. The event coincided with the foundation day of the oldest Museum in Moldova, the National Ethnography and Natural History Museum from Chisinau, which is 119.