The biggest exhibition ever organized by Romania opens at the National Museum of China on Thursday, with more than 1,000 guests expected to attend, including Chinese and Romanian high-ranking officials such as Vice Minister of the Ministry of Culture Dong Wei, Director of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage Liu Yuzhu, Director of the National Museum of China Lu Zhangshen, as well as Romanian Ambassador to China Doru Costea, State Secretary with the Culture Ministry Alexandru Oprean, Director General of the National Museum of Romania’s History Ernest Oberlander-Tarnoveanu and Director General of Romania’s National Arts Museum Ruxandra Ileana Theodorescu.
The National Museum of Romania’s History also holds a press conference where 100 leaders of media organizations are expected.
“Treasures of Romania” is a wide project under a cultural cooperation programme between the national governments of Romania and China during 2013-2016.
The opening of the exhibition is the first of its kind of such magnitude hosted by China in the past 66 years. 33 museums from Romania contributed to this project that comprises a collection of 445 invaluable heritage items, which represent various archaeological periods: pre historical, classic and medieval, including stoneware, ceramics, gold and silver ware, glass ware, wooden ware, mural paintings, manuscripts and textiles. The items are practically covering about 30 millennia of human evolution and civilization on Romanian territory, starting with the Upper Paleolithic, Neolithic, Middle Ages up to the pre-modern time and early 19th century.
At the same time, the display also presents patrimony items reflecting the cultural richness of the Romanian historical regions as well as the cultural inheritance of the ethnic minority communities in Romania: Magyar or German minorities.
The items are assured for over EUR 100 M, as they have an exceptional patrimony value. Among the exhibits on display, there are “The Hamangia Thinker” and “Pietroasele Treasure”. A lot of exhibits are unique not only in Romania but also in Europe or worldwide.
The exhibition will be open through May 8.