At inauguration of the Ivan Patzaichin Museum (also the Community Innovation Center in Mila 23 Danube Delta village), Minister of Culture Raluca Turcan announced that this is the first Romanian museal institution included in the Bauhaus European Center network.
The museum will open to the public today.
At the museum opening ceremony, a plaque was presented to Ivan Patzaichin’s daughter, Ivona Patzaichin-Rusu.
„The Ministry of Culture is a newly-minted partner in a Bauhaus European Center international network, and as new entrants into this international cultural circuit, we thought that the first distinction the Ministry offers as a Bauhaus European Center local ambassador should honor the Ivan Patzaichin Museum in Mila 23, the rowing champion’s home community,” declared Turcan.
The inauguration of the Ivan Patzaichin Museum took place under UNESCO’s patronage.
„This is a center with a multiple vocation that brings together the element of culture, whether we are talking about the built heritage or the intangible one – sustainable development, another very important UNESCO theme, and education, because it will also host educational activities and, last but not least, the Delta is a subject for scientific research,” expert with Romania’s National Commission for UNESCO Codrin Taut explained for AGERPRES.
President of the Romanian Cultural Institute Liviu Jicman stated that the center in the Mila 23 village can accommodate cultural residencies.
During the inauguration ceremony, the vice-president of the Ivan Patzaichin-Mila 23 Association, Teodor Frol, was knighted with the Cultural Merit Order for Architecture.
Visual arts specialist Florica Zaharia, Conservator Emeritus at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and founder of the Museum of Textiles in Baita, was also knighted with the Cultural Merit Order.
National Stamp Company Romfilatelia presented a stamp bloc dedicated to the Ivan Patzaichin Museum.
The museum was built on the site of Patzaichin’s family home, and integrates vernacular building elements made from sustainable materials, wood, hemp, reed, as a model of green building practices, in line with the Delta local specifics.
The ensemble consists of an 18-meter observation tower that accommodates the museum, a pavilion intended for cultural, artistic, educational and community-building activities, an area for Delta gastronomy and a space for artistic residencies.
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