On 31 August 1989 street, number 115, the tourist in Chisinau will find the National Museum of Fine Arts.
The building appears to be under renovation, but the museum is nevertheless open to the public. Go to the side entrance and take the stairs to the second floor. There you will find an office, go into the office and ask for a woman named Elizabeth.
She will open the door to the museum for you and turn on the lights.
The contemporary part of the museum consists of paintings of one Moldovan painter. (see picture).
After you are done Elizabeth will go out with you and walk you to another side entrance on Pushkin Street. In the meantime she will explain to you that the government doesn’t have money to finish the renovation.
In the other part of the museum you will find a guard reading an old book. The guard is a lady in her sixties. She will turn on the lights. The collection consists of a Nicolas Maes, a Brueghel and some religious artworks from Romania and Russia.
After you leave the guard will be alone again for days, maybe weeks or months passing time reading her yellowed book.
The guard is a highlight of the exhibition. And I don’t mean to debunk Nicolas Maes.