The building of the former girls’ gymnasium founded by Princess Natalia Dadiani is a national architectural monument located at 115 ’31 August 1989′ street in Chișinău, and currently houses the National Museum of Art of Moldova. The two-and-a-half-story building was constructed in 1901. It was based on a design by architect Alexandru Bernardazzi and commissioned by Princess Natalia Dadiani. Dadiani founded and led this institution until her death in 1903. The building served as the headquarters for Girls’ Gymnasium No. 2 until the Second World War, during which the front part was heavily damaged.
After the war, it was rebuilt and served as the headquarters for the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Moldavian SSR until 1964, after which it became the Pioneer Palace, while the left wing housed the Republican Society “Science.”
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To expand the exhibition space, a two-level wing was built to the right of the building. Today, the building serves as the headquarters of the National Museum of Art.
In the fall of 2014, the art museum administration received a donation of 1 million euros from the Romanian government, intended for the restoration of the building. The deadline for the project was initially the end of 2015. The work was completed in the fall of 2016, and the Art Museum was reopened on November 4th of the same year.