As the director of the Museum of Architecture on 22 March. Shchusev in Moscow will be occupied by Natalya Shashkova. It has been reported DEA News.
Shashkova’s candidacy was proposed by Elizaveta Likhacheva, the new director of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, who previously held this post. “This is my colleague, I asked him to appoint him to this post, because Natalya Olegovna is, first of all, an extraordinary museum worker,” Likhacheva explained.
He also expressed confidence that Shashkova can retain the museum staff and crew. “I have worked at this museum for 17 years and it is very important to me that the museum continues to evolve and that everything goes according to plan. Natalya Olegovna is an ideal candidate for the post of director of the Museum of Architecture,” said Likhacheva.
Natalya Shashkova graduated from the Moscow State Institute of Culture in 2001 with a degree in Cultural Studies. She has been working at the Shchusev Architecture Museum since 2017, the deputy director for accounting and storage, who in recent years has been the museum’s main curator.
Marina Loshak, former director of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts saidhow the institution sees its new director.