National Military History Museum · Muzeul Național de Istorie Militară
The military history museum at Tighina 47 · 5 lei, two and a half hours of exhibits, good halls on the Soviet era and Transnistria, little English
Two hours among the exhibits, with the halls on the Soviet era and the war of Transnistria, then the hardware in the yard
Worth it for anyone who wants to see how Moldova tells its military history, especially the halls on the Soviet era and Transnistria, for 5 lei · bring a translation app and call first: one review found it closed at 3 pm.
The National Museum of Military History at Tighina street 47, in the centre, shown on Google daily 9:00-17:00, with no website. The good reviews: "very nice military museum, totally free, I was alone and walked freely among the weapons and historical pieces"; "definitely come here if you're visiting Chișinău, such an interesting place · only costs 5 lei plus 5 lei if you want to take photos, it wasn't busy at all"; "I spent nearly 2.5 hours covering the entire museum · it helps to have a translation app if you don't understand Romanian or Russian"; "interesting to see how a nation portrays its own military history · the exhibitions on the Soviet era and the war of Transnistria were particularly good, though some more English texts would have been appreciated". One 1-star review describes something else: "I arrived at 3 pm, Google said open, but an old lady told me a little offensively to get out because it's closed, without a word of English", and "the artillery pieces, armored vehicles and the two aircraft, MiG-19 and MiG-21, are not maintained at all, just covered with cheap paint · clearly the worst military museum I've seen".
- "The exhibitions on the Soviet era and the war of Transnistria, particularly good"
- "Only costs 5 lei plus 5 lei if you want to take photos" · free, says another visitor
- "I spent nearly 2.5 hours covering the entire museum"
- "It wasn't busy at all" · "I walked freely"
- Artillery, armored vehicles and two aircraft, MiG-19 and MiG-21, in the yard, per one review
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“I arrived at the museum at 3PM and I saw that it was OPEN on the google map. I got in and there was this old lady telling me a little bit offensively to get out because it's closed. She didn't even speak a little bit of english and kept speaking in romanian. I know I'm in Moldova and I said hello in romanian and tried to say sorry that I don't speak their language. I was respec…”
“Very nice military museum. It was totally free and I was alone to walk freely and look at the different weapons and other historical pieces.”
“Definitely come here if you’re visiting Chişinău. Such an interesting place. You can tell by the photos. Only costs 5lei + 5lei if u want to take photos. It wasnt busy at all, it was me my gf and a random person when i was there.”
- "I arrived at 3 pm, Google said open, a lady told me to get out because it's closed", per one 1-star review · call first
- "Some more English texts would have been appreciated" · bring a translation app
- The yard hardware "not maintained, covered with cheap paint", per the same 1-star review
- No website · the price varies between "free" and "5 lei" in reviews