National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History - the oldest and largest museum in Moldova. It is located in the capital city - Chisinau, M. Kogalniceanu Street. The initiator of the museum became Baron A Stewart. Founded in October 1889 as a museum of agriculture, it was located in another building. The facility has repeatedly changed its name, but in spite of that, the main idea - the study of the culture and the nature of the historical region of Bessarabia - remained unchanged.

Initially, all the exhibition housed in another building, because at that time there was no other space to store them. To select an architect for the agricultural, handicraft and Zoological Museum of Bessarabia was a competition, which won the V. Tsygankov. In 1905, the architect designed a new building for the museum, whose construction ended in 1907. After that, all the museum exhibits were moved to a new location. The building was made in psevdomavritanskom style with a charming balcony and the original window openings.

Today, the National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History - an important scientific and cultural center of Bessarabia, known far beyond the country.

The museum consists of two halls. The first room is dedicated to the flora and fauna of Moldova. He demonstrates to visitors of the museum looked like the flora and fauna of a few thousand years ago and how it looks today. The second hall acquaints visitors with the history of the country, the population, their customs and culture. Here are the ancient household items, costumes, traditional interior of the house, the scene of local wedding and more.

The museum features a huge amount of geological, paleontological, archaeological, zoological, entomological, ethnographic and numismatic collections. One of the main exhibits of the museum is considered to be the pride of the skeleton dinothere found by scientists in 1966

Another feature of the museum - it is located at the Botanical Gardens, founded in 1906. It is the first botanical garden in Bessarabia. The garden still exists and continues to delight locals and visitors alike for its plants and fresh air.