Romanian Literature Museum, Chişinău
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The National Museum of Romanian Literature () is a museum in
Chișinău Chișinău ( , , ; formerly known as Kishinev) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Moldova, largest city of Moldova. The city is Moldova's main industrial and commercial centre, and is located in the middle of the coun ...
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Overview

The museum was established on 1 April 1965, according to a governmental decision of the
Moldovan SSR The Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic or Moldavian SSR (, mo-Cyrl, Република Советикэ Сочиалистэ Молдовеняскэ), also known as the Moldovan Soviet Socialist Republic, Moldovan SSR, Soviet Moldavia, Sovie ...
from February 10, 1965. Since the beginning, it was affiliated with the
Moldovan Writers' Union The Writers' Union of Moldova () is a professional association of writers in Moldova. Mihai Cimpoi had been the president of the Writers' Union of Moldova between 1991 and 2010. As of 2023, the president is Teo Chiriac, elected in 2021. Refere ...
. The first director was Gheorghe Cincilei (1936-1999). In 1983, the museum took the name of
Dimitrie Cantemir Dimitrie or Demetrius; Cantemir (; ; 26 October 1673 – 21 August 1723), also known by other spellings, was a Moldavian prince, statesman, and man of letters. He twice served as voivode of Moldavia (March–April 1693 and 1710–1711). Durin ...
, and in 1991 became Centrul Național de Studii Literare și Muzeografie „M.Kogălniceanu”. Since 1997, the museum has operated under the name Museum of Romanian Literature "Mihail Kogălniceanu". The museum has over 90 thousand objects: secular and religious books (16th-21st century),
manuscripts A manuscript (abbreviated MS for singular and MSS for plural) was, traditionally, any document written by hand or typewritten, as opposed to mechanically printed or reproduced in some indirect or automated way. More recently, the term has c ...
, art objects, and documents. Most of the exhibited books are the editions of the Romanian classics. Hours of service: summer: 10.00 - 18.00, winter: 9.00 – 17.00. Friday – closed.


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Arcadie Suceveanu Arcadie Vasile Suceveanu (born 16 November 1952) is a Soviet Ukrainian-born Romanian poet, essayist, translator and journalist in Moldova. Suceveanu was born in Sucheveny (), in the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union (now Ukraine). He completed ...

MUZEUL LITERATURII ROMÂNE „MIHAIL KOGĂLNICEANU”

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