Center of Military History and Culture

The Center for Culture and Military History (Romanian: Centrul de Istorie și Cultură Militară) is an institution of the Moldovan National Army under the auspices of the Ministry of Defense.

[1] It has cooperated with foreign historical institutions such as the Romanian National Military Archives[2][3] and the NATO Information and Documentation Centre.

In 2015, at the initiative of Defense Minister Anatol Șalaru, a museum was opened at the Center for Culture and Military History where evidence of deportations during the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina are displayed.

In September of that, on his instructions and with his personal participation, the T-34 tank mounted on the territory of the Ștefan cel Mare 2nd Motorized Infantry Brigade in Chisinau was removed from the pedestal and was transferred to the museum.

[11] The institution also owns an open air exhibition of military technical equipment and weapons, as well as the Capul de pod Șerpeni Memorial Complex through the army museum.