EN RO















#Exhibit of the Month

>>>

The main parts of the camera include the body, bellows, lens, and viewfinder system. The body consists of two lacquered walnut wood frames, joined by a folding black textile bellows that allows the necessary extension for focusing. On the front panel is the Agfa anastigmat lens, mounted in a Compur-type shutter produced by F. Deckel in Munich. It features a foldable "brilliant" viewfinder for both portrait and landscape orientation. It uses glass photographic plates coated with a photographic emulsion, mounted in walnut wood holders, with a frame size of 9x12 cm.
The walnut wood model, considered the flagship "Agfa Isolar Luxus," was designed by the A.H. Rietzschel factory in Munich, acquired by AGFA in 1925, which continued producing this type of camera under its own name until the late 1920s.
The piece was restored by Mihail Culașco, Restoration Department of NMHM.
Brief History of the Camera
The history of the camera spans 200 years, evolving from the camera obscura to today's digital devices. Key milestones include: the first permanent photograph in 1826 by French physicist Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, using a wooden box and a plate coated with bitumen of Judea; the invention of the first photographic process - daguerreotype - in 1839 by Frenchman Louis Daguerre, marking the official birth of photography; the invention of calotype, based on the negative/positive principle, by British physicist and chemist Fox Talbot; the invention of wet collodion plates by Englishman Frederick Scott Archer and dry glass plates by Richard Leach Maddox and John Huds Bennet; the introduction of flexible roll film and the launch of the first Kodak camera by American inventor George Eastman; the release of the first 35 mm film camera by German company "Leica"; the launch of the first instant camera "Polaroid," invented by American Edwin Land. Finally, starting in 1975, this path led to the digital photography revolution. Each successive step made cameras smaller and faster, significantly improving image quality.
The first photographic studio in Chișinău was opened in 1854 by Eduard Glewski, and before World War I, there were already about 100 photography studios in Bessarabia.
The collection of the National Museum of History of Moldova includes over 30 cameras, made in Austria, Germany, France, USSR, Japan, and China, dating from the late 19th century to the 2000s. Among them are folding bellows cameras, BOX-type cameras, single-lens reflex (SLR) and twin-lens reflex (TLR) cameras, as well as digital (DSLR) cameras.

Virtual Tour


Publications Journal „Tyragetia"


Tyragetia, nr. III

Tyragetia, nr. III

Chișinău, 1996

SUMAR (SOMMAIRE)

 

I. Studii

• Nicolae Răileanu, Din istoria Muzeelor Moldovei. Muzeul de Antichități al Nataliei Sicard din Vadul lui Vodă
• Grigore Jitaru, Blazoanele dinastice și stema de stat a Moldovei
• Vlad D. Ghimpu, Biserica Adormirii Maicii Domnului de la mănăstirea Căpriana
• Vasile Negruță, Dan Suruceanu, Creația Zugravului Gherasim șl sculptorului D. Ştefan la răscrucea secolelor XVIII-XIX
• Vasile Haheu, Cetățile traco-geto-daclce și elemente de urbanizare la tracii de nord
• Alexandru Levinschi, Atelierele de ceramică de la Soloncenl și unele probleme privind olăritul la purtătorii culturii Sântana da Mureș-Cerneahov

II. Arheologie și Istorie veche

• Ilie Borziac, Philip Allsworth, Nicolae Chetraru, Cercetări interdisciplinare în grotele paleolitice din Nord-Vestul Moldovei
• Serghei Covalenco, Nicolae Chetraru, Așezarea mezolltlcâ de la Sărăteni
• Oleg Levițki, Tatiana Demcenco, Tumuli din epoca fierului timpuriu de lângă satul Cotiujeni
• Serghei Agulnlcov, Cociulia - Cetățuie în codrii Tighecilor
• Natalia Mateevici, Piese arheologice provenite din colecția lui Ion Surucean
• Ilie Borziac, Alexei Zagaievschi, Cele mai vechi file din istoria satului Cosăuți

III. Istorie medievală

• Ion Hâncu, Rezultatele cercetărilor arheologice de la biserica cu pronaosul lărgit din Orheiul Vechi
• Pavel Bârnea, Despre soarta istorică a Orheiului Vechi
• Petre Beșliu, Contribuția universității săsești la consolidarea sistemului de fortificații din defileul Oltului
• Ana Boldureanu, Vera Paiul, Tezaurul monetar de la Gârbova
• Mihai Onilă, Eparhia Chișinăului și Hotinului (180 ani de la organizare)

IV . Istorie modernă și contemporană

• Măria Hasnaș, Cazimireștii în Basarabia. Ramura din Hotin
• Aurelia Cornețchi, Contribuții ta istoria Liceului de fete din Cetatea Albă
• Тамара Синхани, Из истории иконописания в Ново-Нямецком монастыре
• Ирина Гончарова, Сканные сумочки
• Liubovi Malahov, Colecția presei periodice din sec. XIX – începutul sec. XX
• Vitalie Juc, Valentin Tomuleț, Schiță din istoria satului Tabani
• Tamara Stamatov, Tehnici vechi românești de cusut în ornamentarea cămașelor femeiești
• Elvira Vacula, Societatea Națională de Cruce Roșie din Basarabia. Anii 1920-1930
• Nadejda Lavric, Din istoria documentelor puse în circulație în Basarabia interbelică
• Elena Postică, Deputații Sfatului Ţării represați în anul 1940
• Людмила Пасиковская, О раскулачивании и выселении в MACCP в 1930-1931

V. Muzeologie si memorialistică

• Elena Ploșnița, Unele aspecte din activitatea muzeografică a lui Nicolae Iorga
• Eugenia Borodac, Nicolae Dimo - savant cu renume în pedologie
• Любовь Репринцева, Судьба ученого Г.И. Пысларь
• Мария Евдокимова, Михаил Паутынский – ученый винодел и химик

VI. Recenzii

• Tudor Arnăut, Arheologul G.D. Smirnov și unele probleme de concepție privind mil. I î.e.n.
• Igor Cereteu, Sergiu Tabuncic. Şoldăneșii - localitate străveche din valea Ciornei
• Николай Тельнов, Nicolae Chetraru. Din istoria arheologiei Moldovei. Basarabia și Transnistria




 

 

Independent Moldova
Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
Bessarabia and MASSR between the Two World Wars
Bessarabia and Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in the Period between the Two World Wars
Revival of National Movement
Time of Reforms and their Consequences
Abolition of Autonomy. Bessarabia – a New Tsarist Colony
Period of Relative Autonomy of Bessarabia within the Russian Empire
Phanariot Regime
Golden Age of the Romanian Culture
Struggle for Maintaining of Independence of Moldova
Formation of Independent Medieval State of Moldova
Era of the
Great Nomad Migrations
Early Middle Ages
Iron Age and Antiquity
Bronze Age
Aeneolithic Age
Neolithic Age
Palaeolithic Age
  
  

Come to Museum! Discover the History!
  
Visit museum
Visit museum
Summer schedule: daily
10am – 6pm.

Winter schedule: daily
10am – 5pm.
Closed on Mondays.
Entrance fees:  adults - 50 MDL, Pensioners, students - 20 lei, pupils - 10 MDL. Free access: enlisted men (...)

WiFi Free Wi-Fi Zone in the museum: In the courtyard of the National History Museum of Moldova there is Wi-Fi Internet access for visitors.


#Exhibit of the Month

The main parts of the camera include the body, bellows, lens, and viewfinder system. The body consists of two lacquered walnut wood frames, joined by a folding black textile bellows that allows the necessary extension for focusing...

Read More >>

































The National Museum of History of Moldova takes place among the most significant museum institutions of the Republic of Moldova, in terms of both its collection and scientific reputation.
©2006-2026 National Museum of History of Moldova
Visit museum 31 August 1989 St., 121 A, MD 2012, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
Phones:
Secretariat: +373 (22) 24-43-25
Department of Public Relations and Museum Education: +373 (22) 24-04-26
Fax: +373 (22) 24-43-69
E-mail: office@nationalmuseum.md
Technical Support: info@nationalmuseum.md
Web site administration and maintenance: Andrei EMILCIUC

 



The National Museum of History of Moldova takes place among the most significant museum institutions of the Republic of Moldova, in terms of both its collection and scientific reputation.
©2006-2026 National Museum of History of Moldova
Visit museum 31 August 1989 St., 121 A, MD 2012, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
Phones:
Secretariat: +373 (22) 24-43-25
Department of Public Relations and Museum Education: +373 (22) 24-04-26
Fax: +373 (22) 24-43-69
E-mail: office@nationalmuseum.md
Technical Support: info@nationalmuseum.md
Web site administration and maintenance: Andrei EMILCIUC

menu
The National Museum of History of Moldova takes place among the most significant museum institutions of the Republic of Moldova, in terms of both its collection and scientific reputation.
©2006-2026 National Museum of History of Moldova
Visit museum 31 August 1989 St., 121 A, MD 2012, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
Phones:
Secretariat: +373 (22) 24-43-25
Department of Public Relations and Museum Education: +373 (22) 24-04-26
Fax: +373 (22) 24-43-69
E-mail: office@nationalmuseum.md
Technical Support: info@nationalmuseum.md
Web site administration and maintenance: Andrei EMILCIUC