#Exhibit of the Month

One of the great technical achievements that revolutionized the idea of time and space, opening a new era in the history of communication, is telegraphy. It is based on the transmission of electrical signals through a cable over long distances, allowing people to communicate instantly. The telegraph spread very quickly and a network of wires stretched around the world.

In 1837, the American painter and physicist Samuel Morse invented the first electromagnetic device for telegraphy, patented in 1840. To send messages by wire, Morse developed in 1838 a simple code of dots and dashes, which represented the letters of the alphabet, known as "Morse code ".

Both Morse code and the telegraph machine were improved over time, with the telegraph becoming the most widespread system of communication and information transmission for more than a century, until the advent of the Internet. The telegraph system consisted of a series of stations repeaters along the transmission line route. Each station had an operator who received and transmitted messages by telegraph. The Morse machine transmitted about 25 words per minute, which were recorded in code on a paper tape. The operator in charge of transmitting the message would decode it and write it on paper using a special typewriter.

In Bessarabia, the telegraph entered in 1860: on April 8, the Bender telegraph station began its activity, and on April 24, the one in Chisinau, following the construction of the first Odesa-Chisinau-Leova telegraph line. Currently, telegraph services have been discontinued. The only ones who still use coded communication are radio amateurs.

The Morse telegraph machine shown comes from the Osinoostrovsky electrotechnical plant, Soviet Union, and dates back to 1934. The exhibit was restored by Mihail Culașco.

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Events Archive

The program of Europe Day 2024 at NMHM

May 7-10, 2024

07.05.2024, 12.00 - "MALURI", offered by the EU program "Confidence Promotion Measures"

The documentary film inspired by real events, which brings together dozens of actors from both banks of the Prut. The film also tells the history of the villages that had the largest Jewish fair in Moldova - Rașcov and Vadul-Rașcov. "Best Feature Documentary" and "Best Cinematography" are the first two awards won by the documentary "Maluri" made by Telefilm Chisinau.
Directed by: Lucia Tăut, 2021, Moldova, 70 min., documentary film, in Romanian.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0BzxZf8tEY

08.05.2024, 12.00 - "A VILLAGE DEFENDS ITSELF", offered by the Embassy of Austria in the Republic of Moldova.

The film depicts the last days of World War II, Gauleiter Eigruber ordered the dynamiting of the salt mine. Stolen art treasures are stored there. The villagers object. It received the award for the best film broadcast on TV.
Director: Gabriela Zerhau, 2019, 1 h 47 min., drama, in German, subtitles in English and Romanian.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l80GKRe_9M

08.05.2024, 14.00 - "HALLSTATT - A LIFE BETWEEN ROCKS AND LAKE", offered by the Embassy of Austria in the Republic of Moldova.

The film presents the Austrian region of Hallstatt-Dachstein with breathtaking landscapes, crystal clear lakes and deep historical relevance. During the Hallstattian period, 2,500 years ago, the Celtics built an empire on the region's ancient salt mines. Using the latest techniques, the outstanding director of nature photography, Wolfgang Thaler, brings this fascinating region to life.
Directed by: Wolfgang Thaler, 45 min., documentary film, English language.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKzKSP6Tx0c

10.05.2024, 12:00 p.m. - "IN THE NAME OF THE EARTH", offered by the Polish Institute in Bucharest.

The film presents the end of the century. 19th century, a village divided by gossip, quarrels and fights for land. The beautiful 19-year-old Jagna, a free spirit who breaks out of the community patterns, becomes the center of attention when her family forces her to marry Boryna, an influential and wealthy widowed landowner. But Jagna is in love with Antek, Boryna's son, and to live this love the young woman will break all the rules and social standards of the time.
The film is an adaptation of the novel "The Peasants" by Władysław Reymont, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. The film was Poland's submission to this year's Oscars and is made of approximately 40,000 frames entirely painted in oil, in collaboration with over 100 visual artists
Directed by: DK Welchman and Hugh Welchman, 2023, Poland, 1h 54 min., animated film, drama, history, Romanian subtitles.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3u03Exe260