The National Archaeology and History Museum is the granddaddy of Chişinău's museums. There are archaeological artefacts from Orheiul Vechi, including Golden Horde coins and Soviet-era weaponry. On the first floor there is a huge WWII diorama, where you can speak to a man who spent 12 years as a political prisoner at a worker's camp in Vorkuta.

A statue of Lupoaica Romei (the wolf of Rome) and the abandoned children Romulus and Remus stands in front of the museum. To Moldovans, this is a symbol of their Latin ancestry.