This museum is also an important national monument, listed in the Register of Historical and Cultural Monuments of Chisinau.

The building is historically significant because it was the residence of the young Russian poet Aleksandr Pushkin, who, at the age of 21, lived here for several months after being exiled by the Russian Tsarist government to the capital of Bessarabia. Pushkin arrived in Chisinau in September 1820.

Originally owned by General Inzov, the house became an official museum on February 10, 1948. The museum’s exhibits include materials related to Pushkin’s time in Chisinau, such as paintings, prints, decorative art objects from the late 18th and early 19th centuries, sculptures, and editions of his works written during his time in Bessarabia.

It is worth mentioning that only two houses where Pushkin lived are believed to have been preserved worldwide, and one of them is located in Chisinau.