The Zemstvo Museum, listed in the Register of Architectural Monuments as the “Building of the former orphanage, later the headquarters of the Zemstva Guberniale of Bessarabia,” is a historical building located at 103 Alexei Shciusev Street in Chisinau. It is a monument of architectural and historical significance on a national scale, consisting of four buildings, and has been entered into the Register of Monuments of History and Culture of the municipality of Chisinau with the initiative of the Academy of Sciences. However, at the moment, it does not operate as a museum.

In 1918, when Bessarabia became part of Romania, the Zemstva ceased its activities, and the building served exclusively as a museum space until 1932. From 1932 to 1938, the building complex was taken over by the Faculty of Agronomy of the University of Iasi.

After World War II, there were plans to revitalize the museum, but these were not successful. The opportunity for redevelopment occurred only in 2010 when the building came under the administration of the Museum of Ethnography, and the entrance received the inscription “Muzeul Zemstvei.” One of the four buildings (located at the corner of Sfatul Țării Street) has been rehabilitated and now serves as the headquarters of the Agency for Inspection and Restoration of Monuments.

There are ongoing plans to rehabilitate and restore the museum, but these have not been realized yet.