The National Museum of Literature "Mihail Kogalniceanu" (hereinafter NMLMK) is a public institution of culture and scientific research, with legal personality, at the service of society and which acquires, preserves, researches and valorize the museum heritage at its disposal, for the purpose of transfer of knowledge, education and recreation of the general public.
        The National Museum of Literature "Mihail Kogalniceanu" (in the beginning, the Republican Museum of Literature of the SSRM) was founded on the initiative of the Writers' Union of Moldova, by the decision of the Council of Ministers of the SSRM, on February 10, 1965. The museum began its activity on 1 April of the same year, under the aegis and in the headquarters of the Writers' Union of the SSRM. In 1983, the Museum was given the name of the writer and scholar-encyclopedist Dimitrie Cantemir. Eight years later (1991), the institution was transformed into the "Mihail Kogalniceanu" National Center for Literary Studies and Museography, and in 1997 - into the "Mihail Kogalniceanu" Museum of Romanian Literature. By Decision no. 981, from December 22, 2012, starting from January 1, 2013, the institution passed from the administration of the Writers' Union of Moldova to the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Moldova, under the name "Mihail Kogalniceanu" National Literature Museum. In this context, the institution was recognized as a national museum, which allows it to manage the activity of some branches, such as the "Alexandru Donici" Memorial House, in the village of Donici, Orhei district (1977); the "Constantin Stamati" Memorial House, in the village of Ocnita, Ocnita district (1988) and the "Grigore Vieru" Memorial House, in Pererita village, Briceni district (2015).
        Currently, the NMLMK heritage totals over 238 000 cultural assets in the process of classification: manuscripts, books, periodicals, works of art, audio and video prints, photographs and personal items that belonged to writers, folklore creations and folk art.
        Over the years, the "Mihail Kogălniceanu" National Literature Museum has also carried out activities of a scientific nature, aimed at enhancing the heritage of the NMLMK.
        The headquarters of the NMLMK is located on Alexie Mateevici street, no. 79, on February 25, 2021. It counts four buildings, including "Villa of the engineer G. Pronin, fragment" - an architectural monument from the national heritage, dating from the beginning of the 20th century.

Branches:
Name: "Alexandru Donici" Memorial House
Address: Donici village, Orhei district, MD-3526, Republic of Moldova
Opening hours: Tuesday - Friday (10.00-17.00)
Saturday - Sunday (10.00-15.00)
Contacts: phone: +373 235 73549; e-mail: eceban617@gmail.com

Name: "Constantin Stamati" Memorial House
Address: Ocnita village, Ocnita district, MD-7130, Republic of Moldova
Opening hours: Tuesday - Saturday (10.00-17.00)
Contacts: phone: +373 69209481; email: liliaproca1966@gmail.com
Name: "Grigore Vieru" Memorial House

Address: Pererita village, Briceni district, MD-4735, Republic of Moldova
Opening hours: Tuesday - Saturday (09.00-17.00)
Contacts: phone: +373 247 38234; email: vierumuzeu@yahoo.com