Museum of History of Nizhny Maktama Village, Almetyevsk

The museum was opened on 12 November 1998. Its exposition presents the history of the village from ancient times to the present day: archaeology, surrounding nature, tools of peasant labor, the history of collectivization, the Great Patriotic War, the beginning of the XXI century.
The exhibition is located in five rooms. Increased interest among visitors is caused by materials devoted to peasant life. Here are collected unique exhibits: old dishes, tools, household utensils, furniture. A special place in the museum is given to Maktamin women who worked real miracles, creating works of folk art. The collected samples of village embroidery can be studied the history of this craft.
Detailed materials about the events that occurred from 1930 to 1965 are presented. In the hall of "Battle Glory" exhibits telling about the Great Patriotic War are shown. The exposition ends with the section “Maktama Today”. Nowadays, Maktama is a large working village. Lower Maktama is the southeastern gate of the oil capital of Tatarstan - Almetyevsk.