Arkhangelsk Regional Museum of Local History

The Arkhangelsk Museum of Local Lore is one of the oldest museums in Russia: in 2017 it turned 180 years old.

The beginning of the museum collection was laid in 1837, and today the museum’s collections are 265 thousand museum items reflecting the historical, cultural and natural identity of the Pomorsky Territory, which is almost half of the entire museum collection of the Arkhangelsk region. Among them are unique mineralogical, natural science, documentary, numismatic, photographic collections, various collections of objects of material culture.

The museum consists of three branches in the districts of the Arkhangelsk region and two monuments of history and architecture of federal significance: Novodvinsk fortress (XVIII-XIX centuries) and Arkhangelsk Gostiny Dvors (XVII-XIX centuries), where in the restored merchant chambers of the XVII century and grand halls of the XVIII century the largest natural, scientific, historical and cultural exposition of the region is formed, numerous exhibition projects are carried out, educational and leisure spaces are received by visitors.