Museum-Reserve "Small Korela"

The Museum of Wooden Architecture and Folk Art “Small Korely” is one of the largest open-air museums in Russia. It was established in 1964 and opened to visitors in 1973.

The museum presents the entire Arkhangelsk region in miniature - from the southern regions to the northern ones. The architectural and landscape exposition includes 4 sectors: Kargopol-Onega, Dvina, Pinega and Mezen. These are not only more than 100 monuments of northern wooden architecture of the five centuries (from the XVI to the XX century), including objects of cultural heritage of Russia, for example, a wooden tent bell tower of the XVI century - the same age as the city of Arkhangelsk and one of the oldest tower-type bell towers in Russia, but also beautiful landscapes. Cedar and birch groves, high eels, the bank of the Korelki River, ponds, hops ...

The museum revived the annual cycle of national holidays, from Christmas to the Intercession. This is the atmosphere of a festive northern village with bell ringings, folk games, master classes in traditional northern crafts, ceremonial pastries and horse riding.

The collection of museum items includes more than 27 thousand items: collections of sources on the traditional culture of the peasantry of the Russian North. These are elements of the northern folk costume, objects of temple and house icon painting, bells, commercial vessels ... And in the museum "Small Korely" is the largest collection of windmills among Russian museums.