Chaplygin Local History Museum
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The exposition of the museum is located in the building, conditionally called "Menshikov House" - a monument of history and architecture of the late XVII - early XIII centuries of federal significance.
The building is located on the territory of the former fortress of Oranienburg, donated to A.D. Menshikov by Peter I in 1703.
The fortress played a fundamental role in the development of the city from the Sloboda settlement, determined its architectural appearance, in the formation of which such famous architects as A.N. Voronikhin and K.A. Ton took part.
The museum funds currently number more than 12 thousand units of storage of the main and scientific and auxiliary funds. All items are divided into collections by ciphers.
The museum has the following expositions: “History of the Oranienburg Fortress”, “History of Ranenburg-XIII-XIX centuries”, “Local land ownership”, “Nature of Chaplygin district”, “Peasant life”, “History of Ranenburg-Chaplygin XX century”.
The exposition tells about the origin, construction and role of the fortress in the history of Ranenburg - Chaplygin, about outstanding countrymen - D.I. Ilovaisky, P.P. Semenov-Tyan-Shansky, S.A. Chaplygin, L.P. Radina, A.P. Bunina, P.P. Kropotkin.
The museum has an exhibition hall with an area of 70 square meters. Thematic and memorable exhibitions from the museum funds and private collections, art exhibitions are exhibited here.