Kalmyk Republican Museum of Local Lore named after Professor N.N. Palmov

Kalmyk Republican Museum of Local Lore named after Professor N.N. Palmov was founded on March 25, 1921. It is the only museum where the history, culture and art of the Kalmyk people are most fully represented. At the origins of its creation were outstanding figures of Professor N.N. Palmov and P.V. Rykov. Their efforts collected rich archaeological and ethnographic materials, which formed the basis of the first collections of the Kalmyk Museum. Currently, the museum has 45 thousand units of storage and occupies two buildings. The exposition area of the museum is 357 square meters. Today, the museum consists of several divisions: the department of funds, which includes the department of storage and accounting, the exposition department for the problems of the history of the region and the department of protection of monuments and historical heritage. The museum with unfailing success hosts creative evenings, seminars, readings and conferences dedicated to the problems of Kalmyk history and culture, outstanding figures of domestic and foreign culture and science.