M.P. Starostin Mining Museum of Local Lore

Established in January 1967. as public on the initiative of local historians - members of the geographical society of the USSR. In 1980 the museum was awarded the title "People's". The logo of the museum: a rare "Red Book" plant - a locust against the background of the silhouette of a diamond crystal (Gornozavodsk district - the birthplace of the first Russian diamond). Since 2001, the museum is a member of the Association of Natural Science Museums under the International Council of ICOM. Since 2004. - member of the non-profit partnership "Museums of Prikamya". In 2006. - Nominee of the First Public Open Competition "Museum of the Year". Eurasia - 2006" in the nomination "Non-growing trail. Overview of collections:

Local history department: the territory of the modern Gornozavodsk district from the XVII century was part of the Perm estates of the largest landowners of the Stroganovs. In the middle of the XVIII century, Baron A.G. Stroganov founded a cast iron and iron plant here. The funds of the department contain photographs, written documents on the history of the region, ethnographic complex, objects of religious worship.

The exposition "History of exploration, prospecting and industrial production of diamonds of Russia" is dedicated to the pioneers of diamonds of the Urals (working since 2005).

Department of DPI, collections: Ural cast-iron artistic casting, ceramic sculpture, Nizhny Tagil lacquer painted trays, caskets with lacquer miniature, jewelry with finifier, painted wooden dishes.

Mineralogical collection is one of the best in the Urals, it contains mineral species and rocks, ornamental and jewelry stones from the Baltic States, Central Asia, the Urals, Siberia, Crimea, Yakutia, Kola Peninsula, Kolyma, etc. Druze, unusual shape crystals, pseudomorphoses, rare combinations of minerals, collectible cuts and stone products: sculpture of small forms, jewelry, etc.

The numismatic collection covers five centuries of world history - coins: tsarist coinage, foreign, Soviet period (until 1991), modern Russian; an extensive collection of paper money - "bons".

The collection includes 1670 species of sea, river, land shells from around the world, in the exposition - dry "aquarium" / corals, starfish, sea urchins, sharks, crabs, fish /.

The paleontological collection is fossils found in the Urals, as well as brought from Germany, Crimea, Kazakhstan and other regions of Russia. These are fossils of the Paleozoic era and a later period - Devonian, carbon.

The art fund of the museum is a collection of paintings and graphics of Soviet and modern Russian artists from Perm, Irkutsk, Tallinn, Lviv, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yakutia, etc. Research, educational and exhibition work is carried out on the basis of museum funds and private collections, from the funds of museums of the Perm region. Museum actions: "We remember those who fought", "Night at the museum", "To the museum - with the whole family", "Day of the older generation in the museum", "In memory of the victims of repression", "Museum - as a gift to mother", visiting the museum of people with disabilities, etc. Special children's programs: "Home - children open a museum"; environmental - "Living planet", "Disappearing world", "Ecological calendar", "In the world of feathered and furry"; patriotic - city game-competition "Young patriot" with the participation of teams of educational and youth institutions of the city and district; master classes for children and adults.

There are exposition halls in departments: local lore, decorative and applied art, mineralogical, "History of search, exploration and industrial production of diamonds in Russia", Nature of the region, "World Ocean", exhibition hall. Viewing DVD films: about diamond mining in the Urals, in Yakutia, videos about the nature of the region. There are interactive exhibits.