Khabarovsk Local History Museum named after N.I. Grodekov

On April 19, 1894, on the initiative of the Governor-General of the Amur Region N.I. Grodekov, the State Museum of the Far East was created. By the beginning of the XX century it became the leading museum of the Amur region in Khabarovsk. His exhibits were exhibited at Russian and international exhibitions in Novgorod and Kazan, Chicago and Paris. For ten years the museum was headed by V.K. Arsenyev, who was an outstanding traveler, scientist and writer. Over these ten years, the museum has become a leading local history center in the Far East.

In the difficult times of the socialist revolution and the years of perestroika, the museum largely lost its scientific potential, but fully retained the function of the cultural and educational center of the Khabarovsk Territory. In 1965, it was even noted in the list of the best museums of the RSFSR. The main expositions of the museum are thematic halls covering the distant past of the Amur Region, its nature, as well as the material and spiritual culture of the Khabarovsk Territory, the stages of development of the Amur Region in the XIX-XX centuries, military conflicts and the period of civil war in the Far East.

One of the main attractions of the museum is the panorama “Volochaev Battle”, one of the three available in the world. It was placed in the museum in 1975, for which a separate wing was attached to the main building. In addition to museum activities, since 1996, traditional conferences “Grodekov Readings” have been held within its walls, which address the problems of studying and preserving the historical, cultural and natural heritage of the Russian Far East. In addition, the Far Eastern Museum regularly takes part in seminars, conferences in Russia and abroad, publishes scientific and popular science collections.