Igar Regional Lore Complex "Museum of Permafrost"

Twenty-two employees and four researchers work on the preservation and development of the museum collection. The collection of the museum includes more than six thousand five hundred and sixty items, four thousand eight hundred and thirty items of the collection are presented in the exposition and are included in the main funds of the museum. The main exposition of the museum is located at a depth of 7-14 meters in the thickness of permafrost soils. The total area of the underground part of the museum is about 150 square meters. Initially (since 1936) on the site of the museum was a scientific permafrost laboratory. The date of foundation of the museum in the underground part is considered to be March 19, 1965, when the first exposition appeared in one of the halls of the underground scientific laboratory. In 1991, the local history museum (since 1995 - the local history complex) "Museum of Permafrost" was formed. In 1995, the underground part of the museum was declared a Nature Monument of regional significance. (a) Work is carried out to study the temperature and humidity regime of soils in the underground part of the museum, work in the archives (the history of the region, the city, the Gulag, etc.). (b) The museum works closely with the city schools (thematic excursions, local history lessons, competitions), implements social grant programs, actively cooperates with permafrost scientists of the Yakut Institute of Permafrost. (c) Earth Day, 22 April, Water Day, 22 March, Animal Day, 4 October, and New Year’s performances in the “magic dungeon” at the end of December and the beginning of January of each year are held annually for children. The expositions of the museum present various themes: "The animal and plant world of the Igara region", "Construction on permafrost", "Construction No. 503 - the history of the construction of the Stalin railway", "Development of the North", "Thus began Igarka", "History of special resettlements", "Creativity of local artists" and others. The main exposition is presented in the underground part of the museum, where the main exhibit is permafrost. The branch of the museum - the Exposition and Exhibition Complex - includes workshops of the Children's House of Crafts, an exhibition hall (picture gallery), 2 exhibition halls that complement the nature department and the history department (painting, graphics, models, topographic and photo documents, etc.). Winner of the contest "Changing Museum in a Changing World" 2005 The Igarsk regional lore complex "Museum of Permafrost" works in the form of a non-profit institution of historical specialization, that is, it does not have as the main goal of its activities the extraction of profit and does not distribute the profit between participants. Igarsky local lore complex "Museum of Permafrost" is an organization of municipal subordination. The main activities of the museum: cultural and research.