Museum and Local Lore Center "Korobov Chambers"

Chamber Korobov - a monument of civil architecture v. floor. XVII century. The building of the Chambers attracts attention with its decor, a combination of Old Russian style and Moscow "Naryshkin Baroque". They are built according to the type of wooden choir "in two log cabins" on the subclades with senium and porch. The history of the Chambers dates back to the document of 1697. Separate records of children and grandchildren of Kirill Ivanovich Korobov. The chambers belonged to the Zemstvo elder, merchant of the 2nd Guild Kirill Ivanovich Korobov (?- 1691) and were the dominant of a large merchant estate. On its territory there were also choirs of sons: Ivan, Maxim, Peter. A salt barn adjoined the house, an oak cellar with dried water. Behind the house there was a garden, a garden, a kennel and a bread crate. The first floor was used for economic needs. The top floor was residential. Decorative treatment of the upper residential floor is elegant: semi-columns emphasize the corners of the chambers, false cornice crowns the building, richly framed window casings. Among the famous merchant families in the city were Korobov merchants. Kirill Ivanovich Korobov, traded salt, bread and hemp not only in Kaluga, but also in the cities of Central Russia. The son of Kirill Ivanovich Ivan Korobov, former, like his father, Zemstvo headman, according to legend, was a contributor to the construction of the temple "George at the top." Peter Korobov in the second half of the XVIII century. owned a factory for the production of Dutch soap brand "Zef" and the first in the Kaluga province sugar factory. He traded soap in St. Petersburg and abroad, and exported sugar to Ukraine. In the second half of the XIX century, the building of the Chambers was acquired by the widow of the Minister of War E.V. Sukhozanet and handed them over to the Noble Assembly. In 1891, the Academic Archival Commission was located here, which set itself the goal of opening a provincial historical museum in the Chambers. On April 20, 1897, the opening of the museum took place at the hour of the day, the exposition of which consisted of five showcases with archaeological finds, numismatics, household items. Access to the museum is limited to two days a week. In one year the museum was visited by 500 people. In the year of the opening of the museum, its honorary visitors were: Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich Romanov, Bishop of Kaluga and Borovsky Makariy. After the revolutionary events, the building and the museum received a Certificate of Protection. Until 1922, the museum occupied two rooms of the second floor, where archaeological objects, banners, weapons, paintings, objects of religious worship were presented. From 1918 to 1929 there were meetings of the Society of History and Antiquities. For some time, the Chambers were residential premises, they housed state institutions. In 1997, after the restoration of the Korobov Chamber, they were transferred to the Kaluga Regional Museum of Local History. Until now, the chambers of the Korobovs seem a fabulous tower. For a long time, the oldest in Kaluga Chamber of Korobov mistakenly called "the house of Marina Mnishek". The museum has an exposition "Russian hut" and regular exhibitions. Classes for children are held: "Visiting the Russian hut", "Fairy tale after fairy tale", Little Easter Miracle, Kasha - our nurse" and others.

The museum is open without lunch: Tuesday-Friday, Sunday from 9.30 to 18.00. Saturday from 11.00 to 19.00 Monday is a day off, the last Wednesday of the month is a sanitary day.