Local history museum

The local history museum in Kamensk-Uralsky was founded in 1924. Its first exhibits are private collections belonging to the founder of the institution I. Y. Styazhkin. The museum is located in the building of the former Kamensk Iron Foundry, built in 1825. Until 1931, the Museum of Local Lore existed as a public museum, and in the autumn of 1932 it acquired the status of a state museum.

In 1955, the museum took an active part in the archaeological expedition of the city. In the course of her work, the oldest settlement in the Kamensky district was excavated, as well as the Marai, Voroninskaya and Chernoskutovskaya parking lots. Numerous fragments of ceramics and stone tools dating from the 11th millennium BC are now on display in the museum’s exposition.

Among the main excursions of the Local Lore Museum are the following: History of Kamensk XVII-XIX centuries, Collection of furniture of XIX - XX centuries, Ancient Urals, Interior of the hut of the factory worker and merchant shop of the late XIX - early XX centuries, as well as - Animals of the native Urals. The cost of an adult ticket is 30 rubles, and for schoolchildren, students and pensioners there is a permanent discount system.