Karpin Museum of Local Lore
Sverdlovsk region, Karpinsk, str. Sawmill, 71
About the company:
The city of Bogoslovsk was founded in 1759. Since 1941, it has been named after A.P. Karpinsky, a scientist, geologist, the first president of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, whose life and activities are told in one of the expositions of the museum.
The Karpin Museum of Local Lore has been open to visitors since October 23, 1981. It has 4 departments. There are more than 13,000 storage units in museum funds. The museum receives more than 20,000 visitors annually.
Not only excursions and talks are held here, but also exhibitions, concerts, meetings with artists, composers and poets, honorary citizens of the city, home front workers, guests of Karpinsk and just interesting people.
The structure of the museum includes 4 exposition departments: “Nature of the region”, “History of the Theological Mountain District”, “History of the Development of the Industrial Region”, “Hall of Military Glory”. In 2021, a gallery of paintings by Khanty artist G.S. Raishev was opened.
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