Cookmore Museum of Local History

The exposition of the museum introduces the history of the region from ancient times to the end of the twentieth century. Widely presented items from archaeological excavations pos. Cookmore, D. Maskar and Bolshe-Kukmor burial ground - women's Finno-Ugric jewelry made from silver coins of the reign of Alexei Mikhailovich, beads from temporal jewelry, clay shards, a fragment of a ceramic water pipe of the Golden Horde, etc.

The history of Cookmore, which dates back about 700 years, is told mainly by documents, photographs, ethnographic and household items of the XIX - XX centuries. Among the photos of ancient buildings of particular interest are the views of the dwelling house of the owners of the Komarov brothers’ valaly-burrow factory. The products of the factory are exhibited, including valenki with "flies" (ie embroidered), as well as samovars, kumgans, copper trays of Volodin workshops produced in 1870-1890.

Ethnographic material reflects the peculiarities of life of different peoples - Tatars, including baptized, Udmurts, Russians and Mari. The interior of the hut of the Tatar peasant of the late XIX - early XX centuries was recreated.

The section "The Great Patriotic War" exhibits fragments of weapons and equipment of Soviet and German soldiers brought from the "Valley of Death" and from the "Nevsky Pig". Portraits, copies of award lists of five Heroes of the Soviet Union, natives of the region, the combat path of the 147th Infantry Division, which was completed from conscripts of the Kukmor district, and 25 volumes of the Book of Memory of the Republic of Tatarstan.