House-Museum of F.E. Dzerzhinsky

The museum was opened in 1938 in the house where Dzerzhinsky lived in exile in 1899. Until 1995, it was the House-Museum of F.E. Dzerzhinsky, in 1995 it was repurposed into the Museum of the History of Kai village. Since January 1, 2006 it is a branch of the district historical museum. On January 1, 2016 it was renamed the House-Museum of F.E. Dzerzhinsky.

The building of the museum is wooden, one-storey, is a monument of history of regional significance. The exposition of the museum shows the life and life of peasants of the late XIX – early XX centuries. The main excursions: “History of the Kai Territory”, “F. E. Dzerzhinsky in the Vyatka exile”, “Life and life of peasants of the late XIX – early XX centuries”. Educational services: local history circle "Istoki" is organized for schoolchildren, the club for interests "Interlocutor" (for adults).

The museum was founded on June 11, 1938. Budgetary status is a municipal state institution of culture. The area of the museum - total land - 0.6 hectares, exposition - 106 square meters. The average number of visitors per year is 1,200. In the structure of the museum there is an archive, a library, a phonotheque. The higher organization is the district historical museum. Storage units total - 798, including items of the main fund - 461. The most valuable exhibits: collection of woven belts, collection of coins, collection of samovars.

Publications issued by the museum: “Museum of History of Kai Village”, “Legends of Old Kai”, “Findings of Kai”, “Speak of the Kai Territory”.