Kostroma State Historical, Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve

The State Cultural Institution “Kostrom Historical, Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve” is the largest museum of Kostroma and the Kostroma region.

The museum in Kostroma was founded in 1913. By decree of the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II, a special museum building was built, its first collections were directly related to the history of the Romanov dynasty.

Since 1913, the museum has been reorganized several times. The date of the last reorganization is August 2005.

The unified museum includes two largest museums of the city and region: the Kostroma State United Art Museum and the Kostroma State United Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve “Ipatiev Monastery”.

The number of the collection is more than 600.0 thousand museum items.