Museum of History of Borodino

The Museum of the History of the City of Borodino, Krasnoyarsk Territory was established in 1996. The main idea of the museum exposition is the image of the largest in Russia Borodino brown coal mine. In the main exposition “Coal” is an archiver of human destinies. The main activity is the preservation of the collective memory of the post-war construction of the working village of Borodino.

The permanent exposition of the museum is an installation, which is a coal quarry with its ledges (horizons), consisting of 2.5 thousand structural and 1.5 thousand decorative elements. The layered structure of the structure imitates anthracite with glimpses - a peculiar structure of coal.

The chronological framework of the museum collection covers the period from the foundation of Borodino in 1945 to the present. The museum exhibits samples of clothes of the Soviet period, items of equipment, front letters of veterans of the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945), a collection of Soviet toys and household items. Part of the exhibits is presented in open access for interactive tours.