Kuril Museum of Local Lore
About the company:
Address: 694530, Sakhalin region, Kurilsk, str. Kurilskaya, 9
Passage: From Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk by plane to Burevestnik airport, then to Kurilsk by 60 km. by road; by ship from the port of Korsakov to Kurilsk
Mode of operation: * Temporarily closed for visits.
Entrance fee: * For Russian citizens - 6 rubles, for foreign citizens - 8 rubles.
Internet:
www.museum.ru/M1098 - official page
| poster, events and excursions |
| Commemorative dates and annual events: Opening date is 01.05. 1984
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The Kuril Museum presents sections: geology, volcanology, fauna, archaeology, the history of the discovery of the islands. The life and ethnography of the Ainu people are widely covered: ceramics, weapons, things. The exposition tells about the marine inhabitants of the shelf, etc. Japanese religious stone sculptures are located on the territory of the museum. |
| Main excursions: General acquaintance of visitors with the expositions of the museum |
| professional |
Main officers: *
Head: Petryakov Alexander Vladimirovich, tel. (8254) 21-528
Researcher: Tyurin Sergey Nikolaevich, tel. (8254) 21-528
Headquarters:
(8254) 2-1528, Fax: (8254) 4-2235
Address:
694530, Sakhalin region, Kurilsk, str. Kurilskaya, 9
Opening and foundation dates:
open: 01.05. 1984
Budgetary status:
Municipal
Organizational and legal form:
non-profit
Type of organization:
cultural and research
Classification of the organization:
Historical, local history
Areas of organization:
exhibition and exhibition 90m2
9m2 storage
Number of staff:
2, of which 1 scientific
The average number of visitors per year:
2000
Superior organization:
Sakhalin State Regional Museum - M1096
Storage units:
6,500 of which 3,000 items of fixed capital
| The most valuable (unique) collections: Ritual sticks - 3 units. Stone axes - more than 100 units. Arrowheads, spearheads - more than 300 units. |
Major exhibition projects:
The North Star. Ethnographic exhibition of the Far Eastern region, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, November 1998.
Visiting and exchange exhibitions:
Ainu Ituruna. Life and culture of the indigenous people of the island
“Ituruna settlements”. Japanese and Soviet Periods
Information taken from www.museum.ru