Kursk State Regional Museum of Archaeology

In Kursk, in the chambers of the Romodanovsky boyars, there is a state regional museum of archeology. This is the first and only museum in Russia, which is designed to tell about the history of a particular region. The museum was established in 1993, and became accessible to visitors only in 1996.

The permanent exposition of the museum covers 7 halls covering the history of the Kursk region from the Stone Age to the Middle Ages. The breathtaking diorama of the Avdeevsk Paleolithic Park, located in the very center of the exhibition, and is aware of the Stone Age. Models of dwellings, figures of people dressed in clothes of that time, give an idea of life and the Kursk region more than 22,000 years ago.

The museum fund consists of women's jewelry, ceramic products, tools, weapons, military uniforms, coins. The museum has more than 118,742 items of storage. Of particular delight is the restored place for the work of the primitive master, the famous Paleolithic Venus. Here is the reconstruction of the site of the ancient Lipinsk settlement of the XI-XIII century. and Kursk fortress of the XVII century.

In the museum you can listen to lectures, take part in excursions and intellectual games.