Local Lore Museum named after the spouses Zhernoklev I.V. and E.I.

Local teachers I.V. and E.I. Zhernokleva opened a museum-room at the district house of pioneers in 1952. With their retirement, the museum fell into decline, and only in 1993 was E.I. Zhernokleva restored, having received the status of an independent organization. The museum reflects the history of the area from ancient times to our time. It includes 6 main sections: “Distant past”, “History of Cossack settlements of the district”, “Soviet period (establishment of Soviet power, education, healthcare, culture and tourism, agriculture and industry), “Animals and flora”, “Minerals of the region”, “Great Patriotic War”. The materials of the museum are used for school lessons, for student creative works. The local history museum contains materials on the history of the district (photos, documents, eyewitness memoirs). Among the collections that most attract visitors is the collection of fossils of ancient organisms of the Jurassic period of the Mesozoic era. In the section "Distant Past2 collected stone tools of ancient people, ranging from chopped and ending with polished stone Teslas, there is a collection of ancient bronze products - mainly these are details of horse harness, jewelry. A collection of ancient ceramics. We have iron weapons found in the mounds, there are exhibits related to the Caucasian War. “Cossack Room” was created, where the elements of Cossack life are collected. There are sections devoted to the Civil and Great Patriotic War, the development of agriculture and industry of the region. In the "Memorial Room" there are things and documents of I.V. Zhernoklev, historian-localist, founder of the museum. In the Animal World section there are collections of beetles, butterflies, samples of trees, minerals. The museum contains author's works by D. Meretukov - Coat of Arms of the Republic of Adygea, and Yu.Stash - Doll in Adygei national costume.