Department of History, Culture and Life of Terek Pomors of the Murmansk Regional Museum

The Public Museum of Local Lore “Life and Fishing of Pomors” was established by the decision of the Executive Committee of the Tersky District Council on February 23, 1988 on the basis of the Village House of Culture (since January 1, 1990 – the club-museum) p. Umba. On December 1, 1991, Lyudmila Valentinovna Panova founded the public museum “Life and Fishing of Pomors”, on January 4, 1992, by order of the culture department of the Murmansk Regional Executive Committee, the museum became the territorial department of the Murmansk Regional Museum of Local History.

The department covers the natural and cultural richness of the history and life of the Terek Pomors, attracts with an abundance of genuine Pomor antiquities, expressive monuments of Pomor culture, preserves the spirit and warmth of the Pomor house. The exposition of the local history department includes two halls - "History, culture and life of the Terek Pomors" and "History of the Umba in enterprises".

The main sections of the exposition:

• "The Terek land in antiquity";
• The emergence of Russian settlements on the Terek coast;
• "Fishing system of economy of Terek Pomors in the XVIII - early XX century";
• "Fishing." St. Wortfishing. Shipbuilding. Pearl fishing”;
• “Development of crafts. XVIII - the beginning of the XX century. Carpentry and carpentry";
• “The art of woodworking. Shoe craft. Women's crafts, handicrafts”;
• "Pomeranian costume";
• “There are Pomors. Late nineteenth - early twentieth century”.