Kolyvan Local History Museum

Kolyvan Museum of Local Lore is one of the oldest in the Novosibirsk region, was founded in 1976. Since 2014, it has been located in the restored architectural monument of regional importance “The House of the Merchant E.A. Zhernakov” – a two-storey brick building with an area of 973 square meters.

The exposition is presented in 7 halls, including the complexes “Kolivani Place in the History of the Russian State”, “Merchant of the City of Kolyvan”, “Life of Peasants”. XIX – beginning of XX century, “The memory of the war lives in us”, “Kolyvan district: ways of development”, “Fauna of Kolyvan district (from antiquity to the present day)”. In the exhibition halls - the works of masters-applied artists, professional artists and amateurs.

The museum is successfully inscribed in the historical core of Kolyvan, where the restored mansions of merchants, the Cathedral of the Holy Life-Giving Trinity, the sculpture of Nicholas the Wonderworker, the quarters of Moscow Street with monuments of wooden architecture are located. Therefore, in addition to sightseeing and thematic excursions, the routes “On the streets of the ancient merchant city”, “Road to the temple” were developed. Interesting route "According to the Moscow-Siberian tract - to the ancient settlement of chats".

The museum is visited by about 16,000 people a year. Today, the museum has more than 20 thousand units of storage.

The geography of visitors is quite extensive: in the book of reviews there are many enthusiastic entries not only from Kolyvan residents themselves, but also from guests from many regions of Russia, as well as from England, Germany, France, China, Mongolia, Japan.