Moshkov Museum of Local Lore

The date of foundation of the Moshkov Museum of Local History is considered to be May 18, 1989, when the decision of the Executive Committee of the Moshkovsky District Council of People's Deputies was made to establish a museum of military and labor glory. Since 1995, one of the priority areas of museum work is local history, since 1998 the status of the museum is local history.

Currently, there is an exposition “History of the Land of Moshkovskaya” with sections: “Journey to the Past”, “Archaeology”, “Umrevinsky Fortress – the first center of Russian statehood”, “Moscow Tract”, “They became the birthplace of Siberia”, “From Alekseevsky volost to Moshkovsky district”, “Peasant life”, “Times touch” (social life of 1930-1990s).

The exhibition hall presents the works of artists, masters of applied art: Y. Sapronov, D. Sapronov, O. Pochtareva, Z. Korchagina, S.V. Soboleva, G. Zabelina. The museum has more than 7,500 museum items. A special place is occupied by collections: bells and bells of the XVIII-XX centuries, coal samovars on wood and kerosene; antique watches; film cameras; porcelain sculptures of fairy-tale characters; attributes of the USSR, icons, crucifixes; book editions: Psalter in Old Slavonic 1851, Bible of 1913.