Museum of History and Culture of the Peoples of Siberia and the Far East (at the Institute of History of Philology and Philosophy of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences)

The museum was established shortly after the organization in the Siberian Branch of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in 1964 of the first humanitarian institute - the Institute of History of Philology and Philosophy - on the initiative of its first director, academician A.P. Okladnikov. The main task of the museum was to demonstrate the latest achievements and findings made by archaeologists, ethnographers, archaeographers during numerous expeditions, to promote scientific knowledge about the distant past of the population of the vast region, the richness and diversity of cultures, their change, influence and mutual enrichment. Initially, for several years the museum was housed in the building of the Institute of Economics, in the corridor of the fourth floor, and had a chamber character. As new spaces were allocated for the humanitarian institute, which did not have its own building, the exposition was expanded and updated. In the mid-1970s, the museum occupied six rooms with a total area of more than 150 square meters. And with the construction of the Institute building in 1980, an entire floor was allocated for it. The exposition area was 380 square meters. m. In this form, the museum existed until the mid-1990s.

Currently, the museum is located in a detached building of the laboratory and exhibition complex of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the SB RAS on the street. Zolotinskaya, 4. On a total area of more than 500 sq. m. there is an exposition (315 sq. m.), funds, restoration laboratory.