Bashmakovsky District Museum of Local Lore

In July 2003, a local history department of the library was opened in the working village of Bashmakovo, where more than 350 exhibits are stored. All expositions and exhibitions are located in 4 halls.

At the entrance to the museum there is a department of history and heraldry, which exhibits a documentary chronicle of history from the formation of the district to the present time. There is also a hall of combat glory, where photos of heroes-countrymen who fought in the Great Patriotic War, information about participants of the Afghan and Chechen wars, letters, awards, military paraphernalia are placed.

In the second hall there are expositions dedicated to sports, culture, health, education and agriculture of the district. The stand of honorary citizens of the district is presented.

On the second floor of the museum you can get acquainted with the paintings of local artists and masters of decorative and applied arts.

The entourage of the Russian hut with objects of peasant life is presented in the next hall. Here you can see the eternal companions of grandmothers and great-grandmothers: spinning wheel, ruble, cast iron, loom, trough, buckets and many other household items of the peasant family of the XIX - early XX century.

In the same hall there is a mobile “Museum of bread”, which operates in the working village since December 12, 2017. He collected exhibits telling about the main product on earth - bread - and information about agricultural workers and their achievements in the area.