Museum of Mordovian Folk Culture

The Museum of Mordovian Folk Culture was opened on October 6, 1999. It is located in Saransk at the address: street. Soviet, 19 in a building that is a monument of provincial urban architecture of the early twentieth century. Until 1917, the house belonged to the Saran merchant and entrepreneur K.H. Barablin.

The museum collection includes almost 4 thousand exhibits and includes collections of Mordovian folk clothes, icons, ceramics, household utensils, agricultural tools, tools.

The permanent exposition of the museum clearly and vividly demonstrates the life, life, traditional rituals of Mordovians, as well as the skill, taste and invention of folk masters, creators of magnificent samples of folk and artistic amateur creativity. The museum regularly hosts various exhibitions dedicated to the work of individual artists, as well as thematic ones: “Berest”, “Sun Vine”, “Lace Tale”, “Heirs of Erzi”. Woodcarving, Batik, Space of Beauty, etc.

The museum, actively using the historical and cultural heritage of the Mordovian people, is the center of aesthetic education of children and students of the republic. There are several educational programs for preschoolers, schoolchildren, students of technical schools and university students: “Tales for Little Masters”, “The Spiritual World of the Mordovian Peasantry”, etc. Preserving the old traditions, the museum strives to always be interesting to its visitors in a new way. Particularly popular was the theatrical cycle "Calendar rites and we": "Len strewn to the grandmother's summer", "Cover-winter", "Wide carol", "Feast of the first furrow", "Trinity-green hospitality"; a special program "Mordovian hospitality".

Every year the museum has more than 5 thousand visitors, about 300 excursions are held.