Samoilovsky Museum of Local History

It was founded in 1968 as a public institution. As a regional museum, the first visitors were received on May 9, 1990. Since July 1991 it has been a branch of the Saratov Regional Museum of Local History. It occupies the second floor of a modern building with a total area of more than 450 square meters.

The museum has about 9 thousand items of storage. The basis of the collection was items collected by local historians of a local secondary school. Invariable interest among visitors is the ethnographic collection of objects of the late XIX - early XX century, characterizing the local Ukrainian ethnic group: weaving mill, towels, clothing, pottery, lace and other household items. The museum also stores Ukrainian towels and clothes, giving an idea of the life of the first settlers of the village of Samoilovka.

In three exposition halls, stationary exhibitions are deployed: “The Life of Peasants of the late XIX – early XX century”, “A duck floats, but not along the river” – about the technology of fabric manufacturing in Russia; “Stop, moment” – Samoilovka of the early twentieth century in photographs; “Youth, scorched by war” – is dedicated to the 60th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. The exhibition “Beautiful Hands a Beautiful Creation” presents objects of decorative and applied art. The exhibition “The corners of wonderful nature” tells about the nature of the region. The museum invites those who wish to become members of various clubs for Samolovians of different ages interested in the history and nature of their native land.