The history of the museum business in Velige begins in 1918, when an announcement appeared in the local newspaper with a proposal …
Khmelita is the oldest of the extant noble estates of the Smolensk land. Griboyedovskaya Khmelita is the spiritual and semantic ce …
Sychevsky district is an administrative-territorial unit and a municipal formation in the northeast of the Smolensk region. Its ad …
The complex, which opened on July 28, 2000, consists of two parts: the territory where more than 8,000 residents of Smolensk who b …
Red is one of the oldest cities in Smolensk. For more than eight centuries, it stands on the Old Smolensk Road at the confluence o …
The Kardymov Museum of Local History was opened in May 1990. It was created partly on the basis of the Kardymov High School Mus …
Children's Museum "In the world of fairy tales" was opened in December 1992. Behind the elegantly carved doors of this museum is a …
Municipal budget institution of culture "Glinkivsky district museum of local lore" of municipality "Glinkivsky district" of Smolen …
The Ugra Historical Museum was founded on the basis of the school museums of the district and opened on May 9, 1975 in honor of th …
In the brilliant constellation of Central Asian researchers, the name of Nikolai Mikhailovich Przhevalsky occupies a special place …
The Museum-Estate of M.I. Glinka in Novospasskoye is the only memorial museum of the great composer in the world. The small homela …
Visitors to the museum get acquainted with the situation, learn the unpretentious life of the family in which the great poet was b …
The cultivation of flax, its processing, weaving on the Smolensk land people have been engaged since time immemorial. Once spin …
The gallery building is a monument of civil architecture of the XIX century, the former Alexander real school. This magnificently …
The Museum of Sculpture of Sergey Timofeevich Konenkov is dedicated to a bright original artist, an unexpected and original thinke …
Municipal budget institution of culture "Holm-Zhirkov Historical and Local Lore Museum" was established in 2006. In its structu …
The Historical Museum is the oldest in the system of the Smolensk Museum-Reserve: in 1888, the Smolensk local historian S. D. Pisa …
The village of Przhevalskoe is connected not only with the name of the famous traveler N.M. Przhevalsky. During the Second World W …
Hallway, house 4, apartment 26. A small room with the furnishings of the 50-60s of the last century is closely connected with the …
The Shumyach Art and Local Lore Museum was founded in 1991. It is a repository of monuments of material and spiritual culture of t …
Visitors to the museum will have the opportunity to understand the problems of the global level and get acquainted with the natura …
18 kilometers south of Smolensk is the former Tenishev estate - Talashkino. Here at the turn of the XIX-XX centuries. the famous p …
The Tenishev Cultural and Exhibition Center was established by the order of the Governor of the Smolensk Region on May 22, 2013 an …
Museum "Smolensk region during the Great Patriotic War" is one of the most visited museums in the city. It is interesting for both …
Smolensk is a city with a rich history and a powerful museum culture, where every street and hill keep the memory of generations. A trip to local museums turns into a living story about the past of the region, the unique fates of people and artistic discoveries. Museum collections here combine archaeology, memorial memory, folk crafts and artistic heritage, making Smolensk a must-see point for lovers of excursions and rich routes.
Numerous museums operate in the city and surrounding areas: the Katyn memorial complex, which opened on July 28, 2000 and preserves the memory of thousands of local victims, the Smolensk Historical Museum with a rich local history collection, the Art Gallery of the Smolensk State Museum-Reserve in the building of the XIX century, the Museum-Estate of M.I. Glinka with authentic materials about the life of the composer and the Memorial Museum of N.M. Przhevalsky with exhibits of his Asian expeditions. In the vicinity, it is worth visiting Khmelita - the museum-reserve of A. S. Griboyedov, Teremok / Talashkino about 18 km south of the city and the House-Museum of Yu. A. Gagarin, as well as the district museums of Velizh, Sychevka, Krasnoy and Kardymov, which store local archaeological finds, folk interiors and household items. Children’s Museum “In the World of Fairy Tales” offers interactive expositions for families with children, “Smolensk Flax” demonstrates traditional technologies of weaving and spinning, and the S.T. Konenkov Sculpture Museum and the Museum of Partisan Glory reveal the author’s and military dimensions of the region.
The museum life of Smolensk is rich in events and temporary exhibitions: the Tenishev Cultural and Exhibition Center, established on May 22, 2013, regularly opens new projects, and seasonal and imported expositions are held in historical halls and memorials. In addition, the city traditionally celebrates the Night of Museums with an expanded program of excursions and thematic events, and large exhibitions and exchanges of collections make museum routes dynamic throughout the year. Openings, anniversaries and memorial dates are accompanied by special programs and excursions that allow a deeper understanding of the context of the exhibits.
Come to Smolensk to walk along its museum trails and see rare artifacts, unique estates and strong memorial spaces firsthand. The best way to get the most impressions is to book a tour with a private guide: local guides will make the best route, tell little-known stories and help with organizing a trip, making your trip to the museums of Smolensk rich and unforgettable. Book a tour, choose a route and discover Smolensk in all its historical and cultural fullness.
