Krasninsky Museum of Local Lore named after the Yerashov spouses

Red is one of the oldest cities in Smolensk. For more than eight centuries, it stands on the Old Smolensk Road at the confluence of the rivers Pig and Mereiki. Krasninsky Museum of Local Lore was officially opened on February 2, 1963 on the basis of Krasninskaya High School. Its founders are the spouses of Yerashov Alexander Nikityevich and Zinaida Fedorovna. Since 1987, the museum has been working in a two-storey stone building built in the early XX century. In 2003, the museum was named after the founders of the museum - the Yerashov spouses.

The museum collection contains more than 13 thousand exhibits on the history and cultural heritage of its region. Here are collected items of ethnography, numismatic collection, rare documents, photographs unique information and other relics. The exposition presents the history of the region: the life of peasants, the events of the Patriotic War of 1812 and the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, reflects the modern appearance of the Krasninsky district.