Svetlograd Local History Museum

Svetlograd Museum of Local History named after I.M. Solodilov was founded on December 1, 1978, as a public museum of revolutionary, combat and labor glory. Since 1989 - a branch of the Stavropol State United Local History Museum named after G.K. Pravo. Since 1998 - structural subdivision of the Department of Culture, since 2003 - state cultural institution. Since 2011 - State Budgetary Institution of Culture of the Stavropol Territory.

The main fund of the museum consists of 12.5 thousand museum items, which include collections of ethnography, technology, numismatics, documentary and archival materials telling about the history of the Petrovsky district.

The museum has a permanent ethnographic exhibition

The museum staff in their work attach the main importance to the promotion of the history of Svetlograd, Petrovsky District and Stavropol Territory, conduct educational programs, regularly organize exhibitions telling about local talented people.

The average attendance of the museum per year is 12.5 thousand people.

The museum is located in the city center and occupies a specially built building in 1991. In the creation of the exposition of the museum, employees of the Stavropol Museum of Local History V.V. Gosdanker, I.A. Usova, T.F. Golovkov took part.

In 2001, the museum was named after its founder Ilya Makarovich Solodilov, a participant in the Great Patriotic War, a prisoner of fascist concentration camps. I.M. Solodilov worked as a head for many years. Later he headed the Council of Veterans, the local department of protection of historical and cultural monuments, starting at this time to collect the museum fund, in parallel worked on the historical sketch of Svetlograd.

In 1986, to the 200th anniversary of Svetlograd, his book “Lands of Peter’s Bright City” was published.

Museum collections of ethnography, objects of history of technology give an opportunity to get acquainted with the life and life of the founders of the village.

A significant part of the documentary fund tells about the Soviet period of the history of Svetlograd, a characteristic feature of which are strong traditions of development of local talents. Since the 20s of the last century, the folk theater has been working fruitfully in the city, for 55 years there has been a well-known song and dance ensemble “Niva Golden”, which visited many cities of Russia and abroad. For talented local masters of fine arts, the museum has an exhibition hall, where exhibitions are regularly organized.