Museums

Museum guide Tomsk

Tomsk is a city with a genuine museum spirit, where the history of wooden Siberian architecture coexists with fine art collections and scientific collections. A trip to the local expositions turns into a living story about the merchant past, political vicissitudes and natural resources of Western Siberia. For lovers of leisurely walks and busy routes, Tomsk offers a rich program of museums and spaces for opening.

The best museums Tomsk neighborhood

There are bright institutions in Tomsk that should be included in the route: the Tomsk Regional Art Museum (TOKHM) with extensive regional collections of paintings and rare works of art, the First Museum of Slavic Mythology with private collections of artifacts and folk culture items, the Tomsk Museum of Wooden Architecture, where merchant mansions and home life have been restored, and the Zoological Museum of Tomsk State University, founded in 1888 with early scientific exhibits and unique taxonomic collections. The city also offers tourists the Narym Museum of Political Exile with an exposition on the fate of the exiled, the Memorial Museum “Investigation Prison of the NKVD”, the Museum of the History of Tomsk, the Tomsk Regional Museum and the Museum of Tomsk Beer at the oldest enterprise in the region. In the vicinity there is an Architectural and Ethnographic Museum of the village of Kolarovo, just 30 minutes from the city, and an art gallery in the village of Podgornoye - both places add depth of rural and ethnographic perspective to the city collections; in the south of the region there is a museum-reserve Tomskaya Pisanitsa with archaeological finds and rock paintings.

Museum exhibitions and events

The museum life of Tomsk is active: temporary exhibitions and thematic projects are regularly opened within the walls of galleries and museums, educational programs and lecture cycles are held. The city often organizes imported expositions and joint projects with regional and federal collections, as well as temporary installations of contemporary artists. It is recommended to follow the poster of museums and the calendar of cultural events, so as not to miss rare demonstration meetings and special excursion routes dedicated to memorable dates and anniversaries of collections.

We invite you to come to Tomsk and open its museums with your own eyes: here each hall stores small and large stories that come to life thanks to a professional guide and guides. Book an individual itinerary with a private guide to see hidden gems, hear little-known facts and organize the perfect cultural program. Plan your trip in advance, book excursions and turn your visit to Tomsk into an unforgettable museum adventure.