Tomsk Museum of History

The Museum of History of Tomsk is located in a building built in 1859. It was founded in 1997, but only opened to visitors on June 7, 2003. The opening of the museum was marked by the permanent exhibition “Portrait of Old Tomsk”. In addition to it, you can visit the exposition “The First Century of Tomsk”, which presents unique exhibits of the XVII century, as well as reliable reconstructions of everyday objects and urban life of Tomsk of that period. Here is a rich illustrative and textual material, revealing the themes of the development of Siberia, the foundation of the city of Tomsk, as well as the life and occupations of the Tomsk people in the period from the XVII to the XIX century. Within the framework of the museum there is a permanent exposition “Russian hut of XIX-XX centuries”, “Plan-panorama of the city of Tomsk of the first quarter of the XX century”.

In the halls of the museum, temporary historical, ethnographic and art exhibitions related to the city are regularly held. The Museum of History of Tomsk has a special program for children of preschool and school age, allowing you to get acquainted with the history of your native city. To do this, the museum staff organizes not only excursions around the halls of the museum, but also walks around the city with a visit to its historical places. The museum has a kind of observation deck, located in the former fire tower. This is the highest currently equipped view point of the city. On it in memory of previous times in 2006 was installed a dummy firefighter Athanasius.