Museum and Exhibition Center "Tula Antiquities"

The Museum and Exhibition Center "Tula Antiquities" has an Archaeological Museum and the only interactive exposition in Tula - "Secrets of Tula masters". The Archaeological Museum contains unique exhibits - finds of the Tula archaeological expedition, relating to different periods of the history of the region. The exposition “Secrets of Tula masters” acquaints not only with the interior of the city hut and household items of the XVII – XVIII centuries, but also with the technology of crafts traditional for the Tula land. Those who wish can not only see the processes of pottery and blacksmithing production, but also take part in them. It was founded in 1993 in Tula in the estate complex of the early XX century on Lenin Avenue, 47 as the Municipal Historical and Archaeological Museum "Tula Antiquities" named after N.I.Troitsky with the aim of protecting, promoting and studying the monuments of history and archaeology of Tula and the region. On May 18, 1995, on the International Museum Day, the exposition of the museum dedicated to the history of the Tula region from the Stone Age to the creation of the Tula province in the XVIII century was solemnly opened. The main part of the collection of the museum was the archaeological collections collected by the Tula archaeological expedition in 1990-1996. In connection with the creation of the State Museum-Reserve "Kulikovo Field" by the Decree of the head of the administration of Tula in September 1997, the museum was attached to the reserve as a branch - the Museum and Exhibition Center "Tula Antiquities". Information taken from www.kulpole.ru