Sherkal Ethnographic Museum
About the company:
The Sherkal Museum was opened on December 30, 1982, the day of the formation of the USSR.
In 1990 it became a branch of the district local history museum, in 1992 it became a part of the Oktyabrsky district department of culture.
Representatives of the national intelligentsia made a great contribution to the development of the museum: Mitrofan Alekseevich Teptev, Tamara Vasilievna Diodorova, Glebova Daria Mikhailovna, Galina Ivanovna Tribus, Maria Gerasimovna Zvereva.
The museum reflects the culture and life of the Middle Ob Khanty of the 30-50s of the twentieth century. In a small hall there is an exposition “Main occupations and crafts”.
In the interior of the hut you can get acquainted with kitchen utensils, used in the 30-40s, musical instruments and clothes, with a variety of ornamentation on birch bark, fabric. The exposition quite fully creates an impressive lifestyle of the indigenous population of the last century.
The main activities of the museum: study, classification and systematization of the museum fund, excursion, lecture and exhibition work, the museum is engaged in exhibition and cultural and educational activities.