Historical and Local History Museum of Usinsk

The Museum of Local History is one of the institutions of the Museum and Exhibition Center in the city of Usinsk, whose purpose is to collect, preserve, study and popularize the historical heritage. The museum was opened on January 1, 1995 to the 20th anniversary of the Usinsky district. The founders of the museum are the administration of MGO "Usinsk". Museum staff: chief curator of the museum fund L.V. Orlova, guide M.A. Alekseeva. The number of items of the main fund is 40 891 units. In the historical and local lore museum there are two halls: the first - "Hall of nature, ancient history and ethnography", which reflects the nature, wealth, ethnographic features of the region and tells about the origin of life in the territory of the region. All exhibits presented in the exhibition are unique and authentic. The most significant are the coral collection, paleontological collection, a collection of minerals, stuffed birds and animals, the dwelling of reindeer herders – plague.
The second hall - "History and development of Usinsk" will acquaint visitors with the history of the birth of the city, its construction, development of crafts, significant events. The expositions present a collection of products of the oil refining industry, vessels with particles of 100 million and 200 million tons of oil, exhibits from the archive of G.A. Chernov, a unique velvet banner of the NSDU "Usinskneft", the banner of the All-Union Shock Komsomol construction site, a crutch crammed into the canvas of the railway "Usinsk-Synya"