Verkhotur State Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve

The museum-reserve was founded in 2000 by the decree of the government of the Sverdlovsk region. It is the heir of the Verkhotur Museum of Local Lore, opened in 1921, disbanded in the mid-30s and recreated in 1977. The collections of the museum-reserve include the collections of the local history museum and a number of objects of cultural heritage of the federal and regional levels.

The museum is located in the historical center of Verkhoturye and includes the Verkhotursky Kremlin on the Trinity Stone above the Tura River and the House for receiving honored guests on the left bank of the Kalachik River - a tributary of Tura.

The uniqueness of the Verkhotursky Museum-Reserve is that it is the only museum in the Sverdlovsk region, which is located on the territory of the stone Kremlin of the XVIII century, which is the cultural, historical, religious and public center of the city. The ensemble of the Verkhotur Kremlin includes such objects of cultural heritage of the late XVII - early XX century as Holy Trinity Cathedral, Sovereign Barns, Voivode's House, Order Chambers, County Treasury. There are also archaeological monuments and a number of restored objects - Povarnya and Guards, Warehouses, Powder Cellar, fortress towers.

The total area of the museum-reserve is 3.4 hectares.

More than 50,000 people visit it every year.