The museum works in the spiritual homeland of Nikolai Mikhailovich Rubtsov, in the village of Nikolsky, with which one way or anot …
Chagodoschensky Museum of History and Folk Culture is one of the youngest museums of the Vologda region. It is located in the cent …
The exposition of the museum is devoted to the Vologda period of life and activity of the famous Russian inventor in the field of …
The House-Museum of Peter I is the very first museum in Vologda, which was opened in 1885. Today, the museum is a branch of the Vo …
The Museum of Frescoes of Dionysius is housed in the Ferapont Monastery, founded in 1398. The monastery stands on a high hill betw …
In 2006, on the basis of the district historical and ethnographic museum, the municipal institution of culture "Ust-Kubinsky Distr …
2015 will celebrate its 45th anniversary. Initially, it was a branch of the Totem Museum – the Ivan Vasilyevich Babushkin Memorial …
The exhibition complex "Vologda at the turn of the XIX-XX centuries" is located in a merchant manor, consisting of three buildings …
The initiators of the creation of a museum in the former building of a secondary school in the village of Nyuksenitsa were the dis …
The Tarnog Museum of Traditional Folk Culture was opened on October 10, 1970 in a 1927 building. Currently, there are more than 15 …
Currently, the BUK "Local History Museum" is located in a two-storey brick building. In 2011, cosmetic repairs were carried out in …
The museum is located in a historical merchant building built in the early twentieth century (since 1999). The building is wooden, …
The Literary Museum is located 40 kilometers from Cherepovets near the village of Vladimirovka, on the banks of the rivers Sudy an …
The Vologda District Museum of Local Lore was opened in 1923 on the territory of the Vologda Kremlin in the premises of the former …
The Museum of the Vologda Locomotive Depot is a railway museum located on the territory of the Vologda Locomotive Depot. Attendanc …
The Wagon Depot Museum in Vologda was founded in May 1975 as a room of combat and labor glory. The opening of the museum was timed …
The Museum of the Center for Fire Propaganda and Public Relations of the Fire Service of the Vologda region is a technical museum. …
In the Architectural and Ethnographic Museum of the Vologda region, a picture of a Russian village of the late 19th – early 20th c …
The Museum of Primary Professional Education of the Vologda region is located in the city of Vologda. It is a branch of the Museum …
The Museum of Vologda exile of Stalin, opened in 1937, is located on Herzen Street, near the government building of the Vologda re …
Literature Museum. Art. Century XX" is a branch of the Vologda State Historical, Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve. It is one o …
Vologda is a city with a deep history and an extraordinary museum set that attracts lovers of culture and travel. Northern wooden architecture, religious art and industrial heritage are intertwined here; Vologda museums tell about famous people, crafts and fates of the region. A walk through the city turns into a series of discoveries, where each exhibition adds a touch to the overall portrait of the region.
In the center of the museum map is the House-Museum of N.M. Rubtsov in the village of Nikolsky with personal belongings and manuscripts of the poet, the Petrovsky House-Museum of Peter the Great with exhibits of the Peter the Great era, and the Museum of frescoes of Dionysius in the Ferapontov Monastery, where unique frescoes of the great master are stored. The Vologda Museum of Local Lore named after V.A. Gavrilin offers archaeological finds and documents of everyday life, and the Exhibition Complex “Vologda at the turn of the XIX – XX centuries” in the merchant’s estate revives interiors and trade traditions. The Museum of Lace demonstrates the delicate craft that has become a symbol of the region, and the Architectural and Ethnographic Museum of Semenkovo recreates the atmosphere of the Russian village of the late XIX – early XX century. Fans of equipment and railway history will be interested in the Museum of the Locomotive Depot and the Museum of the Wagon Depot, and the technical collections continue the Museum of Fire Protection of the Vologda region. In the vicinity there are a number of district museums - Chagodoschensky Museum of History and Folk Culture, Ust-Kubinsky District Museum, Kichmang-Gorodetsky and Nyuksen Museums of Local History, Tarnog Museum of Traditional Folk Culture, as well as the Literary Museum in the village of Vladimirovka about 40 km from Cherepovets - all of them store rare household items, ethnographic collections and documents that make the region truly multifaceted.
The museum life of Vologda is active: the city participates in the annual Night of Museums, seasonal projects and imported expositions are regularly opened in the exhibition halls, and the Exhibition Complex and regional museums hold temporary exhibitions dedicated to both historical dates and modern art. During the summer months, festivals and thematic reconstructions are held in Semenkovo and open-air museums, and major museums of the region periodically organize exchange projects with other museums in Russia. Keep an eye out for museum posters in Vologda so you don’t miss the rare collections and temporary exhibitions that may appear in specific months of the year.
Come to Vologda to feel the spirit of the northern city and discover its rich museum treasures. The best way to see the maximum is a thought-out route and excursions with private guides: they will help to place accents, avoid queues and tell little-known stories about each exhibit. Book a tour, make a convenient route and go on a trip to the museums of Vologda - it promises to be informative, emotional and truly unforgettable.
