Chagodoschensky Museum of History and Folk Culture

Chagodoschensky Museum of History and Folk Culture is one of the youngest museums of the Vologda region. It is located in the center of the working village of Chagoda, built in the 1920-1930s of the XX century according to the drawings of the famous Soviet architect N.A. Trotsky. During the Great Patriotic War there was an evacuation hospital 2715 Volkhov front.

Chagodoschensky Museum offers visitors 7 permanent expositions telling about the history of these places: “Ancient and medieval history of the region”, “Businesses”, “Tools of labor by XIX – XX century”, “Nature of the native land”, “Industry and agriculture”, “People’s education and culture”, “Defenders of the Fatherland”.

In parallel with the permanent exhibitions there is an exhibition hall. Exhibitions of historical, cultural, ethnographic and artistic nature are held here. The collections of the museum consist of 13 collections. Priority are: “Glass”, “Archaeology”, “Painting”, “Numismatics”, “Documents”. Since its inception, museum staff have been collecting and studying glass products. Research work is underway to create the history of glass production in the Chagodoschensk region from the XIX century to the present. The annual result of this work are glass exhibitions held as part of the celebration of the Day of Glassmakers.