Yaransky District Museum of Local Lore

In 1895 in the city of Yaransk was opened Zemstvo handicraft museum. For several months the museum was closed, and in December 1918 it became a local history museum. The museum changed its address several times. In 1998 he moved to the building on Kirov Street, 9, transferred to the museum. There was an opportunity to have exhibition and lecture halls. The exhibition hall periodically changes exhibitions. The Department of Nature shows the main stages of the development of life on earth, introduces vegetation and wildlife. The department of history includes topics: archaeological finds, the foundation of Yaransk, the life and culture of Russians and Mari, the development of handicrafts, serfdom in the Yaran district. There are stored materials about L.L. Shamshurenkov - the inventor of the self-run wheelchair, the Tsar-bell lift, the verstomer in the XVII century. There are materials about the events of 1905-1907, the revolutionary movement in the Yaran district. In the halls there are documents, photographs, household items, labor weapons, weapons. The exposition tells about the events of October 1917, about the civil war. The exposition “The Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945” was opened. Survey and thematic excursions, meetings, lessons of knowledge and courage, mass events of various subjects are held. The museum has a puppet theater. Employees work with dolls, scenery, scripts. They're also artists.