N.S. Mukhin House-Museum
Resp. Mari El, Morkinsky, d. Olykyal, Mukhina str., d 15
About the company:
The grand opening of the House-Museum of N.S. Mukhin took place on June 20, 1990 in his native village of Olykyal.
Currently, the museum has 824 items of storage, of which the main fund is 193 items. These are collections on ethnography, numismatics, folk-applied art, as well as documents and photographs, fiction and popular science books.
The museum has three exposition rooms. A special place is occupied by the exposition dedicated to the life of N.S. Mukhin. In it, visitors can see memorial items of the poet: a schoolpack and work bags, a coat, a mirror, a samovar, a wardrobe of 1868, a table, Viennese chairs, books, manuscripts.
The first room presents a large number of exhibits reflecting the life and culture of the villagers of the early XX century. In the seines - socha, harrow with iron teeth, sickles, chains, locks, wicker products. There are programs dedicated to calendar holidays.
The museum does a lot of work to preserve and popularize the creative heritage of N.S. Mukhin. The museum organized a circle “In the footsteps of the poet N. S. Mukhin”.