National Museum of the Republic of Mari El named after T. Evseev

The National Museum of RME named after T. Evseev was established on March 4, 1920, has unique collections - more than 228 thousand items of storage. The most valuable of them are the Evseev collections (Mari everyday objects, costume complexes, collections of art works of the first Mari artists of the 1920-1930s), archaeological collections on ancient Mari culture of the VI-XIII centuries.

The collections are presented in the expositions as the richest cultural heritage of the Mari region. Today, the unique culture of the Mari people is told by the exposition “Life Cycle Rites”. Traditional culture of the Mari people of the XIX-XX centuries" (calendar rites, traditional Mari occupations, beekeeping, hunting, fishing, agriculture, crafts, religious beliefs).

Of great interest is the collection of textiles, which includes national dresses of Mari people living in the Mari Territory and neighboring regions, as well as modern costumes of Ural, Perm, Bashkir, Kirov, Sverdlovsk Maris.

Many visitors to the National Museum probably remember those beautiful natural interiors that existed in the museum several decades ago. At the exhibition "That very museum" you can see updated fascinating dioramas: "Moose", "Field", "Elephant", "Pine", "River and its floodplain", "Mountain Oak", to consider typical and rare animals and birds. There are also open dioramas "Boars" and "Wolves".