Mariupol Local History Museum

Mariupol Museum of Local Lore was opened in 1920 with the help of the city department of public education. The first exhibition of the museum was created and opened to the public in the same year. With the assistance of the museum staff, three reserves were created in the Azov region: the Belosarai Spit, Khomutov Steppe, Stone Graves.

The exposition of the museum covers the nature of the southern part of the Donetsk region, as well as the history of the region from ancient times to the present time. The museum has more than 50 thousand objects of the exhibition, among which are considered more valuable pictorial, archaeological, numismatic, natural and documentary exhibits.

The museum is also divided into 4 departments: department of pre-Soviet history, Soviet period, nature and modern period. All departments exhibit a large number of unique exhibits collected over decades.