Museum of the History of Tomsk preserves the memory of four centuries

Tomsk city with its rich history and unique culture lies on the banks of the river Tom.It is considered as an important cultural center of Siberia.Here, in addition to academic institutions, contributing more than 100 years, its contribution to science is not only Russia, but also of the world, there is a large number of museums.

Museum of Tomsk and Tomsk region

in Tomsk and its region there are more than one hundred large municipal and departmental museums:

  • natural sciences (Planetarium, "mind", Oil, Zoology).
  • Art (Tomsk Oblast, wooden architecture, art gallery, "Peace toy" in the village Kislovka).
  • Architectural (museum of political exile in Narym).
  • History (Museum of the History of Tomsk, "remand prison of the NKVD," Regional Studies named after MB Schatiloff Ethnographic Centre of the Russian population of Siberia).
  • literature (The first museum of Slavic mythology).
  • Musical (Theatre Museum TP Lebedeva).
  • Museum of Science and Technology (Communications History, Tomsk Shipping Company).

And Tomsk is famous for its small museum, located in rooms and classrooms of universities and schools, colleges and technical schools.

History Museum

amazing city of Tomsk has a rich history.It was founded by royal decree of Boris Godunov in Siberia in 1604 and has witnessed many extraordinary events.All the facts of life and significant moments in the past year, the city holds a museum of history of Tomsk under the constant supervision of a wondrous beast dinotheres (Museum symbol and logo).

museum is located on Resurrection Hill.This is the central place of honor of the city of origin.Museum exhibits are located in a very notable building designed by engineer VKFadeyev.In 1856 it belonged to the Resurrection of private police council, which is responsible for fire safety and the city.This is shown located on the roof-tower that adorns the Museum of the History of Tomsk and distinguishes it from the modern city's skyline.

Where does the history of the city?

The museum was opened on the first temporary exhibition "Portrait of old Tomsk" in 2003.And a year later after the formation of the collection began to form permanent exhibitions, the first of which was "The First Century of Tomsk" timed to quatercentenary city.

today a museum of history of Tomsk got a rich collection of exhibits, which are located in five halls.It is interesting to reveal topics:

  • development of Siberia.The maps, the layout of the ship, costumes discoverers of Siberia.
  • Stories medieval city of Tomsk with models of forts and seventeenth-century old books.
  • lifestyle and occupation of residents of Tomsk in the 17th century.Offered for consideration archaeological finds discovered during excavations at the hill of the Resurrection (pottery, bone arrows, metal products, "accessories" from the gate, buttons made of bone, glass beads, unique tiles, etc.).

In the museum there are several permanent exhibitions:

  • «Russian house" in the era of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.With a traditional layout huts with items specific to Russian homes of this period.
  • «Plan panorama of Tomsk the first quarter of the 20th century", verified by the author radically Tomic YPNagornova and reproduced with documentary precision on archival sources in the form of old Tomsk.
  • «Merchant Living" with a mirror in carved frame, a mechanical piano, the clock with the battle and experience the atmosphere of the urban merchant class in the pre-revolutionary period.Here it is also a real shop Tomsk merchant with antique exhibits.

The museum halls are often located and temporary exhibitions related to the Siberian city (historical, artistic and ethnographic).There can be photographed in period costumes worn by the inhabitants of Siberia in the 17th century, see the beauty of Tomsk with a fire tower, to celebrate children's birthday with cognitive historic quest to find the treasure in the museum halls.

Museum of the History of Tomsk: address, phone

Inspect museum exhibits, hear amazing legend about dinotheres possible from Tuesday to Sunday.Employees and workers of the museum are waiting for Tomic and guests from 10 am to 7 pm at the street Bakunin, 3. Cope on the work of the museum and the opening of temporary exhibitions, book a tour or a holiday for children, you can at the phone number: 65-72-55 and 65-99-30, code of Tomsk - 3822.