One of the largest cultural centers in Russia, in which a large number of various institutions are concentrated, is the city of Chelyabinsk. The local history museum of this region is a unique treasury of spiritual heritage. To date, it is one of the oldest institutions in the region involved in the storage and collection of various monuments of art, history and scientific collections. The funds owned by the Chelyabinsk Regional Museum of Local Lore include more than two hundred and seventy thousand items, among which there are objects of special all-Russian significance.
The first stage in the history of the museum
The history of this institution begins in 1913, when a small group of enthusiasts, led by the famous Soviet geographer and botanist Ippolit Mikhailovich Krasheninnikov, began collecting the collection. The painstaking work of these people made it possible by the autumn of 1922 to collect a fairly large number of a wide variety of materials. At the same time, the Presidium of the Gubernia Executive Committee officially provided them with a residential building on Truda Street (Chelyabinsk). local historyThe museum solemnly opened its doors to guests and residents of the city in July 1923. Its first director was the geologist and teacher Ivan Gavrilovich Gorokhov, who later devoted more than forty years of his life to this institution.
Second stage
From 1929 to 1933, the Chelyabinsk Museum of Local Lore repeatedly changed its address and moved to different premises. A more or less permanent place of residence was the building of the former Holy Trinity Church. It was located at the following address: Kirov street, house 60-a (Chelyabinsk city). The local history museum was located here from 1933 to 1989. Later, all expositions were located on the first floor of the building located on Lenin Avenue. As for the museum funds, at that time they were in special rooms along Kaslinskaya Street.
In 1941, this cultural institution was closed, and its building was transferred to the full jurisdiction of the NKVD. Almost until the end of the war, the families of employees of the People's Commissariat lived here and the evacuated archives were located.
Museum Today
In June 2006, the official opening of a new building took place at the address: Truda Street, 100 (Chelyabinsk). The Museum of Local Lore has received modern conditions for display and storage that meet all the highest requirements of leading Russian museums. Its technical equipment is represented by a system of highly functional multimedia equipment and meets the highest standards. As for the leadership of the museum, since two thousand and fourits director is Vladimir Ivanovich Bogdanovsky.
Main exhibitions of the museum
Currently, the permanent exhibitions, open to everyone, are "History and Folk Life", "Nature and Ancient History" and "History of the 20th Century". In the first hall, visitors are introduced to the life of the people who inhabited the territory of the Southern Urals, starting from the Iron Age. The second exhibition presents a variety of samples of minerals and rocks, botanical and zoological collections, a large number of paleontological samples, archaeological materials from the Bronze Age and the Stone Age.
And, finally, in the third hall, visitors are introduced to the history of the region. Here they talk about the construction of the railway in the Southern Urals, about the most significant and interesting events, as well as the socio-political changes of the eighties and nineties of the twentieth century. In addition, in the indicated hall, everyone is introduced to the history of photography.
