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Despite the relative youth (city dates back to 1929) Magnitogorsk already boasts an impressive list of achievements . All they carefully collected and presented in the local history museum . Anyone is interested in the history of the industrial development of the region, can come here to supplement his knowledge about the culture of the region, folk crafts and crafts . Magnitogorsk History and Local History Museum became the first museum of the city . It was founded in 1944 . and first initially located in the building of one of the local schools, and over the years of its existence several times moved from one building to another . The collection of the museum of local lore of Magnitogorsk includes exhibits covering culture and various fields of science: geology, biology and, of course, history .

The collection of the museum of local lore in Magnitogorsk includes exhibits covering culture and various fields of science: geology, biology and, of course, history.

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In the center of attention of visitors, the exhibition illuminating historical milestones: the foundation of the fortress of Magnitnaya in 1743, the development of metallurgical production, the creation of Magnitogorsk in 1929, the hardest war years and the peaceful life of the city. In total, the museum houses more than 100 thousand. Pieces.

The most valuable are the archives of the poet and the first builders of Magnitogorsk BA brooks, a unique collection of Russian art, and copper casting, a collection of antique samovars.

Part of the museum collections assembled by the results of archaeological finds in the burial grounds of the Agapovka-2 and Malo-Kisil villages,

Today, the museum has a nature department, an archaeological department and a department of personal collections. In 1975, on the basis of the Museum of History and Local Lore, another independent department was opened: a literary, museum-apartment of BA Ruchiev, it is located at Lenin Avenue, 69, Apt. 1.

In the department of nature exhibited specimens of the local flora and fauna, among which we can see rare endemic plants and preserved from pre-glacial and glacial periods, stuffed animals living in different regions of the Southern Urals, as well as samples of minerals. In the halls of the Archaeological Department of collected objects from ceramics and bronze tools, military weapons, jewelry, household items, kitchen utensils.

The artistic casting collections stored around 400 exhibits, among which are product samples Ural foundries, as well as about 200 art exhibits from copper

The Magnitogorsk museum received the status of the museum in 2011

Useful information

Address: Magnitogorsk, ul. The Soviet Army, 51a.

Phone: +7 (35-19) 31-83-44.

Working hours: Tuesday - Saturday: 10:00 - 18:00, Sunday, Monday: closed.

Entrance: 50 RUB, for students: 40 RUB, for students: 30 RUB, lectures on the sections of the exposition: 350 RUB. Video and photo shooting fee, the cost - 150 RUB Magnitogorsk

regional museum offers several exciting excursions:. The history of Magnitogorsk during the Great Patriotic War, culture and folklore of Magnitogorsk, the history of the fortress Magnetic, minerals and fauna of South Ural

. The museum has a library with 13,000 books, among which there are rare editions.

The museum can be reached by buses No. 21 and 24, and by trams No. 1, 11, 14, 16, 18 and 22, the necessary stop - "Circus".


All prices are indicated as of December 2014