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Irkutsk Regional Museum of Local Lore: A Journey into the Past

Museums and Exhibitions

Irkutsk Regional Museum of Local Lore, located in a beautiful mansion on the Angara Embankment, is one of the oldest in the region. It was founded in 1782 on the initiative of the local governor, and in the late XIX century it was awarded the first place diploma at the All-Russia Industrial and Art Exhibition in Nizhny Novgorod.

Irkutsk Regional Museum of Local Lore contains historical and scientific expositions, the exhibition "Window to Asia" and "Children's Museum". The Department of Nature keeps paleontological, zoological and geological finds, while the Historical Section presents ethnographic and archaeological collections and an exhibition dedicated to the development of the Angara region. Everything in the museum has remained as it was in Soviet times: modest inscriptions at the exhibits and old glass cabinets. So the trip here will be a kind of a journey into the past. "Window to Asia" is a department of the museum, located in Irkutsk Sloboda. Its exposition is devoted to the contribution of Irkutsk and the researchers of Siberia and the Far East to the development and joining of its Asian part to Russia. The "Children's Museum", also located in Irkutsk Sloboda, has a collection of toys, including those of the native peoples of the Baikal region. Here you can also find a recreated gymnasium class of the late XIX century.

Irkutsk Regional Museum of Local Lore: A Journey into the Past

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