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

The city of Tomsk with its richest history and originality of culture is spread over Banks of the Tom River. It is by right a significant cultural center of Siberia. Here, in addition to scientific institutions that have contributed to the science of not only Russia but also the world for more than 100 years, there is a large number of museums.

Museums of Tomsk and Tomsk region

In the city of Tomsk and its region there are more than one hundred large municipal and departmental museums:

• Naturally scientific (Planetarium, "Warehouse of the mind", Oil, Zoological).
• Artistic (Tomsk regional, wooden architecture, art gallery, "Peaceful toy" in the village of Kislovka).
• Architectural (museum of political exile in Narymsk).
• Historical (museum of the history of Tomsk, "NKVD Investigation Prison", MB Shatilov Regional Ethnography Museum, ethnographic Center of the Russian population of Siberia).
• Literary (The First Museum of Slavic Mythology).
• Musical (Theater Museum named after TP Lebedeva).
• Museums of science and technology (communication history, Tomsk Shipping Company).

And also Tomsk is famous for its small museums, housed in rooms and auditoriums of universities and schools, colleges and technical schools.

History of the museum

The amazing city of Tomsk has a rich history. It was founded by the tsar's order of Boris Godunov in the heart of Siberia in 1604 and witnessed many extraordinary events. All the facts of vital and significant moments of the city over the past year are kept by the museum of the history of Tomsk under the vigilant control of the wondrous beast Dinoteria (museum symbol and logo).

The museum is located on the Voskresensk mountain. This is the central place of honor for the birth of the city. Museum expositions are located in a very notable building, designed by engineer V.K. Fadeyev. In 1856 it belonged to the Resurrection private police department, whose duties included the fire safety of the city. This is evidenced by the located on the roof of the tower, decorating the history museum of Tomsk and singling it out from the modern architectural ensemble of the city.

Where does urban history live?

The opening of the museum took place at the first temporary exhibition "Portrait of old Tomsk" in 2003. And only a year after the collection was formed, permanent expositions began to be created, the first of which was "The First Century of Tomsk" timed to the four hundredth anniversary of the city.

Today's Museum of the History of Tomsk He acquired a rich collection of exhibits, which are located in five halls. Here are interesting topics on:

• Mastering Siberia. Presented maps, mock ship, suits of the discoverers of Siberia.
• The history of medieval Tomsk with mock-ups of city fortresses of the seventeenth century and ancient books.
• The way of life and occupation of the inhabitants of Tomsk in the 17th century. Archaeological finds discovered during the excavations on Voskresensk mountain (ceramics, bone arrows, metal products, "accessories" from the gate, buttons made of bone, glass beads, unique tiles etc.) are offered for consideration.

There are several exhibitions in the museum:

• "Russian hut" in the era of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The traditional layout of the huts with items characteristic of the Russian dwelling of the period is presented.
• "Plan-panorama of Tomsk in the first quarter of the 20th century", verified by the author, radical Tomich Yu.P. Nagornovym, and reproduced with documentary accuracy on archival sources in the image of the old Tomsk.
• "Merchant living room" with a mirror in a carved frame, a mechanical piano, and a clock with a fight suggests a plunge into the atmosphere of the life of the merchants in the prerevolutionary period. There is also a real shop of a Tomsk merchant with antiquarian exhibits.

Temporary exhibitions related to the Siberian city (historical, artistic and ethnographic) are often located in museum halls. Here you can take pictures in the historical costumes worn by the inhabitants of Siberia in the 17th century, see the beauty of Tomsk from a fire tower, celebrate a children's birthday with a cognitive historical quests to find treasures in museum halls.

Museum of the history of Tomsk: address, telephone

To view the museum exhibits, to hear the amazing legend about Dinotery, it is possible from Tuesday to Sunday. Employees and workers of the museum are waiting for Tomsk citizens and guests of the city from 10 am to 7 pm at the address: Bakunin Street, house 3. To cope with the work of the museum and the opening of temporary exhibitions, book an excursion or a holiday for children by phone numbers: 65-72- 55 and 65-99-30, the code of Tomsk is 3822.