Museums are what can tell a lotabout the city, and among the tourists there are always people who want to know more about the visited place than this can be done simply by walking along the streets. They are in every, even the smallest and settlement, what can we say about such a megalopolis as Ekaterinburg. Its history is connected with a huge number of famous people of Russia.
History Museum
It’s probably worth starting the journey withhistorical. First of all, it is, of course, the history museum of Yekaterinburg. It was opened shortly before the war, in the distant fortieth year of the twentieth century. Prior to that, he was a Sverdlov Memorial. This temple of history is interesting not only by its expositions, but also by the fact that it is located in a building that was built at the beginning of the nineteenth century, that is, it is an architectural value. Qualified specialists will conduct excursions, will tell about the history of the city. According to many tourists, this is a very modern museum, despite the fact that history is shown here. The work uses many different technologies.
As for the exhibition funds, which mayshow the history museum of Yekaterinburg, they are also of great interest to visitors. There is a unique exposition called “City, time, old house”, which was recently updated. At this exhibition, a visitor with the help of interactive technologies can virtually walk through the streets, see what the city looks like, if you look at it from space, to get acquainted with the natural riches of the surroundings. Fans of literature will be interested to see the old library, which was once presented by a resident of Yekaterinburg S. A. Tikhotskaya. Especially for children opened a children's museum center. For visitors regularly hosts exhibitions, events, excursions.
Museum of History, Archeology and Museum of Nature
Museum of History and Archeology of the Middle Uralsopened at the end of the nineteenth century. The founder is considered a society of natural science lovers. Refers to the United Sverdlovsk Regional Museum. Expositions tell visitors about the history of the area from ancient times to our century. If we talk about natural science, it is necessary to recall other interesting places. These include, for example, the Museum of Nature (Yekaterinburg). Its fund is more than sixty thousand exhibits. The paleontological department introduces visitors to the past of the animal world. Dioramas talks about how prehistoric animals lived in their natural environment. From antiquity, visitors can gradually move into our days and observe evolution. It will be interesting to see the collection of minerals that predominate in the area. But those who are especially interested in the geological sciences can go to another museum - the Ural Geological. In the forties of the twentieth century, in preparation for the congress, which was held in Moscow, they decided to open it in Sverdlovsk.
Museum of Stone and Jewelry
Ural gems are world famous, andtherefore, millions of tourists enjoy visiting exhibitions. Precious stones can be viewed by visiting the Stone Museum (Yekaterinburg). He is private. Created his famous collector V. A. Pelepenko. At exhibitions you can see both minerals and jewelry made from them.
Gallery of the Temple on the Blood and the Yeltsin Museum
Arriving in Yekaterinburg, it is impossible not to visit the Museumroyal family. In another way it is called the Gallery of the Temple-on-the-Blood. It was opened in honor of the royal family. She was shot in these places. Visiting this museum, you can learn the history of the family and the Romanov dynasty.
About modern, modern history, which knowsevery citizen of our country will not hearsay, tell the recently opened museum of Yeltsin. He opened the doors for the first time only last year. Famous people, artists, politicians from all over the country, including the spouse of the first president of Russia, were invited to the opening. There are expositions in the Yeltsin Center that tell about the life of the president and about what is happening in Russia during his rule. As soon as the museum was opened, the interpretation of some facts caused great controversy among the people.
These are the historical museums of Yekaterinburg.Where else to go? For example, in the military-historical (telling about the history of the Volga-Ural military district), in the museum of the Navy "Marine", as well as in "Shuravi".
Museum of famous literary figures
Where to go for those who love literary history?First of all, of course, in the museum of P. P. Bazhov, who, in his fairy tale, glorified the stone riches of the Ural mountains. The nature of the Ural region is very beautifully described in his works by D. N. Mamin-Sibiryak. The city has a memorial house-museum of this wonderful writer who makes us closer to nature with his stories. Next comes the famous classic in the "Museum of Mr. Chekhov", created in the hotel "Chekhov".
No less interesting is the museum "Literary life of the Urals of the XX century." These are several united houses of memorial character.
Art Museum
Examined literary memorial museums of Yekaterinburg dedicated to writers. Where to go next? Undoubtedly, from literature you can make a smooth transition to art.
The museum has works by Shishkin, Savrasov, Kramsky, as well as Kustodiev, Korovin, Benoit and many other masters of the fine arts of Russia.
"Helmet"
Уральский филиал центра изобразительного Art offers visitors modern art forms, various projects, performances, holds exhibitions. The international graphic gallery "Helmet" is becoming very popular among art lovers. It regularly hosts imported exhibitions of graphic artists from different countries. Visitors could already see the work of the United States, North Korea, Bulgaria and many other states.
Museum of Illusions - the original place to visit with the kids
As in any other city, there are unusual places in it. These include, for example, the Museum of Illusions (Ekaterinburg).
A small conclusion
Now you know the popular museums of Yekaterinburg,where to go, it became clear. As you can see, there are lots of good options. There are so many museums in the city that it may take more than one week to visit and get to know them. Employees are always welcome to new visitors, talk in detail about the exhibits, show new items.
