Anabar Local History and Ethnographic Museum

About museum

The museum of the Anabar National Ulus was opened in 1999 and was initially located in the old primary school building. In 2005 it moved to new premises on the third floor of the Cultural Center, with an area of 295 sq. m. Three sites of the ethnographic center 'Chuoraa' were attached to the museum: an urasa (tordok), a yurt (kholoma) and a winter urasa — babaryna. The museum collection comprises 3,079 items, including fishing and hunting implements, reindeer harness items, means of transportation, clothing, a photographic-documentary archive, and taxidermy specimens of birds and mammals, including rare species such as the polar bear and the walrus. The exhibition consists of three sections: 'Agriculture', 'Industry' and 'Ethnography'. The first section tells the history of the Anabar ulus, the second presents information on the development of alluvial diamond deposits. The third section is dedicated to the nomadic peoples of the ulus — the Dolgans and the Evenks — their dwellings, the traditional occupation of reindeer herding, clothing and household utensils.