Andreapol Local History Museum named after E.E. Shimkevich

About museum

Today the museum offers visitors more than two hundred exhibits representing the history, culture and nature of the Andreapol district.

On May 6, 1972, a local history museum was opened in the Andreapol district. The founder and first director of the museum was teacher and war veteran Eduard Eduardovich Shimkevich. He collected historical exhibits for the school's museum room as well as for the establishment of the district museum. Today the museum offers visitors more than two hundred exhibits representing the history, culture and nature of the Andreapol district. Here you can see various archaeological and historical items, as well as works of art donated to the museum by local residents.