Andreapol Local History Museum named after E. E. Shimkevich
About museum
Today the museum offers visitors more than two hundred kinds of exhibits representing the history, culture and nature of the Andreapolsky District.
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\r\nOn May 6, 1972, a local history museum was opened in the Andreapolsky District. The founder and first director of the museum was teacher and front-line veteran Eduard Eduardovich Shimkevich. He collected historical exhibits for the school museum-cabinet as well as for the creation of the district museum. Today the museum offers visitors more than two hundred exhibits representing the history, culture and nature of the Andreapolsky District. Here you can see various archaeological and historical items, as well as works of art donated to the museum by local residents.