Yantikovo People's Local History Museum

About museum

Yantikovo People's Local History Museum is part of the Centralized Library System of the Yantikovo District. It was opened on March 1, 1986, in a specially built building with an area of 232 sq. m. For active work in patriotic education of workers and youth, on August 10, 1990 the museum was awarded the title 'People's Museum'. As of January 1, 2021, the museum housed about 3,023 exhibits. In the Hall of Military Glory there is a diorama by P. M. Merkuryev titled 'Defensive Fortification during the Great Patriotic War in the area of the village of Yantikovo'. The museum also features photographs of war participants, wartime letters and documents, as well as items of peasant household life, finds from the Ulyanka site, and models of the Yantikovo school, the Assumption (Uspenskaya) Church of Yantikovo, a windmill and a watermill. The Exhibition Hall presents works by artists and masters of decorative and applied arts, as well as exhibitions of antique items. The museum offers guided tours, public events and patriotic lessons.