Yaransk District Local History Museum

About museum

The museum hosts various events promoting the history and culture of the Yaransky District. In 1895, an artisanal museum was opened in the town of Yaransk to help sell the handicraft products of the uyezd. The house at 9 Kirov Street belonged to merchant Stepan Filippovich Rodigin, who likely traded in grain. Over the years the building served various purposes, including during the Great Patriotic War, when a chemical technical school was located there. In the mid-1950s the building was converted into a nursery. In 1997 the nursery was closed, the building was remodeled, and since 1998 the Local History Museum has been located here. It contains permanent exhibits dedicated to different periods of history, as well as collections and holdings of some 30,000 items. The museum also organizes various events to promote the history and culture of the Yaransky District.