Armavir Local History Museum

About museum

In 1904 a museum of visual aids, the 'Society for the Care of Children', was established, headed by V. I. Lunin. It was located in the Armavir Women's Gymnasium and in 1911 changed its name to the 'Armavir Museum of Scientific and Applied Knowledge in Memory of 19 February 1861'. In 1920 the museum was taken under state support, and in 1928 it received a fine building on the corner of Lenin and K. Marx streets. However, during a raid by fascist aircraft in 1942 the museum was destroyed. In 1948 it was temporarily provided with a mansion at 114 Lenin Street, where it remains to this day. In 1949 the museum opened its doors to visitors. It houses numerous interesting exhibits, including paleontological finds, Scythian and Polovtsian stone sculptures, a collection of domestic and foreign weapons, works by M. V. Nesterov, and icons of the 19th — early 20th centuries. The museum is of interest not only to historians and cultural scholars, but also to the general public.