Arsk Historical and Ethnographic Museum "Kazan Arty"

About museum

Arsk Historical and Ethnographic Museum "Kazan Arty" was opened on December 8, 2009 with the participation of the first President of the Republic of Tatarstan, Mintimer Sharipovich Shaimiev.

The museum carries out socio-cultural, research, tour and educational activities, preserves and uses movable and immovable cultural and historical assets, and also welcomes visitors. The main collection contains more than 11,000 items.

The museum's exhibitions present the history, culture and traditions of the Tatar people using the example of the recognized center of Zakazanye — the Arsk region. Events, people, deeds, achievements — the history of the "Kazan Arty" museum is made up of these fragments.

The hall "History of the Arsk region from ancient times to the mid-16th century" tells about the region's history from ancient times until the conquest of the Kazan Khanate. The hall "History of the Arsk region as part of the Russian state" covers the period from the mid-16th to the mid-20th century. In the hall "Arsk region in the 20th century" visitors learn about prospects for the region's further development.

In addition to the local history exhibition, the museum features the collective farm chairman's office, the interior of a Tatar house from the World War II era, a Soviet-period school classroom with all the belongings of that time. Among the exhibits are folk craft products and craft tools. There are hand-operated stone querns, a silversmith's workbench, the interior of a leather-goods workshop, and more.