Bakhchisaray Historical, Cultural and Archaeological Museum-Reserve

About museum

The State Budgetary Institution of the Republic of Crimea 'Bakhchisaray Historical, Cultural and Archaeological Museum-Reserve' was founded in 1917 in the Khan's Palace, which had previously been the residence of the Crimean khans. Today the museum-reserve includes numerous cultural heritage sites from different eras and cultures, as well as museums of the history and culture of the Crimean Tatars, the memorial museum of Ismail Gasprinsky, an art museum, and a museum of archaeology and cave cities. Among them are the Khan's Palace ensemble, the fortress-city Chufut-Kale, the 'cave cities' Mangup, Eski-Kermen, Kachi-Kalion, and the Zyndzhirly Madrasa. The museum-reserve's collections comprise more than 140,000 items in the main collection and 50,000 in the auxiliary collection, including archaeological finds and ethnographic objects of material culture, everyday life, and decorative arts.