Cherkessk Local History Museum

About museum

The only local history museum in the republic of Karachay-Cherkessia will soon reopen to visitors. Initially, only one department of the museum — "Nature" — will be open. The building, founded in 1916, is an architectural monument. The museum houses a unique collection of archaeological ceramics and bronze, archaeological textiles, an ethnographic collection of gold-embroidered clothing and silver jewelry, mountain silk embroidered shawls, photographs, and a paleontological collection. The museum's collections total about 100,000 storage units, and the exhibition halls cover 318 sq. m. The museum's reopening will help people become better acquainted with the history and culture of Karachay-Cherkessia.

Museum features

Дата основания
1916 год
Founder
Mikhail Petrovich Petrov
Посетители
35200
Бюджетный статус
Federal subject of the Russian Federation
Классификация организации
non-profit institution
Предметы музея
Archaeology (early medieval and medieval exhibits) — approximately 40,000 storage units. Household items and clothing from the late 19th century — approximately 17,000 storage units.
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Cherkessk Local History Museum
Карачаево-Черкесская Респ., г. Черкесск, ул. Ленина, д. 14
Карачаево-Черкесская Респ., г. Черкесск, ул. Ленина, д. 14
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