Arzamas Historical and Art Museum
About museum
Arzamas Historical and Art Museum was founded in 1957. It has a comprehensive profile and includes over 30,000 inventory items, including archaeology, textiles, porcelain, numismatics, old printed books, works by local craftsmen, and artworks of the 1st Provincial School of Painting of A. V. Stupin. The museum comprises four departments: "Antiquities of the Arzamas Region", "The Town and Its Citizens. Arzamas late 19th - early 20th centuries", the art department, and "Arzamas Goose". Cultural events are held here regularly. The museum attracts local residents and city visitors.