Ivdel Historical and Ethnographic Museum

About museum

In 1928, when senior teacher I.E. Uvarov began collecting household items and documents related to the history of the village Nikito-Ivdelskoe, a foundation was laid for the museum. In 1929, based on the collected exhibits, a small museum exhibition was opened in one of the rooms of the Ivdel Lenin Club. Thus the public Ivdel Museum was created. During the Great Patriotic War (World War II) people developed a stronger interest in the history of the country and their native land. In 1942 it was decided to expand the small museum and turn it into an active center for local history. Residents brought old items, documents and photographs to the museum. The collections grew several times, and by the November holidays of 1944 a city local history museum was opened in Ivdel, which by that time had been granted city status. In 1973 one of Ivdel's oldest buildings, built in the first half of the 19th century, was transferred to the museum. A separate hall dedicated to the indigenous people of the region — the Mansi — was opened, and the museum received historical and ethnographic status. The current exhibition consists of seven sections, each housed in its own hall: the animal and plant world of the Ivdel region; Ivdel before the October Revolution; the history of Ivdel from 1917 to 1945; industry, public education and healthcare; the Mansi — the indigenous people of the Ivdel district; the Russian peasant house (izba); the Urals — a storehouse of minerals. In addition to the permanent exhibition halls, the museum has an exhibition hall where art shows by local artists and masters of decorative and applied arts are regularly held.