Kondopoga Regional Museum

About museum

The museum was opened to the public in 1984 on the 40th anniversary of the liberation of Kondopoga from the Nazi invaders. Over the years it has become part of the cultural life of the town and the district. In 2009 the museum opened a historical and local history exhibition 'Beyond the Distance of Time', which covers events from the 17th–19th centuries and the era of decisive transformations of the 20th century. In addition, the museum offers visitors numerous exhibitions from its collections and from the collections of other museums, as well as solo exhibitions of various forms of art. In 2011 the exhibition 'How the Blacksmith Ilmallinné Went Courting' opened, dedicated to the culture of the Ludic Karelians. The museum runs numerous master classes and other educational activities under the 'Exploring the World with the Museum' program. All of this makes the museum an important and essential institution to visit.