Matveevsky District People's Museum

About museum

In 1967, the Matveev Museum was established on the basis of the Matveevskaya secondary school, with Klavdiya Andreevna Bannikova appointed as its director. During her tenure, a large number of museum exhibits and local history materials were collected, confirming the need to open a historical and local-history museum. On November 13, 1992, the museum was officially opened; its first director was Aleksandr Vasilievich Solodovnikov. Today the museum performs a number of important socio-cultural functions, and its collection consists of more than 10,000 items, including a unique collection of ceramic ware from the late 19th century and a rich numismatic collection of over 4,000 items.