District Children's Museum of Neftegorsk
About museum
Neftegorsk District Children's Museum is a place where children and parents can learn about the local history, learn the art of icon painting, attend creative workshops and participate in various educational and cultural events. Here children and adults can gain new knowledge, become acquainted with museum practices and preserve precious traditions and memories of the past.
The Neftegorsk District Children's Museum was opened on December 7, 1999 in honor of the centenary of the Children's Museum movement. It is a structural subdivision of the municipal budgetary institution "Culture" of the Neftegorsky municipal district and is located in the building of a former furniture store. The founders of the museum were Maria Alekseevna Shigaeva, Alla Alekseevna Izhederova and sponsor Alexander Stanislavovich Malinovsky. At the museum, children and their parents can take part in various educational projects, in the creation of exhibitions and in sharing their experience. In 2013 the museum was renovated.