Exhibitions of the Novosibirsk Local History Museum

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The local history museum is housed in a unique building — the City Trade Complex, an architectural monument of federal significance. The building was erected in 1911 to a design by the famous architect Andrey Kryachkov. On three floors, covering more than 2,500 square meters, the museum presents exhibitions and displays devoted to the history and cultural heritage of the region. All exhibitions can be visited with a single ticket. The main idea of the permanent exhibition "Siberia in Antiquity" is not to show the chronological development of individual peoples of Siberia, but to give a comprehensive picture of the life of entire regions: livestock-herding nomads in southern Siberia, farmers in the valleys of the Ob and Yenisei, hunters and fishermen in the taiga zones, and reindeer herders in the far north. The halls display weapons, armaments and accoutrements, craft tools for working wood, bone, and birch bark, agricultural implements, equipment for bronze casting and pottery production, tools for weaving and braiding, jewelry and women's clothing, and the clothing of the Nenets, Nganasans and Evenks. The museum's extensive shamanic collection is also represented. The permanent exhibition "History of Novosibirsk Oblast" provides a comprehensive overview of the region's development and formation: from the Russian settlement of southern Siberia up to the 2000s. The halls display household items, tools, settlers' clothing, military uniforms, awards, peasants' and townspeople's clothing, household items, tools and implements of the 1930s, uniforms, weapons, ammunition and soldiers' everyday items, photographs and documents from the Great Patriotic War. The museum's halls recreate corners of typical apartment flats. Materials about life in the region during the "period of stagnation" and the era of the "New Russia" are presented. Contemporary exhibitions are held on the museum's second floor.