Permanent exhibition of the Oryol Regional Museum of Local Lore

About exhibition

The exhibition will interest visitors as it includes an extensive section covering the history of the Oryol region from the earliest times to the end of the 20th century, as well as a number of thematic sections. Within the thematic-chronological framework, exhibition complexes made up of authentic exhibits and recounting the lives of members of different social estates — the merchant class, the nobility, and the urban petty bourgeoisie — are of particular interest to visitors. Visitors can step into a merchant's house and see the costumes of a merchant and his wife, a standing cupboard, a table, a chest, a lamp, and an authentic portrait of an Oryol merchant by an unknown artist. The wealthy noble estate of the 18th–19th centuries is presented by an exhibition complex consisting of family portraits, inlaid furniture, and porcelain from the Kurakin princes' estate in Oryol. A rare exhibit is the painting Estate Life by an unknown artist of the late 18th–early 19th century, which can be used to study noble manor life. In the recreated interior of a townsman's parlor there is an oak buffet, a chest of drawers, a samovar table with a samovar, a wall clock, and a carpet. The exhibition complex is complemented by a mannequin of a woman dressed in urban costume. The thematic thread continues to the 1990s and places the history of the Oryol region in the context of the history of the Soviet state.