Exhibition "Get to Know the Whole Museum!"

About exhibition

On the map there are two labels — the Arsenal and the National Museum of the Udmurt Republic. Everyone has the opportunity to view the museum's collections exhibited in a 19th-century classical architectural monument in a single visit. Moving from hall to hall, learning about the nature of Udmurtia and the region's history from the 8th millennium BC to the present, entering exhibitions sometimes through the east entrance, sometimes through the north entrance, passing through the south arch (former guard tents) and a spacious courtyard, one can see that the building really has a U-shaped layout and admire the designs of architect S. E. Dudin (1779–1825). The Arsenal of the Izhevsk Arms Factory, as the numbers above the gate in the arch indicate, was built in 1823–1827. The building was used as a weapons store. One of the Arsenal's chambers already in the 19th century functioned as a kind of museum, where examples of all types of weapons were collected. During World War I the gunstock workshop was moved into the building from the main factory site; it operated until the 1970s. In 1975 the Arsenal was designated a federal architectural monument. Restoration of the historic building was completed in 1994, after which the museum opened its exhibitions to visitors. In addition to two permanent exhibitions, the museum hosts five to six temporary exhibitions. A single ticket for viewing all the museum's exhibitions will save time and ensure you don't miss a single corner of one of Izhevsk's most beautiful buildings.