Patriotism is one of the most important personality traits. To love one's land, to know its history, material and spiritual culture, to respect one's native language is the inner need of a highly moral person.
Treasuries of artifacts characteristic of a particular area are local history museums. Thanks to the efforts of historians, archaeologists, guides, caretakers, researchers, the funds are periodically replenished and updated, and visitors learn a lot of new and interesting things about their native places.
Museums specializing in local history are open in all regions of the country. The Voronezh land is no exception. Experienced guides of one of the largest cultural objects of the Central Black Earth Region will help you to spend time usefully, enrich yourself with new knowledge of history, cultural studies, feel pride in your city or village. So, Voronezh, local history museum.
How it all began
Inhabitants and guests of Voronezh first visited the storehouse of treasures of their native land in 1894. Initially, they planned to open a museum in the region.achievements of Peter I.
In 1857, the official N. Vtorov, who studies the history and ethnography of the region, took the initiative to create a museum of local lore. The initiative was supported only in 1890 by the governor E. A. Krukovsky. A year later, Voronezh could also boast of its own repository of historical values. The local history museum was opened on September 9 (21). The collection consisted of about two thousand four hundred artifacts, including books, coins, geographical maps, etc.
Thanks to the efforts of enthusiasts, the funds were periodically replenished. The research was carried out near the settlements "Mayatskoe", "Chasty barrows", the Divnogorsky monastery, the village of Mazurka. As a result, Voronezh (local history museum) received new valuable exhibits. There were so many items collected that in 1911 the museum moved to a new building. The building was not restored due to the 1917 Revolution and the Civil War. The priority task of the museum staff was to preserve the existing values. Scientific research resumed only in 1923.
During the Great Patriotic War, some of the exhibits were evacuated to Kazakhstan, but many valuable things were lost forever. In 1943, the museum returned to Voronezh, where it was merged with the Anti-Religious Museum.
In 1959, the treasury of the history and culture of the native land was allocated a building on Plekhanovskaya Street, 29.
Exposures
The museum consists of the main and four more expositions. The main exposition is devoted to the history of the Voronezh region. Here are the exhibits, thanks to which it is easyto imagine how the foundation of the fortress "Voronezh" took place, how the ships were built, how the first settlers arranged their life. No less informative are the exhibitions about the post-war life of the city, space and the "Sweet Story", dedicated to the 175th anniversary of sugar beet-based production in these lands.
Bows, arrows, pistols, machine guns, rifles are demonstrated at the weapons exhibition. In the Museum Relics hall, visitors are offered ancient coins, porcelain and art glassware, paintings, sculptures, photographs of past years, and furniture.
The next two exhibits represent the fauna of the region. Voronezh (local history museum) has the largest collection of insects in Central Russia, including tarantulas and scorpions.
Various expositions are shown in the branches of the museum.
Scientific work
Employees of the institution conduct scientific research, publish booklets, teaching aids, collections of scientific papers.
The latest works of scientists - the booklet "Voronezh Regional Museum of Local Lore", manuals "Vivat, Voronezh!", "Methods of excursion work", a collection of reports from the conference dedicated to the thirtieth anniversary of the House-Museum of A. L. Durov, etc.
Other museums in Voronezh
In addition to local history, the Literary Museum named after I. S. Nikitin, Manor of the nobleman D. Venevitinov, Art Museum named after I. N. Kramskoy, Museum of theatrical puppets of the local puppet theater "Jester".
The city is famous for suchattractions such as the North Bridge, the Mekrury ship, the monument to deoxyribonucleic acid, the Divnogorsky Monastery. For the first time, an airborne assault of the USSR landed on Voronezh land.
