Yarensky regional museum of local lore

On October 6, 1904 , by a decision of the Zemsky Assembly, a decision was made to open a museum of visual (teaching) aids at the Yarensky Parish School for Men. In 1905 a museum was opened in the city of Yarensk, which was at that time the center of the Yarensky district of the Vologda province .

In 1913 , as a result of the fire of the school building, the museum was closed and rebuilt in 1915 in the newly built building of the Yarensky Women's Parish School. The exhibition included products from the county students.

After the revolution in 1919 , the exposition forms the basis of the newly formed “Pedagogical Museum”.

In 1924 , the Council of Local History Society renamed the “Pedagogical Museum” to the “Regional Museum of the Local Territory”. The museum works on a voluntary basis. In the new museum, there are departments: local nature, production, historical and archaeological.

In 1929 the building of the Transfiguration Cathedral was transferred to the museum. In the new building, the museum opens on June 27, 1930 and is called the “Regional Museum of Local Lore”. Thanks to this, the interior decoration and frescoes are perfectly preserved in the Transfiguration Cathedral.

Currently, the museum has the following expositions:

• Department of Nature
• Vychegda region in the history of Russia
  • Edge in the XVII — XVIII centuries.
  • Edge in the XIX — early XX centuries.
  • The formation of Soviet power. Civil War. 1917-1920
  • Education Lensky district
  • Agriculture and forestry in 1924-1940.
  • District organization of the CPSU (b) -CPSS
  • Regional organization of the Komsomol
  • Lensky district during the Great Patriotic War. 1941-1945
• On the steps of five-year plans. 1946-1990
  • Forest industry. 1946-1990
  • Agriculture. 1946-2000
  • Popular education. 1946-2000
  • Health care
  • Culture
  • History of Yarensk

The museum constantly organizes temporary exhibitions.

In addition, visitors can climb the bell tower of the cathedral, visit the restored hall of the cathedral and the wooden St. George chapel built in 1889 , transported to the museum from the village of Mikshina Gora .

Museum hours:

from 9 to 17 hours

lunch break from 13 to 14 hours

Sale of tickets until 12.30 and 16.30.

Sunday from 9 to 16

weekend - saturday

• Museums of the Arkhangelsk Region
• Yarensk
• Lensky district of the Arkhangelsk region

• Lukoshnikov, V. А., Land of Vychegodskaya: Yarenskaya Encyclopedia. Arkhangelsk: M'art, 2005, ISBN 5-98232-023-4

• Yarensk Local History Museum