Mordovian Republican Local History Museum

Saransk, Moscow, 48

Museums of Saransk Local History Museum. ID Voronina in Saransk is one of the largest museums in the republic. Its history began in 1918 as a district museum. Originally a tiny museum occupied a room in the house of the petty bourgeois at the present Worker's Street. For the first time the museum opened the doors in 1919

Museum of combat and labor exploits in Saransk

Saransk, Sovetskaya St., 34-а

Museums of Saransk Memorial museum of military and labor feat 1941-1945. enters the memorial of military glory, located on pl. Victory. The museum was opened in 1995 and occupied the building, built in such a way that its drawing resembled the outlines of the borders of Mordovia.

Museum of Fine Arts. SD Erzi

Saransk, Kommunisticheskaya, 61

Museums of Saransk In importance, this republican museum is probably the main museum in Saransk. He owns the world's most extensive collection of works by the well-known sculptor Stepan Dmitriyevich Erzi. There are more than 200 exhibits created by the sculptor in the museum's fund.

In Saransk there are not too many museums .Actually, the main and most significant here are two: art and local history .The Museum of Fine Arts named after him .Erzi is dedicated to the outstanding sculptor and native of Mordovia, and here he collected more than 200 of his works .But the museum can boast not only this collection: there is also a significant collection of Russian pre-revolutionary paintings, in which such great names as Aivazovsky and Shishkin are represented .Also worthy of attention is the collection of Soviet art, which includes paintings, sculptures, graphics and book illustrations .

One of the branches of the Museum of Fine Arts is the Mordovian Culture Museum, which is located in a beautiful building of the early 20th century. Here you can find items of national life: clothes, household and agricultural utensils, objects of decorative art and icons. The museum has an exhibition hall, where works of local artists and handicrafts are permanently displayed.

Even more interesting are the collections of archaeological finds with objects of the stone, bronze, iron age, finds from the Mordovian burials and treasures of the Middle Ages.

The Museum of Local Lore of the Republic of Mordovia is an old and respectable institution where a powerful scientific work is conducted .There are very diverse collections of .Interesting thematic halls dedicated to some particular side of life of the Mordovian people .Even more interesting are collections of archaeological finds with stone, bronze, iron age, finds from Mordovian burial grounds and treasures of the Middle Ages .Also in the museum you can see collections of watches, porcelain and silver dishes, household items, coins and orders, firearms and piercing-cutting weapons, icons, sculptures and figurines .

The most "chamber" museum of Saransk is the Club-Museum of VS Vysotsky, opened by enthusiasts - amateurs of the musician's creativity. The museum is located in the building of the city library, in the house number 25 on the street. Engels.

Another interesting museum is dedicated to the combat and labor feat of the inhabitants of Mordovia. The main part of his exposition is connected with the Great Patriotic War, although some part is devoted to the later armed conflicts of the 20th century. The museum occupies a specially built building, which is part of the memorial of military glory. The branch of the museum is the Museum of the poet Polezhaev, which was opened in the 21st century in the ancient house of the merchant Myshkin, which today is listed as an architectural monument.

Other museums of the city are historical, mineralogical and biological museums at Mordovia State University, the Museum of International Friendship and the Museum of Fire Safety.