Kamchatka Regional United Museum

In 1911, on the initiative of Vasily Vlyayevich Perfiliev, the governor of Kamchatka region, and local intellectuals, the Regional Scientific and Industrial Museum was founded. The institution was housed in the building of the Kamchatka Region Governor’s Office.

Its first exhibits were the items donated by travelers and scientists who explored Kamchatka in the early 20th century. After several relocations, the Kamchatka Regional Museum of Local Lore returned to its historical building in 1980.

The museum has a large collection of more than 123 thousand unique exhibits on the history of the region. The collections include items on archeology, ethnography of indigenous peoples of Kamchatka, rare books of the 17th–21st centuries, paintings and graphic works of local artists, as well as memorial collections. The Kamchatka Regional United Museum studies Kamchatka’s nature and history, as well as the culture of the peoples living on its territory.