The Purovsky Regional Museum of Local History was founded in 1972 by the public. People wanted to keep the memory about the pioneers and the origin of the Purovsky district, to inform guests about the culture of the peoples living in the tundra. In 1980, the museum received the title of a people’s one.
The first exhibits were collected at the camps of reindeer herders and fishermen and donated by local residents. Forty years later, the collection of the Purovsky Museum numbers 26,000 items and is regularly increased by the finds brought from ethnographic expeditions.
The Purovsky Museum has four main permanent exhibitions: “Animal World of the Purovsky District”, “Peoples of the North”, “History of the Purovsky District” and “The North during the Great Patriotic War”.
Every year, the museum hosts up to 30 exhibitions, which are visited by about 11,000 people. The Purovsky Museum prepares special programs for children and youth, as well as visiting lectures and joint projects with regional museums.
One of the main tasks of the Purovsky Regional Museum of Local History is to present the spiritual and material culture of the indigenous population of the Far North.
The first exhibits were collected at the camps of reindeer herders and fishermen and donated by local residents. Forty years later, the collection of the Purovsky Museum numbers 26,000 items and is regularly increased by the finds brought from ethnographic expeditions.
The Purovsky Museum has four main permanent exhibitions: “Animal World of the Purovsky District”, “Peoples of the North”, “History of the Purovsky District” and “The North during the Great Patriotic War”.
Every year, the museum hosts up to 30 exhibitions, which are visited by about 11,000 people. The Purovsky Museum prepares special programs for children and youth, as well as visiting lectures and joint projects with regional museums.
One of the main tasks of the Purovsky Regional Museum of Local History is to present the spiritual and material culture of the indigenous population of the Far North.
