Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Karelia National Museum of the Republic of Karelia

“Opening Karelia” workshop

Petrozavodsk, March 20-22

Museum mission

National Museum of the Republic of Karelia presents to inhabitants of Karelia and guests of the republic:- uniqueness of the regional nature, history and culture, the interaction of various cultures results,- place and role of Karelia in the history of Russia,- contribution of regional culture to European civilization.

Museum Collections

Total of subjects: 224000

• Geology: 3000

• Archaeology: 40000 (middle ages 1000)

• Ethnography: 12000

Photos:

• Baltic Sea - White Sea Channel: 5500

• Murmansk railway road: 650

• WW2: 2000

• Kostomuksha: 150

Museum web-site: nmrk.karelia.ru

Museum in PetrozavodskRound Square Architectural complex

Museum exhibition

• 3 floors (levels)• display area: about 1000 square

meters• 17 exhibitions rooms• 5 interactive rooms• quantity of exhibits: 2745• historical chronology: 8000 BC

– beginning 20 c.

Museum exhibitions

• Природные особенности Карелии • Natural features of Karelia

• «На благо народа». Образование и медицина в Олонецкой губернии конца 19 – нач. 20 вв.

• Education and medicine in Olonets province in the end of 19th century – beginning of 20th century

Museum of the first Russian resort “Martial Waters”

Sheltozero Veps ethnographic museum

Спасибо за внимание!

Thank you!