Baranovichi Museum of local lore Photo: Baranovichi Museum of local lore

Baranovichi Museum of local lore was opened in October 1929 on the initiative of L. turski. The Museum was awarded with diplomas of the Ministry of culture of the USSR, in 2004, the Museum was recognized as the best in the Brest region.

Sorry, we can't find pre-war exhibits, since all of them were looted during the Nazi occupation. In the postwar years has done a great work, thanks to which now the Museum presents an interesting collection on archeology, Ethnography, history of the region, its material and spiritual culture.

The Museum exhibits more than 2000 exhibits, displayed in seven halls. The first two halls are introduced to the riches of the Baranovichi region: flora and fauna of rivers, lakes, marshes, forests and fields, as well as environmental problems and the measures to combat them.

The following rooms show us the archeological finds in historical sequence: primitive communal system, the times when Baranovichi were part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Russian Empire. Further, the exposition introduces us to Baranavichy during Soviet rule, during the great Patriotic war and the fight against further devastation. The last, seventh hall introduces us to the history of the city in the post-Soviet period in the Republic of Belarus.

In the exhibition halls of the Museum often hosts interesting exhibitions of works of fine art, graphics, sculpture, crafts. Exhibitions of painters, sculptors, embroiderers, seamstresses beading, lace. The Museum holds interesting presentations, lectures, meetings with artists, workshops on various forms of arts. Placed exhibits from the Museum funds of other countries: Russia, India, China, the Czech Republic, Japan.

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