Sebezhsky history Museum covered in their expositions of the history of Sebezhsky edge. The earliest information concerning the nature and historical development of the area, were collected and processed one particularly enterprising and hard-working group of teachers, in 1926. It is known that by 1927 the team was able to collect approximately 286 various exhibits, and in the summer of the same year Sebezhsky the Museum is fully involved in the extensive Museum network aimed at reliable line of national education. At the time, the size of the "young" of the Museum was only 58 sq. m.
Before the great Patriotic war Museum collection there were at least four thousand different items, and allocated space for the Museum exhibition was 206 sq. m., During the war, 1941-1945, Nazi troops looted the Museum building, the existing Museum exhibition forever disappeared.
After the war had passed, the collection, which is represented in the Museum today, had to collect and recycle again. The greatest emphasis in the conduct of this work has been done on the archives of the fourth and fifth guerrilla Kalininsky teams operating in the territory of Sebezhsky district of the time.
In 1979 the Museum of local lore Sebezhsky territory became part of the United museums of the Pskov region. At this point in Sebezhsky the Museum contains a vast and rich collection of materials and valuable documents relating to the period of the great Patriotic war. Now Sebezhsky the Museum is housed in sixteen exhibition halls, which are located in two buildings on a total area of 893 sq. m., which houses over twelve thousand items. All Museum presents the exhibition is organized chronologically from ancient times to the present day. The Museum is housed in the small prison of the castle, which was the construction of the second half of the 19th century; in this building the Museum existed since the late 1950-ies.
A significant part of the first floor of the Museum building is occupied by the exposition of nature, which presents some features of Sebezhsky edge. Natural exhibition begins with a large display of fossils of prehistoric period, found in the rubble Maksutenko career, which was formed after world war II. As you know, Sebezhsky area was always famous for its mighty forests. In the first room there are various samples of wood species and a large herbarium different kinds of plants, including medicinal plants. Birds and animals are exhibited in! landscape view for maximum clarity. All exhibits are presented in a typical habitat. Here is a moose, bear, Fox, grouse, wild duck, magpie and crow.
The Museum also has a section devoted to the history of Sebezhsky area from the Neolithic age to the early middle ages. This exposition is located in two rooms on the ground floor. For many years, starting with the 1940-ies in this area lead the important work of archaeologists from the city of St. Petersburg: F. D. Gurevich, Miklyaeva A. M., Tarakanov S. A. and many others. Archaeological expeditions were discovered Neolithic sites, 23 of the settlement, 10 villages, and 1470 mounds. A separate stand is devoted to ancient man.
The exhibition entitled "the History of the region from the middle ages to the early 20th century" presented in a small room. Here you can see the old arms of the city of Sebezh, layout wooden medieval fortress, various items of peasant utensils, photos of the famous Castle hill, on which arose the city of Sebezh, objects of urban life in the 18th and 19th centuries and more.
The Museum is in the planning stage display of art and objects from the 17th-20th centuries, but here are some instances: French tapestry 17th century, unusual music box, a collection of gramophones and samovars, and a collection of knives 18-19 centuries. In addition, the Museum organizes a Gallery of paintings Gromov, Konstantin Mikhailovich, who has long been the Museum's Director.
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