In the town of Pechora in the Komi Republic is the famous historical Museum, is popular not only among residents, but also visitors to the city. It began on 31 July 1969 as a Museum volunteer. The founder of the Museum was Pyotr I. Terentyev, who put a lot of effort and labour in the creation of a Museum and many exhibits. The very first Museum exhibition was "Lapin bread", which became a sort of tribute to the events of the Civil war on the river Pechora. In mid-1973, the Museum moved into a two-storey building on Sovetskaya street, house 33, in which is still.

The Museum was officially opened on 29 June 1975 and, two years later, was awarded the status of a state, and then became one of the branches of the historical Museum of the Republic of Komi. In 1993, the Museum became fully independent and today is in the power of the municipality.

As for the Museum, the permanent ones are: "Pechora Pechora district and 40-ies of the 20 century", "Pechora region from ancient times to the early 20th century, Salhotra Cedar shore" and "Formation and growth Pechora".

Since 2001, in the historical Museum began to enter the school of the Museum called "Repentance". The number of all Museum objects at the beginning of 2009 amounted to 63 thousand 41 subject.

The Museum is actively developing in several directions related to the implementation of modern digital technologies relating to the creation of electronic manuals and catalogs. For example, "Archive of memory" is a database that tells about Pechora who became participants of the great Patriotic war, a personal directory under the name "the 70th anniversary since the birth of M. Bulgakova Y." and "a Hundred streets Pechora" is a popular historical guidebook, and many others.

Great value in the work and activities of the Museum is the project activity. The historical Museum was able to implement the project "Path to civil society and to the education of youth." In cooperation with the city of Pechora with some other public organizations have created a project aimed at the development of ethno-tourism in the area of Medium PrimeCare – "the Golden shores of the Pechora". Together with the society "memorial" received life and "Virtual Museum of the Gulag".

One of the most interesting collection of things of the ethnographic Museum became household items, various tools, clothing, fishing and hunting Medium PrimeCare 19th century – early 20th century. Of considerable interest is the archaeological collection, with 279 items in which you can see objects Byzovaya Palaeolithic Parking lot, for example, the tusks and bones of mammoths, tools made of stone and many other things.

As for natural science collections, it is worth noting the unique collection of minerals found in the area of the Subpolar Urals, which was donated to the Museum Ukhta geologists. We have to be the numismatics collection, numbering 1540 units, and Department of early printed and manuscript books.

The congregation of old believers of items includes manuscripts and collections, objects of worship, as well as phonosophie some spiritual poems that were collected as part of the expedition scientists KSC UB RAS. In the period 1990-ies in the Museum formed the Foundation of works by local masters of decorative-applied and fine arts.

In the collections of the historical Museum Pechora place of honor is occupied by a collection of objects and things of the great Patriotic war, including letters from the front, the obits and pictures. The most valuable items steel time card mobilized soldiers in the Red Army, which were transferred to the city Museum of military registration and enlistment offices of the city of Pechora.

Within the Museum is open society "memorial", a leading collection of historical information on the topic of political repression in the Pechora and the Pechora region. Is to provide Kedrowski archives relating to the period 1940-1950-ies.