In Tula is one of the most visited museums under the name "Tula samovars", which represents a large number of samples of different samovars, Dating back to the 18-20 centuries.

The opening of the Museum took place in 1990-m to year in the two-storey building, which was built between 1910 and 1911 by the architect V. Sirotkin.) N. on Mendeleev street next to the Kremlin walls. As the basis for the exhibition was taken by a huge variety collection of samovars, which was collected during many years by the work of the Tula Museum Association of literary and historical-architectural Museum, a branch of which became the resting room of the Museum.

The Museum has three halls, which housed the exhibits telling about some of the history and manufacture of samovars.

In the first hall features the works related to samovar case of 18-19 centuries. Here you can see the prototype of samovars called sutent; there are samovars, which were manufactured at the famous samovar factory, founded by Ivan Lisitsina. There samovars collected from factories and Carried som denominations, which was headed by samovar paperwork in Tula in the early years of the 19th century.

Production of the first samovar was 1778, in 1803, the factory employed more than 25 workers, and the production brought good results, because the money in one and a half thousand roubles a year was considered a great earnings. Have the opportunity to see the samovars of different shapes, ranging from made in the form of a barrel and ending samovars ovate with small taps in the form of dolphins.

In the first room you can see the famous medals of the World exhibition in Chicago in 1893, Paris in 1889, in London in 1909, in Nizhny Novgorod in 1896, which were obtained brothers Samarinda and Batashevs.

The following exhibit hall, samovars, date from the second half of the 19th – beginning of 20th century. Here you can see the photos collected from the personal collections of samoborsko Tula, five miniature samovars that were donated in 1909 by Batashevs children of Tsar Nicholas II; and samovars have related to the Soviet era, which were made for the leaders of the Communist party.

The third hall tells the story of the Tula samovars plant called "STAMP" - the only one in the whole city engaged in the production of samovars. Among all presented instances have utterly trivial or flame, and combined and electric. This hall is most like the true connoisseurs of tea. It is clear that today there is an opportunity to buy a samovar for every budget and taste, but not so long ago buy that item cost quite high costs.

One of the most interesting facts about the samovar is the one that last samovars were sold by weight, for example, samovar brass was worth 64 rubles per 1 pood, red copper – 90 rubles per pood, but the samovars made of Nickel silver or silver was worth quite a lot of money, so they were available only to the rich. It should be noted that buying an expensive samovar always raise the status of its owner in the eyes of the public.

Museum "Tula samovars" became the hallmark of the city. Part of the Museum collection is truly unique, which made the Museum particularly popular among residents and tourists. Here you have the opportunity to see the samovar, weight up to 500 kg with a volume of 450 litres is the largest samovar worldwide. Near this giant is, on the contrary, the miniature samovar, which accommodates only three drops.

For a long time, the samovar was perceived as the symbol of the house in which the impossible comfort without his presence. The fact that the invention of the samovar refers to the 18th century, suggests, tea on the territory of Russia was introduced only in the 17th century. After the appearance of the tea samovars began to gain more and more popularity, resulting in a huge number of people were able to truly enjoy the color and taste of this excellent drink.