One of the cultural attractions of Yakutsk is an interesting Museum of music and folklore of the peoples of the Sakha Republic. It is located in the building of the Russian-Asian Bank, built in the late XIX century, currently the Museum's Director is a true connoisseur of music of the Sakha people, musician and musicologist A. Reshetnikova.

The Museum was opened in January 1990, he began His activity with the collection of exhibits. In January 1991, the institution was converted into the national Museum, after some time, the Museum has included in the Registry of public cultural institutions.

In the Museum of music and folklore of the peoples of the Sakha Republic, a unique collection of musical instruments, and ceremonies of the indigenous peoples of the Republic, the chronicle of the development of the Yakut musical art. In addition, Museum visitors can listen to songs. One of the features of the Museum is that there are not only musical instruments, books and photos during the tour revealed the full music code archaic culture, typological unity and closeness of the traditional worldview of the Yakut people.

The Museum exposition is located in seven halls: "Melodically Yakutia", "Musical instruments" "Musical theatre, composers", "Music Ethnography of the Yakuts", "Researchers of folklore" and "Musical Ethnography of the Northern peoples". Genuine decoration of the Museum halls are amazing wax figures of prominent scholars of folklore, famous musicians. The author of these works was made by a talented artist Fedor Alexandrov.

The main purpose of the Museum of music and folklore of the peoples of the Sakha Republic is the promotion and preservation of accumulated knowledge about the traditional folklore and culture of the Yakuts, Yukagirs, Evenki, Russian old and evens, as well as the achievement of the professional musical art in the Republic of Sakha.