The area on which Stavropol is located passed to Russia as a result of the signing of a settlement agreement with Turkey in 1774. The city is located on the steep hillsides and stretches for a dozen kilometers, so a walk along it is a rather complicated matter. If the latter cannot be avoided, then the best solution would be to visit many of the remaining sights. For example, the museums of Stavropol.
What can tell about the history of the region so exciting, expressive and picturesque, if not art? From early childhood, they try to instill in us a love of culture and explain the usefulness of visiting such establishments. All exhibits of the museums of Stavropol are diverse. We offer an overview of the most significant of them.
Museum of Local Lore
The history of the Museum of Local Lore of Stavropol began on February 24, 1905. At that time he was an institution of the North Caucasus. From the day of its creation, the leader was a public figure Grigory Nikolaevich Prozritelev. For a long time the museum was a partner of the statistical committee of the Stavropol province.
About 300 thousand valuable exhibits are collected in its exposition. At the global level, the paleontological series and its rarities are of great importance. These are the rare relics of the cetoterium whale, the elasmotherium rhinoceros, 2 out of 5 skeletons of the southern elephant found in the world. In the field of natural history of significant general scientific interest are: botanical, entomological, zoological and mineralogical collections. About 40 percent of the museum asset is an archive of documentary photographs that fully reveals the entire history of the 20th century.
Art Museum
The Museum of Fine Arts of Stavropol was opened in December 1961 and opened its doors to visit in November 1962. The idea of ββits creation belongs to the board of the Stavropol department of the Union of artists of the RSFSR, as well as art critic A. B. Bendik. The museum is located in the historical part of the city, consists of three buildings connected into one ensemble, which are an architectural monument of national importance.
To this day, these three buildings of the outstanding museum are the main historical artifacts located in the central part of the city. The place for exhibitions was converted into two large exhibition halls, where international meetings are held with presentations, lectures, conferences and seminars. In addition, the museum has its own scientific reading room, in the funds of which, to summarize, there are more than three thousand books. All this helps the museum to be unique.
What else to see
The collections of Stavropol museums provide an objective opportunity to trace the evolution of art and folklore in the region for many centuries, because they cover the history from the V century BC to the 1990s. Having visited museums saturated with past events, you can forever change your worldview and love art with all your heart. The large administrative center of the Stavropol Territory has a huge number of exhibits exhibited in the museums of the city. The most famous are historical, military exhibition centers, art galleries, as well as specialized objects. Among them: the Museum of the History of the Cossacks, "The World of Boxes", the Museum of the Great Patriotic War.