Yekaterinburg is one of the most attractive cities for tourists in Russia. A special place belongs to the houses-museums of the 18th-19th centuries, where famous writers, scientists and artists lived and worked. The history of the city is connected with the history of the royal house. Yekaterinburg was founded by the first emperor Peter I.
And here in 1918 the tsar's family of Nicholas II found their last refuge. On the site of the terrible tragedy, the Church on the Blood was erected. In the central part of the city, there is a route for walking tours called the Red Line. Its length is 6.5 km, and it unites 35 of the most interesting and significant sights of Yekaterinburg.
List of the most interesting museums in the city
Museum of the History of Yekaterinburg
One of the oldest museums is located in a famous historical building - an architectural monument of the 18th century. The museum was created on the eve of the Great Patriotic War and at first bore the name of Sverdlov. After restoration in 2003, the museum supplemented its traditional exhibitions and excursions on the history of the city with modern technologies. Here is a collection of wax figures of famous historical figures - Peter I, Catherine I, the founders of the city.
Address: Yekaterinburg, st. Karl Liebknecht, 26
Site: m-i-e.ru
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Museum of the history of stone-cutting and jewelry art of the Urals
This one-of-a-kind museum is housed in a three-story 19th century building. Its funds contain a unique and numerous collection of old and modern art products from precious and ornamental stones of the Urals. The exposition includes the Bazhov Hall, the Emerald and Malachite Rooms, striking in their splendor. The third floor displays amazing examples of the Ural stone-cutting art of the 18th-19th centuries.
Address: Yekaterinburg, Lenin Avenue, 37
Site: mikji.ru
Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center
The center has been open since 2015, its task is to preserve and study the heritage of the first president of the country. On the territory there is an archive, a bookstore, an art gallery, a cinema hall, lectures, meetings, festivals are held. The central place is occupied by the museum, where you can see Yeltsin's personal belongings, a limousine, a recreated study. Also presented are historical and multimedia materials from the times of the president's political activities.
Address: Boris Yeltsin, 3
Site: yeltsin.ru
Yekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts
In 1936, the first small art gallery was created. In the post-war period, it was gradually replenished with works from the most famous Russian museums, art workshops, and from private collectors. In the late 1980s, the gallery was given museum status. Now the funds of the museum contain collections of works of Russian and foreign art of the past centuries, the Russian school of icon painting, as well as artistic cast iron.
Address: Vojvodina, 5
Website: emii.ru
Yekaterinburg Museum of V.S.Vysotsky
Vladimir Vysotsky has nothing to do with the city, he was here only on tour. But admirers of his work decided to perpetuate the memory of the bard by creating his museum. The atmosphere of the Soviet era reigns in a small room. Posters, letters, Vysotsky's things are presented, many of them were purchased at an auction in Paris. There is even his personal Mercedes. The museum has completely recreated the hotel room in which the artist stayed on tour.
Address: Malysheva, 51
Site: visotsky-e.ru
Museum of History and Archeology of the Middle Urals
Fourteen thousand years ago people first appeared in the Urals. It was from this time that the countdown of the events displayed in the expositions of the Museum of History and Archeology began. The periods of development and development of the Ural Territory are presented in detail on six floors. The special value of the museum is the most ancient wooden sculpture of the Shigir idol that has survived to this day. An important place is occupied by the hall dedicated to the memory of the royal dynasty of the Romanovs.
Address: Yekaterinburg, Lenin Ave., 69/10
Site: uole-museum.ru
Museum and Exhibition Center "House of Poklevsky-Kozell"
Two centuries ago, the museum building belonged to the Polish family dynasty of breeders and patrons of the arts of Poklewski-Kozell. In the 19th century, they made a significant contribution to the development of the industry and culture of Yekaterinburg. It was possible to accurately preserve the interior of the mansion's rooms, gothic furniture, household items and clothing of those times. The museum also hosts temporary exhibitions of works of art by both Russian and foreign authors.
Address: Malysheva, 46
Site: uole-museum.ru
House-Museum of P.P.Bazhov
The uniqueness of the museum lies in the fact that it was created in a log house built by the writer himself more than 100 years ago. The interior, household items, personal belongings - all this has been preserved in the best possible form, largely thanks to Bazhov's wife Valentina. Even the garden around the house, a table with benches, and outbuildings have survived. The great Ural storyteller lived here for 28 years; his most famous works were written in this house.
Address: Chapaeva, 11
Website: dombazhova.ru
United Museum of Ural Writers
Created in 1980, the united museum includes 10 museum historical buildings. In the center of the city there is a whole literary quarter, in which not only museum, but also theater and publishing life is in full swing. Guided tours are held here in summer. The museum publishes its own magazine called Literary Quarter. The association includes the museums of Bazhov in Yekaterinburg and Bazhov in Sysert, Mamin-Sibiryak, Reshetnikov, dolls and children's books, the literary life of the Urals in the 19th and 20th centuries. Also on the territory of the quarter is the Chamber Theater, the Department of Foundations and the Summer Stage.
Site: ompural.ru
House-Museum of D.N.Mamin-Sibiryak
The house, which houses the writer's museum, was bought by him at the end of the 19th century for his family members. And although the writer himself lived in a different place, he visited this house every day. The museum was opened for visitors immediately after the war. The employees managed to preserve the original environment in eight rooms, personal belongings and a cozy atmosphere that prevailed in the family. Here are numerous letters, manuscripts, photographs, old books.
Address: Yekaterinburg, Pushkin, 27
Site: ompural.ru
Museum of military equipment UMMC in Verkhnyaya Pyshma
The Museum of Military Equipment, opened in 2005 in the suburbs of Yekaterinburg, is one of the largest exhibition complexes in the country. The expositions are located in the museum building and in open areas. The number of exhibits exceeds five thousand items. These are tanks, missile systems, helicopters, armored personnel carriers and other equipment. It also houses an exhibition of retro cars, bicycles and motorcycles.
Address: Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Alexandra Kozitsyna, 2
Site: mkugmk.ru
Ural Nature Museum
The collection of the Natural Museum consists of 60 thousand items. The most striking exhibits of the paleontological department are ancient skeletons of a mammoth and a cave bear. No less interesting is the zoological collection, which was created by several generations of taxidermists. Nearby, in the building of the old water tower, you can visit a museum called the Metal Shop. Its exposition recreates the trade in the old days of metal products - from nails to irons and coffee pots.
Address: Gorky, 4
Site: uole-museum.ru
Ernst Neizvestny Art Museum
A talented sculptor and artist, whose works are in museums and private collections around the world, was born in Sverdlovsk. That is why in 2013 a museum named after him was opened here. It is located in a two-story old mansion in the center of the city. The museum displays small sculptures, graphic works, sketches, photographs, personal belongings of the author. Modern touchscreens and audio guides supplement information about the life and work of the master.
Address: g.Dobrolyubova, 14
Site: en-artmuseum.ru
Ural Geological Museum
A unique museum, a real temple of stone, on four floors of which all the riches of the Urals are located. The opening of the museum took place back in 1937. The current collection consists of forty thousand exhibits - minerals, meteorites, precious and ornamental stones from microscopic sizes to the height of human growth. Also in the museum there is a paleontological section, a collection of ancient flora and fauna.
Address: Kuibysheva, 39
Website: ugm.ursmu.ru
House of the Nevyansk Icon
The Nevyansk school of icon painting is a special phenomenon in Russian artistic culture. Icons of artists of Nevyansk can be seen in churches and art collections not only in Russia, but also abroad. Distinctive features of the style of this letter are a lot of gilding, decorations, brightness and richness of colors. The private museum of Nevyansk icons was opened in 1999 and has about three hundred canvases created in the 18th-20th centuries.
Address: Yekaterinburg, st. Engels, 15
Website: ekaterinburg.guide
Museum of the History of Science and Technology of the Sverdlovsk Railway
Next to the current railway station is the restored building of the first Yekaterinburg railway station. It is here that the museum is located. In front of the entrance, guests are greeted by sculptures of railway workers. During the excursion, you can learn a lot about the construction of the road, the creation of the first steam locomotive. The mock-ups of trains and stations, a three-dimensional track diagram are of great interest.
Address: Yekaterinburg, Vokzalnaya street, 14
Site: svzd.rzd.ru
Photographic Museum "Metenkov's House"
Veniamin Metenkov was a famous pre-revolutionary photographic chronicler in the Urals and left behind a large collection of negatives, postcards, and photographs. This collection and household items can be seen in the house-museum where the master once lived. In addition, creative meetings with interesting people, lectures, exhibitions of contemporary authors, and video screenings are regularly held here. There is a photography shop and a photography school in the building.
Address: Karl Liebknecht, 36
Site: dommetenkova.ru
Museum of radio them. A.S. Popova
The museum was founded in 1986 in a small 18th century mansion. During the excursion, you can visually trace the history of the development of all types of communication: telegraph, telephone, television, radio communication, mobile communications, as well as the history of sound recording. Here is a model of the radio, invented by Alexander Popov in 1895. One of the rooms where the inventor lived in the 19th century has been recreated down to the smallest detail. A separate exposition is devoted to military equipment.
Address: Rosa Luxemburg, 9/11
Site: uole-museum.ru
Museum of Architecture and Design UralGAKh
The museum complex was created in the 70s on the site of an old mechanical factory. After the reconstruction, the modern museum introduces the exposition of the best examples of the Ural architecture of different historical styles. All this is presented in the form of photographs, graphics, paintings, models, drawings and building projects. There is also an exhibition of large equipment from the Ural factories of the past centuries, old stone-cutting machines and much more.
Address: Gorky, 4 A
Website: museumarch.com
Regional Museum of the History of Medicine
Since 1982, the museum has been introducing everyone to more than two centuries of the history of the development of medicine in the Urals. An important place is occupied by the period of activity of zemstvo doctors, it was then that the foundations of the entire health care system were laid. A separate exposition in the museum building is dedicated to the creation and development of the Ural surgical school. Surgical instruments of different times, ophthalmic and other devices are widely represented.
Address: K. Liebknecht, 8 B
Site: somkural.ru
Museum of the Airborne Forces "Winged Guard"
The creation of the museum is a tribute to the memory of the exploits of the Ural paratroopers who fought during the Great Patriotic, Afghan and other wars. The first visitors were received here in 1994. When decorating the halls, non-traditional materials were used - gypsum, mirrors, metal, fabrics. The exhibits include uniforms, equipment, rare photographs, letters of soldiers. One of the exhibitions is dedicated to the evolution of the parachute since the days of Leonardo da Vinci.
Address: Krylova, 2 A
Website: museumvdv.ru
Cinema Museums of the Sverdlovsk Film Studio
The museum opens its doors for everyone to find themselves in the fascinating world of cinema. During the excursion, you can learn about the history of the film studio, founded in 1943, see the props, costumes, models, interior items used on the set. Visitors are given the opportunity to take part in the soundtrack of the film, in the creation of their own cartoon. And you can also try on any movie image with a costume, wig and makeup.
Address: Yekaterinburg, Lenina Avenue, 50 Zh
Site: przx.ru
Museum of the History of Tram and Trolleybus Management
The museum has been open since 1998. Visitors can learn a lot about the history of electric transport, the construction of the first tram and trolleybus in the city, and the life of the industry workers. Among the museum exhibits are models of transport, parts, equipment of different years, old photographs of city streets. And in the open area there are retro carriages in which you can sit both as a passenger and as a driver.
Address: Stepan Razin, 51
Website: ettu.ru
Yekaterinburg Gallery of Contemporary Art
The private exhibition complex, located in a three-story mansion in the city center, welcomed visitors for the first time in 2004. The purpose of its creation is to preserve, increase and convey to a wide audience the best works of local artists since the 19th century. Here are the works made in the technique of painting, graphics, sculpture. Since its inception, the gallery has organized about 200 thematic exhibitions.
Address: Yekaterinburg, Verkh-Isetsky Boulevard, 15/4
Site: uralgallery.ru
Museum of the history of circus art
The museum was opened in the building of the city circus and is of interest to fans of circus art of all ages. Among the exhibits on display are genuine details of circus props, posters from different years, photographs, printed and souvenir products. All the props can be touched and tried on, while feeling like a real artist. A separate block provides information about the circus building itself and its backstage secrets.
Address: Yekaterinburg, 8 March, 43
