Ufa is a city with a rich historical and cultural heritage. Here are numerous museums, a visit to which may interest any traveler who came here for the weekend. Let's look at the main places that are required to visit in the city.
National Museum
The National Museum of the Republic of Bashkortostan was founded in 1864 and is one of the oldest in Russia. Currently, more than 130 cultural monuments of the region, fascinating exhibits that reveal the history of the region are presented here.
The museum is divided into 4 sections: history, nature, archeology and ethnography. In general, the expositions are located in 34 rooms.
The National Museum of the Republic of Bashkortostan can offer its visitors the following services:
- organization of group and individual excursion programs;
- conducting general educational lessons in the halls where the expositions are located;
- organization of meetings, meetings and conferences;
- presentation of own works.
Nesterov Museum in Ufa
The Art Museum was built in 1913 at the initiative of the local timber merchant and the famous merchant Laptev. It is named after the famous painter and native of the city M.V. Nesterov. It is the artist’s authorship that owns more than a hundred works presented in the museum. In general, the modern collection of the institution has more than 4000 exhibits of fine art, collected from all over the country.
Museum of Local Lore
The Museum of Local Lore (Ufa) will be interesting to visit for city guests who wish to get acquainted with the archaeological finds and ethnographic heritage of Bashkortostan. Here, visitors will find exhibits that have come down to us since the Stone Age. First of all, these are household items of the indigenous peoples of the region, tools, national clothes, jewelry, weapons of ancient people. In the middle of the main exhibition hall of the museum is a real skeleton of the Khazar mammoth.
Fire Museum
Surveying the museums of Ufa, one cannot ignore such a fascinating place dedicated to the fire protection of the city. The visitors of the establishment are explained how to handle fire fighting equipment, what to do before rescuers arrive, how to evacuate people from buildings that have been exposed to fire.
Of course, the main audience of the museum is the younger generation. Children, in the first place, will be interested in the presented exhibits. Especially relevant information that can be obtained during the tour will be for very kids. Indeed, it is extremely important for young visitors to learn why you should not make jokes with matches, electrical appliances, gas stoves.
Other museums in Ufa are not able to tell in such detail about how fire protection developed on the territory of Bashkortostan. Here you can see unique exhibits of its kind, for example, fire equipment and equipment that dates back to different eras.
X-Max Gallery
When viewing the museums of Ufa, it is worth looking into the gallery, the expositions of which give a fresh look at innovative trends in modern fine art, sculpture and architecture.
The idea of organizing a museum so original in its content belongs to the community of Ufa artists. It was embodied in 1992. Later, the institution was bought by local artist and entrepreneur Maxim Kholodilin. Since that time, the gallery became known as X-Max.
Visiting Ufa museums, you should definitely go through this gallery, where exhibitions of the best creations of local and visiting artists are organized on an area of about 100 m2. It traditionally hosts events related to familiarizing the population with innovative views on the development of related art forms. The gallery also hosts literary evenings, concerts, theatrical performances, meetings with famous writers, journalists, and public figures.
Finally
In this material, only those museums and creative galleries of Ufa were considered that could cause a keen interest among residents and visitors of the city. In fact, there are more than 20 objects that offer their visitors informative excursions aimed at getting acquainted with the history, culture and life of the region. Most of the Ufa museums are located in the central part of the city. Therefore, if desired, they can easily be circumvented during the day.