Description of the attraction
The Museum of Local Lore is located in the Kiev district of the city of Donetsk. This museum is engaged in scientific and research activities.
The museum was created in 1924. And the initiator of the creation of the museum was A. Olshanchenko, who was a teacher of geography at the Donetsk Mining College. Students A. I. Simakov and V. P. Lavrinenko donated mineralogical collections to the museum, and the workers of the metallurgy plant donated their numismatic collections to the museum.
In 1925, the first premises were allocated for the museum, its area was 50 square meters. Already in 1926 the museum was opened to the public. During the year, 1900 people visited it, and the museum fund at that time consisted of approximately 2000 various exhibits.
In 1927 this museum was moved to the Lenin Club on Larinka. In 1938 the museum was redesigned into the Stalinist Museum of the Revolution. And in 1940 it was united with the Museum of the Revolution of Mariupol.
During the years when Donetsk was occupied, most of the collections were lost, and the museum itself was badly damaged. In 1943 the museum was renovated. In 1950 the museum moved to a new building. There were five rooms with a total area of 334 square meters. In the 1950s, some of the funds of the Mariupol Museum were transferred to the museum.
In 1954, the museum again moved to the Donetsk Regional Library named after NK Krupskaya. An area of 1000 square meters was allocated there. During 1970-1990 the museum organized annual expeditions to replenish the museum fund.
In December 1972, the museum moved to a separate building, which is located on Chelyuskintsev Street. There it is located today. Although this building was originally built for a music school, it was transferred to the museum.
