Description of the attraction
Vileika Museum of Local Lore is relatively young. It was founded on July 30, 1982. Initially, the museum was given the name "Vileika Museum of History and Local Lore". The first museum exhibition was opened on May 7, 1985.
Despite its youth, the museum has amassed a large collection of very rare and unusual items. It displays a collection of items from archaeological excavations in burial mounds: ancient flint knives of the Stone Age era, female Slavic temple rings. Now the museum collection has more than 25 thousand exhibits.
The exposition of the museum reflects the periods of the history of the city from ancient times to the middle of the XX century and is divided into sections: "Time", "Origins", "House", "School", "Suffering", "Vileyka".
Since January 1, 2005, the name of the museum has changed. Now it is called the Vileika Museum of Local Lore. The museum presents a very large ethnographic collection, collected in the section called "Vileika Hutka". This is a corner of a traditional Belarusian hut, furnished with traditional hand-made furniture, embroidered tablecloths and towels, ceramic dishes, wicker baskets and other interesting utensils.
The museum hosts folk art festivals, where locals and tourists can get acquainted with crafts, national costumes, musical instruments, songs, dances. Since recent times, traditional Slavic Belarusian weddings have been arranged here. Such weddings are very popular, because local historians know all national traditions and customs, including those related to the wedding ceremony.
Since 2011, a souvenir shop has been opened in the museum, where you can buy products of folk craftsmen: ceramics, towels, shirts, products made of straw, vines, beads and other pleasant tourist souvenirs.
