Description of the attraction
The Brest Regional Museum of Local Lore is considered one of the youngest ethnographic museums in the Republic of Belarus. It was founded in 1950, when the staff of museum workers was approved and the collection of collections began. On June 22, 1957, the first permanent exhibition of the museum was opened.
Now the Brest Ethnographic Museum has a solid collection of collected exhibits. It also has 4 branches: the archaeological museum "Berestye" was opened at the site of an archaeological excavation of an ancient Slavic city, "Rescued artistic values" displays works of art confiscated at customs, "Kamenets Tower" - a defensive structure of the 13th century, "Art Museum", opened in the southern the barracks of the Brest Fortress exhibits a collection of items of decorative and applied art.
The main exposition of the museum contains the following collections: painting (more than 2 thousand units), graphics (about 24, 5 thousand units), sculpture (32 units), numismatics (almost 18 thousand units), as well as weapons, furniture, clothing, folk musical instruments, old printed and handwritten books, jewelry made of precious metals and stones, photographic materials and documents.
In the department of nature there are two sounded dioramas: "Belovezhskaya Pushcha" and "Polesie", which tell about the richness of the unique flora and fauna of the Brest region.
In the halls of the museum you can get an idea of the old way of life, folk crafts and arts, military affairs, the famous natives of Brest.
The museum also hosts exhibitions of art and collections from other museums.
