Review of the best museums in Chelyabinsk 2024

Each city has its own history and attractions that attract tourists. Chelyabinsk is the seventh city in terms of population and the fifteenth largest in the entire immense Russia. The foundation was started from the Chelyabinsk fortress back in 1736, and the status of the city was awarded more than 40 years later, in 1781.

A week will not be enough for a full inspection and visiting all possible excursions around the city. Chelyabinsk has a large number of museums of different subjects and trends. All of them have interesting and informative expositions.

History museums

Chelyabinsk Regional Museum of Local Lore

Russia, the city of Chelyabinsk, Truda street, house number 100

Working hours: Monday to Friday from 10.00 to 18.00, Saturday and Sunday from 11.00 to 18.00 (ticket offices are open until 17.00)

Telephones for communication: ☎ (351) 263-08-32; 265-23-88

The museum is located in the city center, there are many other attractions nearby, so an excursion to the main museum will easily fit into a walking tour or a city tour. Every traveler should visit the cradle of the history of the Urals. It contains many historical and modern exhibits. There are permanent exhibitions and exhibitions organized on the occasion of significant dates or events.

The main fund is over 250,000 exhibits.

The permanent exhibition halls are dedicated to:

• Nature and antiquity history;
• People's life and history;
• The development of history in the twentieth century.

The famous Chelyabinsk meteorite, which fell in 2013, is considered a significant and loudest exhibit. Documents, coins, bones of ancient animals and stuffed animals of extinct, numerous household accessories and items of clothing.

The museum inside the museum can be called the observation deck "Museum on the Roof", which offers picturesque landscapes and views of the city.

In 2016, the name was changed to the State Historical Museum of the South Urals. This name has a more global content that fully corresponds to the entire deep history of the institution.

• Convenient location in the heart of the city;
• Modern architecture of the building, attracting the attention of tourists and travelers;
• A large number of exhibits and expositions;
• There is a separate room for children, where a combined exhibition is assembled, which covers a little bit of everything that is in the museum, since it is impossible to see everything with children;
• Here you can get acquainted with both the history and modernity of the entire Urals;
• The educational and educational role of the museum is not in question.

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Museum of retro cars

Russia, the city of Chelyabinsk, Troitsky tract, 22a / 1, shopping center "Mayak +"

Working hours: from Wednesday to Sunday from 10.00 to 17.00. Day off - Monday, Tuesday.

An unusual exhibition of old cars will attract the attention of both motorists and simply lovers of history and antiquity.The unusual exposition of the museum is located in a shopping center, in a convenient crowded place, where it is difficult to pass by without looking. Plus, the absolutely symbolic cost of a full ticket is 10 rubles, only 10 kopecks for school students and retirees.

The exposition includes 20 cars of different years of production from the very beginning of the 20th century. Each exhibit is accompanied by educational information and photographs. Two cars are allowed to sit down, look at, touch, the rest can only be watched, but this is usually enough. In the attached information card, you can find out everything about the internal structure, place of production and manufacturer, additional photos illustrate the history of the "life" of the vehicle.

Visiting such places, you can plunge into other historical eras, touch the antiquity and feel how far the century of technological progress has gone.

Of course, you should take your children with you, it will be especially interesting for them to sit in an old car and touch the history with their own hands and hear about something that happened long before their birth.

• Convenient location;
• The opportunity to touch in the literal sense of the word some of the exhibits;
• Good information base about all cars;
• Free access with a symbolic value;
• Great discount in price for schoolchildren and seniors.

• A small number of exhibits presented in the museum.

Museum of Labor and Military Glory of the Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant named after V.I. Lenin

Russia, Chelyabinsk, Lenin Avenue, 19

Contact phone: ☎ (351) 775-44-67

Visiting hours: Monday to Friday from 10.00 to 13.00

The museum was opened back in 1967. Its exposition hides a long history of the plant and its activities: from 1929 to the present day. At the very beginning, there were only 2 thousand exhibits in the arsenal, but their number grew. In addition to the technology itself, many documents are stored here, each page of which breathes its own era and this breath is transmitted to each visitor.

You can read a lot of admiring, surprised and grateful responses to the museum of labor and military glory of the Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant and its employees. Each of them tells about how amazingly a whole era has been preserved, during the excursion there is a feeling of moving in time.

The museum not only conducts excursions, but also numerous meetings with veterans, organizes joint events for schools (educational and propaganda functions). Employees make every effort to attract the attention of young people, to activate the revival of the profession.

The team received more than 25 awards of various levels.

By visiting all the proposed exhibitions, you can learn about:

• Tractors of the industrialization era (information about more than 100,000 units is stored);
• Tank arsenal of the Great Patriotic War;
• About the technique that was used in the development of virgin lands, as well as Antarctica;
• About the first heavy-duty industrial tractors and much more.

Museum of Labor and Military Glory of the Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant named after Lenin is not just the history of one tractor plant, it is the history of every person born in the USSR, the history of a great country, the power and strength of which is still felt everywhere and is kept in the hearts of many people.

• Located in the city center;
• Has a large number of positive and very attractive reviews, thanks to which more and more visitors tend to visit excursions;
• The entrance to the museum is free;
• The guide works even if you need to conduct an excursion for one person;
• Very responsible and attentive staff, you can feel the love for your work;

• I would like to see more equipment, at least its layouts.

Museum of the History of the South Ural Railway

Russia, Chelyabinsk, Zwillinga street, 63

Contact phone: ☎ (351) 268-33-21

Working hours: Monday-Sunday 08.00-19.00

The museum was founded in 1973, visiting it is a kind of railway journey into the past, into the history of the development of this type of transport and mode of transportation. Today the funds number more than 17 thousand exhibits, including signal bells, all possible additional funds, documentary information and, of course, steam locomotives, electric locomotives, trains.

This is an entertaining open-air museum. Behind the gates of the main entrance there is a view of a real platform with real tracks on both sides as it should be. It is on these paths that there are steel exhibits, which breathe with history and a mystery that one wants to unravel.

The placement of expositions is based on a chronological principle. The very first steam locomotive was created back in 1834. It was used to transport ore to Nizhny Tagil for smelting. Slow, only at a speed of about 15 km per hour, but in addition to cargo it could carry up to 40 people. Now, in an age of active technical and digital progress, such a rarity is even difficult to imagine, but in the museum you can see it: an excellent model of a steam locomotive is among the exhibits of the museum.

The first railway in Russia (opened in 1837) is illustrated by a reproduction of K. Beggrov's watercolor painting. Each significant event in the development of the Russian railway industry, one way or another, found its reflection in this unusual place. Lanterns, bells, nameplates, locomotives and individual cars combined with the interior of the platform create an unforgettable impression.

Museum workers are actively involved in educational activities, collaborate with other museums, schools and educational institutions. Here not only excursions are held, but also various events in which a large number of people take part. On the museum's website, you can find lists of expositions and reviews of visitors.

The advantageous location next to the railway station makes it possible to see old technology accompanied by the sounds of a modern railway station coming from afar, which creates additional realism of the excursion.

• Unusual open-air organization;
• Located not far from the train station;
• You can plunge into a real historical setting, touch and wander between locomotives and carriages;
• The guide presents interesting material that is easily perceived even by children;
• The entrance to the museum is free, only the work of the guide is paid.

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Museum of the history of the city of Chelyabinsk

Russia, Chelyabinsk city, Truda street, house 98

Contact phone: ☎ (351) 263-08-32

Working hours: Monday-Sunday from 10.00 to 19.00

Founded in 2014. Location is an old building, a mansion that previously belonged to the merchants Shikhov-Pokrovsky. The fund comprises over 70 thousand exhibits related to the history and culture of the city.

The history of the small homeland is of great importance for the development of patriotism among children and youth, therefore educational goals are achieved through cooperation with educational institutions of the city, various organizations. There are permanent exhibitions and temporary exhibitions dedicated to important dates.

Chelyabinsk has a deep history and many historical monuments and buildings that can still be seen with our own eyes. Numerous documents and photographs are also kept, which show already lost objects.

• The museum is of great educational and historical importance;
• A lot of significant information of great historical value is stored here;
• The visit is free.

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Art museums

Chelyabinsk State Museum of Fine Arts

Russia, Chelyabinsk city, Truda street, house 92

Contact phone: ☎ (351) 266-38-17

Working hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday - Sunday 10.00-18.00, Thursday 12.00-20.00, closed on Monday

The museum was founded in 1940 and is considered the only one of its kind in the South Urals associated with art. Fine arts have always been appreciated and popular.Among the permanent expositions of the Art Gallery Museum, which has its own subdivisions (an exposition dedicated to ancient Russian art, Russian art from the 18th to the early 20th centuries, as well as an exhibition of Western European porcelain of the 18th-20th centuries), the Ural Pavilion, introducing visitors to the development of various Ural crafts. In addition to the permanent halls, there are many temporary exhibitions and galleries, master classes and events on various topics, timed to coincide with certain events in the history and culture of the city and the entire region.

The museum has a program of lectures on various topics and subjects, the employees present and present material in an interesting way, which attracts the audience.

The cost of visiting permanent exhibitions is 70-100 rubles, temporary exhibitions - 150. There are discounts for pensioners and students, which is important.

• The museum is located in the city center;
• The funds have a large number of exhibits;
• Permanent exhibitions are regularly updated with new paintings;
• Temporary exhibitions are always interesting and attractive to visitors.

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Museum of arts and crafts of the Urals

Russia, Chelyabinsk city, Revolution Square, 1

Contact phone: ☎ (351) 266-27-06

Working hours: Tuesday-Sunday 10.00 - 18.00. The day off is Monday. Every last Thursday of the month - free until age 18.

The Urals have long been famous for the variety of folk crafts, decorative and applied arts. Craftsmen glorified the Urals with embroidery, decorative cast iron, engravings on steel, clay and porcelain products. Folk art has no limits and carries valuable historical information through the centuries. That is why the Museum of Decorative and Applied Arts was organized.

The expositions of the museum amaze with the difference in themes and the brightness of the products presented: there are folk crafts, products of the Zlatoust arms factory, and hand-painted dishes.

Cast iron art casting is a special highlight. This kind of art is presented at all stages of its development, new exhibits continue to replenish funds.

On the basis of the museum, personal exhibitions, conferences and meetings of artists and people of art are often organized.

The educational work of the employees is clearly visible in the organized lectures on various topics about the arts of the Ural region.

The exposition structure consists of four main components:

• Hall named after E.V. Alexandrov for temporary exhibitions;
• Small hall for temporary exhibitions;
• Ural pavilion with works of Ural masters;
• Art Salon "Governor's".

In addition, there is a souvenir shop on the territory of the museum where you can buy a variety of themed souvenirs and handicrafts.

• The museum building is located in the city center and fits into tourist routes;
• Rich expositions illustrate the talent and ingenuity of the people and the entire region;
• The museum performs educational, collective and preserving functions: it is the items of folk art that characterize historical epochs well;
• Tickets are not overpriced, on the last Thursday of each month admission is free for children under 18.

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Any museum, no matter what theme it may be, is a separate world worth visiting. The question of what museums are for can only arise for a child. Every adult clearly understands their importance in the development of culture, learning new things, preserving the memory of history. Chelyabinsk museums (and there are more than 25 of them) adequately fulfill the mission entrusted to them.