Review of the best museums in Rostov-on-Don 2024

Rostov-on-Don is one of the top ten megacities in our country and has a unique southern flavor. The city located along the banks of the Don River has an ancient origin, has an unusual, diverse architecture dating back to different eras, numerous cathedrals and temples, a large number of unique sculptures and monuments. Rostov-on-Don is also rich in natural attractions and parks, and, of course, a variety of museums. The most famous and popular of them will be discussed.

The best museums of Rostov-on-Don

This includes large and significant museums that have the largest number of positive reviews from residents and guests of the city and provide the maximum amount of information about their activities.

Rostov Regional Museum of Local Lore

Address: Bolshaya Sadovaya street, 79

Opening hours: daily, except Monday, from 10:00 to 18:00

Phone: ☎ +7 863 263-55-72

This is one of the largest museums of local lore in the south of Russia. It was founded in 1937 and is currently the leading scientific center for ethnography, history, and Don culture.

The rich collections of the museum number over 375 thousand objects, the most interesting and impressive exposition presented in the “Treasures of the Don Steppes” hall has 2 thousand unique items of the 4th century. BC. - VIII century. AD The museum presents various expositions, interesting exhibitions are organized, lectures and various thematic events are held. In addition, the museum is a member of the Union of Russian Museums, takes part in international projects, and presents its collections in countries such as Japan, France, Germany, Scotland.

Also, social projects ("Forgotten Regiment", "Holy Russia, Keep the Orthodox Faith" and others) aimed at combating falsification of military history, as well as the formation of a historical worldview, preservation of Christian values ​​and familiarization with the culture of the Don peoples, brought great fame to the museum.

Collections

The fund of the museum keeps unique items that represent not only the natural resources of the multinational Rostov region, but also reflect all its historical periods, as well as culture, spiritual and material.

Natural science collection. Here you can see stuffed rare birds and animals that live exclusively in the Don steppes. These are representatives of the fauna listed in the Red Book, as well as a large collection of butterflies by entomologist M.A. Cornelio.

Ethnographic collection. It contains amazing and inimitable clothes of the Don peoples - festive fur coats and headdresses made of silk and velvet trimmed with pearls and gold embroidery. Embroidered shirts, traditional costumes, handicrafts and various household items, most of which are real works of art.In the same collection are presented folk instruments of Don residents, as well as music boxes, gramophones and other musical mechanisms.

Collection of weapons. There are memorial Cossack sabers and checkers, as well as military weapons from the First World War and the Great Patriotic War.

Collection of numismatics. Consists of many sections, and contains not only coins, but also orders and medals, signs, tokens and icons of different countries and time periods. Here you can also see real treasures of gold (Bosporan) and silver coins (from the time of Ivan IV the Terrible) and copper ones with the monogram of Catherine II.

Collection of documentary materials. Includes two large sections, a photographic fund and a collection of written sources. The Photo Fund is a collection of amateur and author's photographs of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, unique photographs of photojournalists during the Great Patriotic War, photographs of scientists-researchers of the nature of the Don Territory and the North Caucasus, as well as negatives, photographic equipment and albums.

The collection of written sources includes documents and rare editions of books, as well as mass printed editions. The collection of M.A. Sholokhov (a collection of the writer's books translated into the languages ​​of the peoples of the world, with autographs of famous political and public figures).

Exhibitions

The museum features exhibitions such as:

• "Treasures of the Don steppes";
• “Weapons of Russian Valor: Cold and Firearms of the 17th-20th Centuries. from the ROMK collection ”;
• “Talents and fans. Nakhichevan-on-Don - the city of theatergoers ";
• "Adygs - warriors, knights, hunters";
• Exhibition of reproductions of works by Hieronymus Bosch and Pieter Bruegel;
• "Fairy Tales Revived";
• Exhibition of reproductions of paintings by Frida Kahlo;
• Open storage exposition "Porcelain";
• Open storage exposition "Musical Lounge";
• The main exposition of the "Museum of Russian-Armenian Friendship" department;
• Open storage exposition "Historical and household items of Rostov and Nakhichevan".

Cost (in rubles)

Main exhibition ticket - 120; for schoolchildren, disabled people and conscripts - 50; for preschoolers - 30;

Ticket for an interactive tour - 100.

• interesting exhibitions;
• a large number of exhibits;
• a lot of positive impressions;
• unusual and educational activities;
• convenient location;
• friendly and courteous staff.

• part of the museum is closed;
• high ticket prices.

State Museum-Reserve M.A. Sholokhov

Address: Bolshaya Sadovaya street, 125/69

Opening hours: daily, except Monday, from 9:00 to 16:00

☎ Phone: +7 863 532-10-62

Founded in 1984, the country's only state museum-reserve dedicated to the writer M.A. Sholokhov, his life and work: the museum keeps more than 70,000 items that once belonged to the writer's family, including numerous documents, manuscripts, letters, personal belongings. All these unique values ​​constitute the core of the collection, which includes the area and houses where the writer lived.

There are two main expositions in Sholokhovsky and Bokovsky districts of Rostov region. The area of ​​the museum-reserve is 38,236 hectares, 3,820 of which are a protected landscape-reserve zone.

Collections

Museum of M.A. Sholokhova possesses unusual collections, thematically related to the life, work, everyday life of the writer, as well as preserving the nature of his native land:

• The house where M.A. was born Sholokhov and lived with his parents until 1910 (Kruzhilinsky farm);
• House-Museum, where the writer created most of the "Don Stories" (village Karginskaya);
• The house where M.A. Sholokhov lived and worked in the 30s, where the Virgin Land Raised and the third book of The Quiet Don (the village of Vyoshenskaya) were born;
• The manor, where the writer lived with his family from 1949 to 1984, where he created the story "The Fate of a Man", as well as the 2nd book "Virgin Lands Raised" and several chapters of the novel "They Fought for the Motherland";
• Literary exposition “M.A. Sholokhov. Time and Destiny ”, located in the building of the former gymnasium of the village where the future writer studied (in 1918).

In addition, the museum annually, at the end of May (on the writer's birthday), hosts the All-Russian folklore festival "Sholokhov Spring", which receives guests not only from different cities of Russia, but also from countries of near and far abroad.

Excursions

The aim of the museum is to acquaint guests not only with the life of the writer, but also with the culture, traditions of life and the way of life of the Don Cossacks, to show the beauty of the nature of the Don region. And, since the museum is also a reserve, the following excursions are held in it:

• excursions to the main objects of the museum;
• sightseeing tours around the Sholokhov places and the village of Veshenskaya;
• weekend tours;
• tours for schoolchildren and students;
• event tours (including participation in such holidays as "Sholokhov Spring" and "Kruzhilinskie Cleanup");
• fishing tours;
• ethnographic tours;
• ecological routes;
• literary routes;
• horse routes;
• boat trips along the Don.
• In addition, additional services are provided here to ensure a comfortable stay for guests:
• business tours;
• conducting seminars, presentations, business meetings and corporate events;
• transport service;
• organization of accommodation and meals.

Cost (in rubles)

• A single ticket for the museum - 900 (adults), 500 (students);
• Excursions in the village of Veshenskaya - 50-500 (adults), 30-500 (students);
• Excursions in the village of Karginskaya - 50-200 (adults), 50-100 (students);
• Excursions in the Kruzhilinsky farm - 50-200 (for everyone);
• Visiting events and exhibitions in Rostov-on-Don - 150-250 (for all);
• Stables of the Museum-Reserve (a single ticket for an excursion, riding, feeding a horse, magnet) - 260 (for all);
• Sightseeing tours (groups of 10, 20, 30 people) - 600-3,000 (for all).

• many positive impressions;
• the museum inspires and spiritually enriches;
• varied, unusual excursions;
• the opportunity to visit the museum's stable;
• comfortable living conditions;
• the opportunity to enjoy the nature of the region;
• beautiful architecture of buildings.

• high ticket prices.

Regional Museum of Fine Arts

Address: Pushkinskaya street, 115

Opening hours: daily from 10:00 to 18:00, Tue - day off; ticket office - from 10:00 to 17:30

☎ Phone: +7 863 240-23-33

The museum was officially opened in 1938, but the collection of the museum began its formation much earlier, representing at the beginning of the 20th century. exhibitions of paintings by Russian artists. Since its foundation, the main exposition of the museum has been replenished with exhibits from the Hermitage, the Russian Museum and the Tretyakov Gallery. In 1942 the collection suffered significant losses, as it was plundered by German troops. Subsequently, some of the paintings were returned, but it was not possible to return the collection to its pre-war appearance.

Today, the museum is located in two buildings - in an old mansion built in 1898. on Pushkinskaya Street, and on Chekhov Avenue. The main exposition is located in the building on Pushkinskaya, the fourth floor of which is completely occupied by the restoration workshop and the museum storage.

The museum fund stores over 6,000 works of various types of art, and is divided into collections: graphics, painting, sculpture and decorative and applied arts. Each collection is broken down into temporary sections as well as countries (schools).

Collections

Collection of Russian art. It is a significant part of the main exhibition. This collection includes works by Russian masters of painting, exhibited in chronological order - from works of icon painters to works of various directions of art of the early XX. This includes works by famous artists of the 18th-20th centuries, such as A. Antropov, K. Bryulov, I. Aivazovsky, I. Repin, I. Kramskoy, K. Korovin, I. Levitan, V. Surikov, M. Saryan. In addition, the collection includes works by artists born in the Don region: A. Avanesov, N. Dubrovsky, G. Artemov, I. Krylov. Section dedicated to 20th century art.founded in the post-war period, it contains works of graphic artists, artists, sculptors and applied artists: works by I. Mashkov, A. Laktionov, V. Fomin, G. Pimenov, A. Osmerkin, A. and S. Tkachevs and others.

Collection of Western European art of the 17th-19th centuries A small, but rich in content collection, representing all major European schools: Dutch, German, Flemish, French, Italian. The collection also includes works by G. Carpione, M. Preti, a canvas by P. Rubens, and a separate hall is reserved for the exhibition of paintings by the "Little Dutchmen".

Collection of works of masters of the East. Located in the department of foreign art, and includes exquisite examples of applied art and sculpture from China and Japan: He-He's twin sculptures (the oldest exhibits of the collection), Chinese porcelain products, netsuke figurines of the 19th-20th centuries, a samurai sword (" tanto "), as well as traditional gohua painting.

In addition, the Regional Museum of Fine Arts organizes traveling and virtual exhibitions.

Exposure

On Chekhov Avenue, 60:

• Painting. Foreign art of the 17th-19th centuries;
• Graphic arts. Foreign art of the 17th-19th centuries;
• Art of the East (China, Japan, India);
• Don's arts and crafts;
• Decorative and applied art of Europe.

On Pushkinskaya, 115:

• Russian art. Icon painting of the 17th-19th centuries;
• Russian art. Painting XVII - early. XX centuries.

Cost (in rubles)

Ticket for visiting the exposition "Russian Art": 40-60 (children, conscripts, people with disabilities), 70 (students), 80 (pensioners), 120 (other categories of visitors);

Ticket for viewing the exposition "Western European Art": 20-40 (children, conscripts, people with disabilities, pensioners), 35 (students), 60 (for other categories of visitors);

The cost of visiting the exhibition in the Children's Art Gallery: 30-80 (for children, conscripts, people with disabilities, retirees), 70 (students), 120 (for other categories of visitors).

• beautiful architecture of an old mansion;
• holding concerts of classical music;
• the opportunity to see the paintings of famous artists;
• friendliness and attentive attitude of the museum staff.
• reasonable ticket prices.

• the room is cold.

Rostov Museum of Cosmonautics

Address: Stachki Avenue, 231/2

Opening hours: daily from 9:00 to 16:00

☎ Phone: 8 (918) 578-88-69

The Rostov Museum of Cosmonautics is a part of the scientific and educational complex "Vertical", which conducts research in the field of cosmonautics. "Vertical", in turn, won recognition among those who are interested in the vast expanses of the Universe and human capabilities in outer space.

The opening of the museum took place in September 2009, initiated by V.N. Motin is an Honored Designer of the Russian Federation, Doctor of Sciences, Academician and Vice President of the Russian Engineering Academy. The first excursion was conducted by Yu.V. Usachev - Hero of Russia, pilot-cosmonaut.

Currently, the museum is conducting research and cultural education activities, educational and entertainment events.

Collections

The museum invites its guests to get acquainted with such interesting and unusual objects as:

• models of space technology;
• astronaut suits;
• space suits;
• models of spaceships and satellites;
• things that belonged to astronauts;
• archival documents;
• spacecraft attitude control devices;
• navigation devices of rockets and modules;
• models of spaceships;
• photographs and books on the topic of space;
• coins, stamps, awards.

In addition, the museum provides an opportunity to learn how the life of astronauts works, offering samples of food for viewing, unusual ways of storing food and other unique items that allow you to lead an ordinary life in extraordinary conditions.

Exposure

The exhibits of the Cosmonautics Museum are so unusual that it is recommended to view them only together with a professional guide.

The core of the exposition includes more than 400 different items, the most special of which are:

• details of the Soyuz spacecraft;
• astronauts' tools necessary for work in the orbit of our planet;
• equipment for emergencies, for example, a spacesuit that allows you to stay up to 5 days without the danger of hypothermia (used when landing in water).
• The center of the exhibition is the Soyuz TMA-10 space descent vehicle of the fifteenth visiting crew to the ISS. This unique object has taken its place in the museum thanks to the State Corporation Roscosmos. Museum workers restored the apparatus and converted it into a simulator for simulating the maneuvers of maneuvered ships. In the Southern Federal District of the Russian Federation, such a simulator is the only operating model.
• In addition, visitors to the Museum of Cosmonautics can experience the convenience of a lodgment - an armchair in which the cosmonaut is during the launch and landing. The museum also organizes virtual "flights" into space, and tells the story of life and work in orbit in the form of a documentary.

Cost (in rubles)

• A ticket to visit the exposition - 250 (adults), 150 (children);
• Photography - 250;
• Video filming - 450.

• museum exhibits are of great interest to both adults and children;
• friendly museum staff;
• wonderful guide;
• spectacular documentary;
• exciting, exciting excursions.

• not found.

Open Air Museum of Railway Engineering

Address: Gnilovskaya station, Rostov-on-Don

Opening hours: every day, except Monday, from 10-00 to 17-00

☎ Phone: +7 (863) 238-28-95.

In 1991, students of RIIZhT (Rostov Institute of Railway Engineers) and RTZhT (Rostov Technical School of Railway Transport), as well as enthusiasts of the All-Union Society of Railway Lovers (VOLZhD) and railway workers began to collect a collection of old rolling stock. Thanks to the support of the railway management (deputy head of the railway A.M. Lubyatov and former deputy head of the locomotive service V.F.Ivanov), a collection of railway equipment was completed for several years.

On August 1, 2003, on the eve of the holiday - the day of the railway worker, the Museum of Railway Engineering of the North Caucasus Railway was opened at the Gnilovskaya station, which became a branch of the Road Museum of History (in 2005 it turned 45). At first, the exhibition area of ​​the museum included up to 40 samples of ancient technology:

• steam locomotives (including pre-war, operating);
• passenger cars;
• the first electric and diesel locomotives;
• samples of railway equipment;
• hoisting crane 1935 buildings and weighing 45 tons, which is the only one preserved on the North Caucasian-Railway-Road;
• mechanical semaphore.

Collections

Today, the exposition of the museum has over 50 exhibits, including:

• steam locomotives, diesel locomotives and electric locomotives;
• electric train;
• freight and passenger cars;
• railway equipment;
• semaphore and traffic light;
• hydrocolumn;
• restored electric locomotive VL22M;
• a 1935 motor vehicle;
• post-war shunting locomotive;
• old cistern;
• steam boiler model;
• model of the steam distribution mechanism;
• motorcycle rail TD5 and motorcycle rail of the 1930s (in working order);
• a restored heating car from the Great Patriotic War, with a restored interior;
• a Romanian cistern of the 70s of the XIX century, which belongs to the trophy rolling stock and is one of the most unique and ancient exhibits of the museum;
• the oldest surviving carriage, produced in 1869 by the English factory "Glosser" and more than 20 samples of not yet restored equipment from the collection of rolling stock.

Retro tours

The museum has been conducting daily retro tours since May 2005. The retro train consists of two cars and a steam locomotive SU 250-64, which was produced in the 40s of the XX century. The trip lasts just over two hours, with a stop at the Gnilovskaya station, where the museum is located. There, excursions are conducted for passengers of retro trains.The retro train departs from the Prigorodny Railway Station at 10-38 (Monday to Friday) and at 13-50 (Saturday and Sunday).

Cost:

Excursion ticket - 100 rubles;

Photography - 200 rubles. (photography on a mobile phone is free).

• all exhibits can be touched with hands and even climbed inside;
• informative, interesting exposition;
• an impressive collection of equipment samples;
• attractive ticket price;
• a lot of fun visiting.

• far from the city center.

There are also many art galleries and exhibition centers, museums devoted to history, science and technology in Rostov-on-Don. And which one to choose for visiting depends only on personal preferences, interests in a particular topic.

In any case, every guest of the city will definitely find an informative and exciting excursion, will be able to touch the history of the city, get acquainted with its famous inhabitants, its nature and unique features of the region, and, of course, will receive a lot of positive impressions.