Articles
History, architecture, Baikal, food and the seasons — writing that helps you see more than meets the eye.
History of Irkutsk 1 min read
The Window to Asia department shows fragments of a Steller’s sea cow skeleton and objects from the 18th–19th centuries. Open until 1 March 2027.
Travel Tips 1 min read
Irkutsk guides held a festival of tours: wooden architecture, merchant Irkutsk, a maritime route with the icebreaker Angara.
History of Irkutsk 1 min read
The regional museum tells the story of Bolshaya Street, from the palisade of 1726 to its renaming as Karl Marx Street in 1920.
Food & Local Cuisine 1 min read
The Pepel restaurant is in the house where the geologist and explorer Sergei Peretolchin lived.
Seasonal Travel 1 min read
On 2 November four of the museum’s venues offered lectures on the rock art of Eastern Siberia, collectors’ tours and Siberian dances.
