Architecture & Heritage 1 min read
The main house of the Sukachev Estate has closed for repairs
For the first time since 2008 the building will undergo major work; the park and the other exhibition spaces remain open.
Articles
Topic: museums
History, architecture, Baikal, food and the seasons — writing that helps you see more than meets the eye.
Nature & Wildlife 1 min read
Baikal stone sculpins have moved to the Museum of the World Ocean
Baikal Museum staff took the endemic fish to Kaliningrad; after quarantine they will be shown in an aquarium devoted to Baikal.
Culture & Traditions 1 min read
“Preserving the Memory of Centuries”: archives of three countries show religious architecture
At the regional museum you can see design sketches of the Alar datsan of 1890, the first Buddhist temple built in the Angara region.
History of Irkutsk 1 min read
A “Gaidai Centre” is being created in a historic building on Uritskogo Street
Leonid Gaidai lived in Irkutsk until he was 26. A museum and film space named after him is planned to open in early 2028.
Long Reads 1 min read
A year of openings at the regional museum: from Russian America to children’s archaeology
New exhibitions, a children’s centre, an interactive icebreaker and a bus route to Baikal — what is new at the museum of local history.
History of Irkutsk 1 min read
The Irkutsk City History Museum is renovating the former Kladishcheva school building
The Rogal Exhibition Centre has already been repaired; the main building, a monument of regional significance, is due to be finished by 31 October.
History of Irkutsk 1 min read
The children’s centre “ARCHAEOLOGY” opens at the regional museum
The new space in the Window to Asia department takes children from searching for an artefact to its scientific interpretation.
Long Reads 1 min read
Taltsy at 60: a museum that is still being built
The most visited museum in the Irkutsk Region keeps growing: settlers’ farmsteads, a synagogue from Zima and opera by the walls of the Ilimsk fort.
Culture & Traditions 1 min read
Taltsy turns 60: a horse breeder’s house and a synagogue open at the museum
The synagogue was recreated from documents and photographs of a 1905 building in Zima. Work on the two exhibitions took almost two years.