WARNING: from July 2013 the head museum association – Tver Regional Museum – closed for restoration.
Tver State United Museum is one of the country's largest museum association storing priceless documentary and material evidence on the history of Russia and the Tver region. The museum was founded in 1866 as a historical – archaeological on the initiative of the Tver Regional Committee. Commission for its establishment is headed by Governor of Tver P. Bagration. On the eve of 1917, the museum was one of the richest repositories of provincial Antiquities – there were 18 thousand. exhibits: 7,000 scrolls, over 900 manuscripts, archives of noble families, over 150 early printed books.
In 1977 the was established association of museums of district. Today in composition of GBUK TGOM are 32 museums of different profile: local history, literature, military – historical, ethnographic, musically – memorial, Museum of Nature. In 1994, the museum is located in a former real school. In the construction of exposure, much attention was paid to the search for new forms of representation of reality. Winner of the "Changing Museum in a Changing World" 2005 – the project "Environmental Education Project intermuseum" Pomoy-ka '' and 2009 – the project "Tver treasures."
Hours:
Wed – Sun: 11.00 – 17.00
Closed on Monday, Tuesday
Friends, we draw your attention to the fact that the time and days of the Tver State Museum are subject to change, so we recommend to call before visiting +7 (4822) 34 – 51 – 27.