We'll drop in at the museum. Museums of Irkutsk

The city of Irkutsk has acquired its name due to the local Irkut River, which flows on its territory. Founded in the middle of the XVII century, the city has grown to extraordinary proportions, having housed 600 thousand people on its expanses. Every year millions of tourists visit Irkutsk. One of the most important sights of this region is Lake Baikal. In addition, a special place among the cultural institutions of the city is occupied by His Majesty's Museum. Irkutsk museums are a separate page in its history. There are a lot of them here: local history, art, the museum of the Decembrists and others. Each of them has its own history of creation and development, its own style and atmosphere. To visit Irkutsk and not to visit its museums means to not see the city at all.

16 thousand works

Everything is beautiful in the city of Irkutsk. The Art Museum, which has the status of regional, deserves to be glorified and listed in these beauties. The institution was named in honor of Vladimir Platonovich Sukachev. This is the oldest museum and the largest in terms of the number of exhibits collected in it. There are masterpieces of graphics, paintings, sculptural and decorative art. More than 16 thousand items from the museum's collection belong to different epochs and different peoples.

VP Sukachev at one time was a city manager, and spent his entire life devoted to public affairs. It is with his name that the formation of everything that today guests can see in the Irkutsk Regional Art Museum is connected. For the institution, he bought paintings by Repin, Aivazovsky, Shishkin, Maximov and others, no less famous artists. Probably, not all museums of the city of Irkutsk can boast of such a variety of valuable historical exhibits.

The role of AD Fatyanov in the formation of the museum

Alexei Demyanevich Fatyanov made a significant contribution to the development of the Art Museum. In the late 40-ies of the last century, he received the post of director of the institution and held it until 1977. This person possessed all the qualities that a representative of such an important cultural profession should have. Thanks to his artistic taste, enthusiasm and patriotism, Alexei Demenyevich increased the number of museum exhibits several times. When he only took the director's post, their number totaled 3,057 units. Leaving the post, the director left 12,400 exhibits. Fatyanov gave the museum paintings of Savrasov, Levitan, Kramskoy, as well as canvases of Western artists and icons belonging to the 16th and 18th centuries. That's how he is creative, Irkutsk. The Art Museum of the city can boldly compete with the Louvre and the Hermitage.

Irkutsk Regional Museum of Local Lore

This museum is the oldest institution in all of Siberia. After all, it was founded in 1782. Exactly one century after the creation of the exposition, a special building was built for the museum of local lore. In the institution there were such famous researchers as Kudryavtsev and Okladnikov.

The present museum of local lore (Irkutsk) contains historical, natural, scientific and stock, methodological departments, a museum studio, a book fund and the House Museum named after. A. Vampilov. Each of the components of the institution actively replenishes its collections, develops and demonstrates results of its activities to the general public.

In memory of the Decembrists

As our reader has understood from all of the above, Irkutsk is a city that honors the memory of artists, researchers, sculptors and other representatives of art. This memory carries a museum. Irkutsk museums , all without exception, convey an atmosphere of history, love and an irresistible desire to perpetuate all those who reflect in their works the beauty of this world.

Irkutsk Museum of the Decembrists is designed to remind its guests about those who fought autocracy and serfdom. It was opened in the late 70s of the last century. In the beginning, the institution was located in a building that belonged to the family of Trubetskoi - a famous Decembrist. Then the institution was only one of the departments of the Irkutsk Local History Museum. Today the Irkutsk Historical and Memorial Museum of the Decembrists is a full-fledged institution that occupies two estates.

Other attractions

Undoubtedly, one of the main cultural attractions of any city is the museum. Museums of Irkutsk - a perfect confirmation of this. However, in such a huge city there is something to see and besides them. For example, the Church of the Savior. It is the oldest structure erected from stone. The church can present to the audience a large collection of bells. Among them there are Gilev exhibits, which are not equal in the whole world.

The White House is a worthy decoration of the city. It was built by Xenophon Sibiryakov at the beginning of the XIX century. The mansion is an example of Russian classicism, and authorship is attributed to Giacomo Quarenghi.

It is possible to describe the interesting places of this city indefinitely. Without any exaggeration, it can be argued that the whole of Irkutsk is a museum. The museums of Irkutsk are also a whole city.