Grodno Historical and Archaeological Museum description and photos - Belarus: Grodno (Topic)

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The Grodno State Historical and Archaeological Museum was opened on December 9, 1922 in the house of the former vice-governor on the initiative and under the leadership of an outstanding historian, archaeologist and local historian Jozef Yodkovsky. He laid the foundation for an impressive museum collection, conducting archaeological excavations of the Lower Church of the 12th century, collecting unique art objects, old books and coins.

In 1926, the museum was replenished with a collection of insects, minerals and shells, which he brought from America and transferred Museum Stanislav Zhivna. Now the natural exposition is located in the branch of the museum in the New Castle.

Unfortunately, during the Nazi occupation during the Great Patriotic War, the museum funds suffered greatly from the predatory plundering of the invaders. The restoration of the museum began immediately after the liberation of Grodno from the Nazi troops. The doors of the museum were reopened to visitors in 1945.

Now the Grodno State Historical and Archival Museum has one of the most impressive collections in the Republic of Belarus. Its funds include more than 190 thousand exhibits.

The main exposition is located in the Old Castle - the palace of King Stefan Batory (XVI century). In 19 rooms you can get acquainted with the history of Grodno and the nature of the Prineman region. There are permanent exhibitions: `` The oldest monuments of Ponemania '', `` Grodno discovered by archaeologists '', `` History and culture of the region in the XIII-XIX centuries. '', `` Grodno antiquity '', `` From the first to the second world war '' , " Grodno region during the Great Patriotic War "," The nature of the edge ". The branch of the museum in the New Castle has 9 rooms with permanent exhibitions: `` New Castle. Events and Fate ", Preserved Values ", " The Amazing World of Nature. Inhabitants of land and oceans '', '' Weapons of the past centuries ''. The Gorodnitsa History Museum is dedicated to the activities of the Grodno headman Anthony Tizengauz. Permanent exhibition: "Gorodnitsa Buildings and Royal Manufactories".

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