Location: Alkeevsky district, Bazarnye Mataki, the local history museum of Alkeevsky district, n.a. S.M. Lysenkov
The museum was founded in 2002 and opened in 2008. The museum is located in a building built in 1814. The museum is admitted to the Association of Cosmonautics Museums of the Russian Federation.
Local history museum of Alkeevsky district, n.a. S.M. Lysenkov’s expositions are dedicated to the district’s rich history – archaeological finds, preserved monuments of history, and culture dating back to the Paleolithic. The main and biggest part of the collection is represented by items of archeology, numismatics, ethnography, natural science collection, history of technology.
About the museum
“The local history museum of Alkeevsky district, n.a. S.M. Lysenkov, of the Alkeevsky municipal district of the Republic of Tatarstan, was created by decision No. 61 of December 21, 2002, for the storage, study and public presentation of natural and historical and cultural values, museum objects and museum collections, the implementation of research, socio-cultural and educational functions. During this period, 22,437 exhibits have accumulated in the museum’s funds. The main collections of museum collections are objects of archaeology, numismatics, ethnography, natural science collections, history of technology, applied arts, sculptures, graphics, paintings, rare books, documents, and weapons.
Great research work was carried out by the Golden Horde archaeological expedition headed by academician Albert Akhmetzyanovich Burkhanov. Among the finds, there is a rich assortment of ceramic dishes of the Bulgaro-Golden Horde tradition, clay and bone whorls, cast iron items, iron arrowheads, knives, nails, staples, and a coin with Arabic inscriptions, stone and glass items. In one of the numerous household pits, bones of fish, game, and animals were found.
Archaeologists, following the results of the excavations, presented the museum with unique exhibits: jewellery, and weapons of the soldiers of Batu Khan, Tamerlane, and Kubrat Khan.
The ancient part of the museum building was built, presumably, at the end of the XIX beginning. XX centuries During the Soviet period, the building was redevelopment: before the opening of the museum, this building housed the office of the Aktai state farm, the tax inspectorate.
A two-story red-brick building on a high plinth. All facades are equally detailed. There are 7 windows on the long side (main facade) of the rectangular house, and 4 on the short side. The architectural monument is a typical example of the residential development of the turn of the century in the eclectic style of the “brick” direction.”
