Introduction to the Irkutsk Local History Museum: The Irkutsk Local History Museum is one of the oldest museums in Russia, founded in 1782. At first it was just a room in the city's library. In 1854, the museum was transferred to the Eastern Siberian Branch of the Royal Russian Geographical Society, and the museum's collection was built on the society's collection. The museum holds more than 50 exhibitions every year, introducing the material and spiritual life of Siberia, the Far East, China, Korea and Mongolia; the collection of Central Asian ethnography exceeds 30,000; the unique archaeological collection exceeds 100,000, and the natural collection The collection also numbers in the tens of thousands.
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