Museum of Ethnography (Kostroma)

Prosveshcheniya Street, Kostroma, tel.: +7 4942 57-78-72.

The museum was opened in 1970. In 1955, the first exhibits (the Church of the Transfiguration built of wood in 1713 and pillar-based baths) were brought here from the Kostroma Lowlands.

This most interesting open-air museum presents 16th to 19th century churches, bell towers, cottages and household outbuildings brought from different districts comprising the Kostroma Region. The interiors of these buildings are occupied by expositions that tell about the traditional daily life of Russian peasants.

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