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The Shakhty Museum of local lore
The Shakhty Museum of local lore -museum in the city of Shakhty, Rostov region. The Museum building is an architectural monument of the late XIX century (1896). The Museum was founded in 1966, opened on may 18, 1967. Address: 346500, Rostov region, Shakhty city, Shevchenko str., 149.

History and description
Shakhtinsky Museum of local lore is located in the center of the city of Shakhty, in an old building, it was built in 1896. Now the building belongs to the monuments. Since 1896, the building was named in honor of the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, in memory of the coronation Of Their Imperial Majesties — Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, Alexander Church parish school. School 1907 was a model. In the Central room of the building high domed ceilings, creating a Museum atmosphere of antiquity.

The Museum is a large municipal Museum of the Rostov region. Its main Fund has about 13 000 units. The Museum was contained ancient icons and photographs, historical documents of different periods, household items and personal belongings of citizens. At the time, the Academy of arts of the USSR donated about 200 paintings to the Museum.

The Museum has themed rooms: "Old town", "petty-bourgeois life", "the Military glory of the city", "Nature of the don region". In the art gallery of the Museum, exhibitions of graphics, painting, applied art, etc., are musical and poetic evenings, meetings about the noble people of the city. There are five thematic halls in the Museum. In two of its halls devoted to the events of the great Patriotic war collected weapons, personal belongings of soldiers, photos and documents. One of the Museum's expositions is devoted to the don nature, there are many animals and birds living in the don region. In the Museum you can get acquainted with the history of coal mining in the region, Meshchansky interior residents of XIX—XX centuries.

On November 12, 2015 the administration of the Museum took out from the territory of the burned — down building of the "Museum of the history of coal industry" to the yard of the local history Museum of the city Museum a Museum exhibit-a monument to Lenin. In the future, the need for its restoration will be considered.

Sahtinskiy the Museum has a Literary Association named after the poet Alexei Nedogonov. A. I. Nedogonov was born from the city of Alexander-Grushevsky (now the city of the Mine of the Rostov region), was born on October 19 (November 1), 1914.

Category:Museums in Rostov Oblast‎