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The museum of the history of Borovichi city and Borovichi land is one of the most oldest museums in Novgorod region. The average amount of visitors per year is 16 740 people.

History
The museum has been appeared on the collegium of the county department of public education in May 1918. In its foundation there is a collection of Zhukovskiy and Gogol, organized in 1910 at the real specialized school of Borovichi city. The first exposition was opened in July the 16th 1921. The museum was named as "Borovichi museum of proletarium science, art and industry of Comprade Replo". From 1926 to 1927 the museum was closed. Its revival is connected to the name of Sergey Nikolayevich Porshnyakov. Since 1989 in the new bulding was opened the exposition dedicated to the history of Borovichi city and its land. In 2009 the museum changed its historical adress.

Expositions
The exposition is created in 2009,presented in five halls and covers the period from the neolithic age to Revolution in 1917. There are 30 929 storage units.

The building
The museum is located in the historical part of town, in the house of ex-mayor merchant of the 1st guild Shalgin, Matvey Yakovlivich. The building was built in the end of XIX century, in the classicism style.