Unusual museums of the Murmansk region

The Atomic Energy Information Center and the permanent exhibition "Atom and the Arctic" – an interactive museum and educational complex of the history of the nuclear icebreaker fleet, the development of the Northern Sea Route, industrial development, climatic features and ecology of the Arctic - operate on board the nuclear icebreaker "Lenin".  

The furniture, the interior of the icebreaker and the mechanisms have been preserved in their original form. The vessel is equipped with wide aisles, a sauna, a relaxation room, a darkroom, a cinema projector and a library.

The icebreaker museum hosts organized excursions to the crew canteen, the power station, the medical unit, the club premises, the captain's cabin and the captain's bridge. During the tour, they visit the mess hall, where they have met famous political and cultural figures in different years. Among the guests who visited the icebreaker are Fidel Castro, Yuri Gagarin, US Vice President Richard Nixon, Alexandra Pakhmutova.

Address: Gor. Murmansk, Port passage, house 25 (Marine station)

Cost: 600 rubles

The cost of discounted tickets:adult – 400 rubles

• pension – 200 rubles
  
• student – 200 rubles
  
• children (up to 17 years old inclusive) – 100 rubles

Working days: Wednesday – Sunday and all public holidays except December 31, January 1 and January 7.

Sightseeing tours start at 12:00, 13:30 and 15:00. Visits to these sessions are on a first–come, first-served basis, without an appointment and an additional fee for the tour service.

The planetarium hosts lectures, master classes and other scientific and technical events, educational workshops, game lectures and fascinating scientific shows.

The growing collection of bright films in the FullDome format guarantees the effect of complete immersion of the audience. The duration of films from varies from 35 to 50 minutes.

In the hall of the planetarium there is a space photo zone for extraterrestrial photographs, a giant rotating globe with a map of constellations.

Address: Gor. Murmansk, Sofia Perovskaya Street, house 21A (ground floor of the Murmansk Regional Scientific Library

Cost: 170 rubles, you can buy tickets using the "Pushkin card"

Working hours: 

• Monday – Friday – from 10:00 to 22:00
• Saturday – from 12:00 to 22:00
• Sunday – from 12:00 to 20:00

To visit the scientific and entertainment programs of the Planetarium, you must make an appointment in advance for the screening.

The museum space is filled with fascinating photo zones, sculptures, interactive objects, virtual animals and, moreover, the interior consists of 90% of real objects – from furniture to plumbing.

And yet, thousands of Lego men live in an Upside-down House, who staged an escape!

Address: Gor. Murmansk, Rogozerskaya str., 4Cost: 350 rubles, children under 5 years old – free of charge

Opening hours: Monday – Thursday – from 11:00 to 20:00, Friday – Sunday – from 11:00 to 21:00

The museum is located in the heart of the city and is famous for its rich collection of minerals, mining models, multimedia expositions and various events.

The first two floors of the main exposition tell about the history of the development of the Khibiny and the development of the Apatite combine, the extraction of apatite-nepheline ore. Here you will also get acquainted with the collection of minerals from the Khibiny and other regions of our planet (about 3,500 samples from around the world).

On the second floor, children can relax and study educational materials in a special play area.

The third floor in the IEC is reserved for space for temporary exhibitions. On this floor there is an exhibition "Life and customs of the Russian Empire" with a unique collection of samovars and objects of Russian life of the XVIII – XIX centuries.

The tower of the IEC "Apatit" houses a multimedia exhibition "Journey from the bowels of the Earth to the atmosphere", illustrating the structure of the Earth, affecting the general geology of the Khibiny, their formation, legends and other aspects. From the top floor of the tower, from a 25-meter height, the tour participants can admire the panorama of the city and the Khibiny. You can get to the tower only with a guided tour.

Audio guides have been prepared for guests who want to explore the IEC on their own.

Address: Gor. 4A Lenin Avenue, Kirovsk

Cost: free of charge

Working hours:

• daily from 10:00 to 21:00 (entrance until 20:00)
• the last Friday of each month is a sanitary day

The museum, opened on August 26, 2001 in honor of the 70th anniversary of the Garden Institute, has expositions that will introduce you to the history and activities Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institute.

In the expositions you can see the first documents, thanks to which the Garden appeared. Learn more about the laboratories and what each of them does. The museum will fully demonstrate to each guest the past and present of the northernmost botanical garden in Russia.

Address: Gor. Kirovsk, Botanic Garden street

Cost: 

• adult – 250 rubles
• pension – 150 rubles
• student – 150 rubles
• school – 150 rubles
• preschoolers – 100 rubles
• children's camps – 100 rubles
• children under 3 years old, children from orphanages and orphanages, people with disabilities, combat veterans – free of charge
• foreign citizens – 500 rubles

Working hours: Tuesday – Saturday – at 10:00 and 12:00

Visiting by appointment.

More than 200 exhibits that will introduce marine and forest birds, mammals and other inhabitants of the reserve and the Murmansk region. The dioramas "Seabed", "Birds of the White Sea", "Birds of the Barents Sea" are presented.

The museum has a visitor center where you can watch videos to dive even deeper into the theme of wildlife.

Address: Gor. Kandalaksha, Linnaya str., house 35

Working hours:

• Tuesday – Friday – from 10:00 to 17:00
• Saturday – from 10:00 to 15:00
  
• break – from 12:30 to 13:30

Registration for excursions is strictly by phone: 8(815-33) 9-33-03

The petroglyphs of Kanozera are a unique historical and archaeological monument of the VI – II millennia BC, included in the circle of the most significant archaeological monuments of the far north of Europe. The monument has the status of an object of cultural heritage of federal significance.

For the protection and study of ancient rock carvings, as well as interaction with people who want to see petroglyphs with their own eyes and touch the primitive history of the Kola Peninsula, a museum was created in 2008 in the village of Umba, and in 2012 the exhibition hall of the museum "Petroglyphs of Kanozera" was opened.

The exposition of the hall tells about the discovery of rock carvings, about their study. There are a lot of high-quality photos taken directly on the complex of rock paintings. In the exhibition hall, you can book an excursion, watch a movie shot on the Canozera Islands, and buy souvenirs.

The museum organizes sightseeing trips to the rock art complex from the village of Umba.

Address: village. Umba, Dzerzhinskiy str., 36

Cost:

• adult – 100 rubles
• pensioners – 50 rubles
• students – 50 rubles
• schoolchildren from 16 years old – 50 rubles
• children under 16, disabled, WWII participants – free of charge
  
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Working hours:

Winter working hours of the exhibition hall – from September 15 to June 14

• Monday – Friday – from 09:00 to 17:00
• Saturday – from 10:00 to 16:00

The summer working hours of the exhibition hall are from June 15 to September 14

• Monday – from 08:00 to 17:00
• Tuesday – Friday – from 08:00 to 18:00 (the ticket office is open from 10:00 to 17:30)
• Saturday – Sunday – from 10:00 to 16:00 (the ticket office is open from 10:00 to 15:30)

The first mention of Tony "Tetrina" dates back to the XV century. It was one of those old-timers who began the development of the Kola North, later called part of the Russian North.

Tonya "Tetrina" has been restored to its former place as reliably as possible and functions as an open-air historical and ethnographic complex. Here you can spend your vacation, feel like a real pomor, go to sea with us and delve into the history of the peoples of the North. Hundreds of exhibits are presented in the fund of the complex, some continue their service.

Tony's story is a reflection of the life and development of the culture of the Pomors – Russian people who found themselves on the White Sea. The museum tells about the history of the Kola North from the indigenous population to the appearance of the first Russian settlers, from the power of Veliky Novgorod to the present. There are three expositions – the Sami rate, the Pomeranian tonya, the WWII exposition in the Kandalaksha and Murmansk directions. 

Address: Umba village, Cape Turiy

Cost: 400 rubles

Merchant Kagachev's house, located on the Nikolskaya side of Varzuga, is a vivid example of wooden architecture in the Kola North, an example of a rural merchant's house with elements of urban planning dating back to the beginning of the XX century. The house was built in 1904, is one of the oldest houses in Varzug.

Merchant Ivan Kagachev, after moving to the neighboring village of Kuzomen, gave his house to the school. Decades later, the house fell into disrepair and in 2000 was subject to disassembly for firewood. A resident of the village, Pyotr Zaborshchikov, restored the house on his own and in 2010 organized a museum of Pomor culture in it - the "Center for the Protection of the Pomor Cultural Heritage".

To date, the old merchant's house is included in the unified state register of cultural heritage objects (historical and cultural monuments) of the peoples of the Russian Federation. 

Address: S. Varzuga, Nikolskaya str., house 9

The visit center of the Pasvik Nature Reserve is a place of attraction for ecotourists, researchers, volunteers, local residents – everyone who is not indifferent to the ecology and nature of the north and wants to expand their knowledge in these areas. It is from here that all excursions on the territory of the reserve begin.

In January 2022, the "Museum of Nature" opened in the visitor center - a multimedia exhibition dedicated to Pasvik and his activities. A guided tour of the museum is available for those who wish.

The visitor center is located outside the border zone. To visit it, it is enough to sign up for a tour by phone: +7 815 54 50 700

Address: village Nickel, Guards Avenue, house 43

Working hours: 

• Monday – Thursday – from 09:00 to 18:00 (lunch from 13:00 to 14:00)
• Friday – from 09:00 to 13:00

The halls of the museum consistently present colored stones, striking with the brightness of the palette and the variety of mineral aggregates. The expositions of the museum feature minerals of magnificent beauty and natural perfection, samples of the most valuable ores and decorative rocks.

The exposition "Colored stones of Russia and the countries of the world" introduces minerals and rocks used in jewelry and decorative arts. In addition to samples, there are also numerous products made of colored stone.

The exposition "Classical Collection" is compiled according to the systematics adopted in mineralogy. More than 2000 samples from different regions of the planet represent all classes of minerals. The exposition is based on the collection of Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences Ivan Ilyich Chupilin. The exhibition "Facets of Personality" introduces the biography of the museum's founder, geologist V. N. Dove.

In a separate room, original products made of colored stones and the rarest samples of minerals and rocks from private collectors are presented. The museum is engaged in the storage, study, and popularization of natural heritage. It has exhibition and conference halls.

Address: Gor. 46 Metallurgov Avenue, Monchegorsk

Opening hours: Tuesday – Sunday – from 12:00 to 18:00