The Walking around Yekaterinburg with the Library series continues, and we are now moving from the Literary Quarter to the Ekaterinburg History Museum. It is the successor to the House of Sverdlov, established in 1940 as a branch of the Ural Regional Museum of the Revolution.

The museum's first years coincided with wartime, and it was in a dire state. However, with the arrival of a new director in 1945, a revival began. A significant emphasis was placed on ideological aspects: paintings depicting Lenin, Stalin, Sverdlov, and party work. The museum's collection grew with numerous valuable exhibits from that time.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the museum underwent transformations. Initially, the focus was on the political history of the Urals, and then it shifted to the history of the city. Although the museum's collection pays considerable attention to the 20th century, in recent years, publishing and theatrical projects have been added, and work is being done on the personal histories of the city's residents. Today, the museum actively engages with the themes of everyday life, exploring them within the historical dimension from the founding of Yekaterinburg to the present day.

Museum staff produce guidebooks that introduce tourists to interesting and unexpected landmarks in the city. Guidebooks about the city can also be found in the collection of the university library. You can check their availability at circulation desks and in reading rooms in the Library electronic catalog.

To familiarize yourself with the museum's collection and its ongoing events, we recommend following their social media accounts on VK and Telegram. The Ekaterinburg History Museum may inspire you to visit other museums as well, as there are over fifty in the city: the Sverdlovsk Regional Museum of Local Lore, the Ekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts, the Ekaterinburg Museum of Folk Art Center, and many others.