The Bugulma Museum of Local Lore

The museum has 7 exposition halls and an exhibition hall. The Bugulma Museum of Local Lore is one of the oldest in the Republic of Tatarstan, was founded on October 1, 1929. The museum exposition reflects the history of the city since the first mention of it in 1736. The main interior complexes are materials of the Pugachev Rebellion, Bugulma fairs of XIX century, documents on the history of the city of the XVII - XX centuries, rare household items of the Tatars, Russians, Mordovians, Chuvash. Among the materials about the peasant war of 1773 - 1775 under the leadership of Yemelyan Pugachev there are unique exhibits: a cannon, a weapon from the time of the peasant war, a book with a description of military operations under Bugulma, a manifesto of E. Pugachev.