The Shakhty museum of local lore

The Shakhty Museum - one of the largest municipal museums of the Rostov region, the main fund, which is more than 13,000 items. This includes a collection of numismatics, a collection of ancient icons, photo sources and documents of various periods, household items, personal belongings of the Shakhty citizens, included in the history of the city. The museum has a unique collection of paintings (more than 200 works), donated to the USSR Academy of Arts. Objects of the museum fund are exhibited in the halls: "Old Town", "Meshchansky way of life", "Martial glory of the city", "Nature of the Don region", Picture Gallery, where exhibitions of painting, graphics, applied art, photo exhibitions, etc., musical and poetry evenings, creative workshops and meetings with famous people of the city are organized.