The Sheltozero Vepsian Ethnographic Museum of R.P. Lonin

The Sheltozero Vepsian Ethnographic Museum named after R.P. Lonin is the only museum in Russia telling about the material and spiritual culture of the Veps. The museum presents objects collected in the Vepsian villages of Karelia, a small part of them was obtained in the Leningrad and Vologda regions. The museum stores collections on the following topics: archeology, clay and wooden dishes, products made from birch bark and straw, blacksmith products, weaving, written sources, photographic documents, etc. The most interesting ethnographic materials are placed in the interiors of the Vepsi hut and economic yard