OKLADNILOV ARCHAEOLOGY MUSEUM

Archaeological Museum named after A.P. Okladnikova in Khabarovsk is absolutely unique. The museum funds number about 160 thousand archaeological objects, more than a thousand of which have no analogues not only not in Russia, but throughout the world. Museum expositions tell about the history of the region and the original ancient cultures of the Amur region, who lived here at different periods of time. The most interesting artifacts are archaeological sites-petroglyphs of Sikachi-Alyan, Sheremetyevo writings and finds from the first medieval settlements on this territory.For children, the museum is of particular interest, because in addition to visiting window displays with ancient relics, they can take part in unusual master classes, during which children learn to write birch bark, learn about the ancient writing of the Neolithic times, and also try to make fire on their own without the help of lighters and matches.

MILITARY - HISTORICAL MUSEUM

The museum is located in the ancient building on the Amur riverside in the historical city center. The building is an architecture monument of federal significance. The construction works began in 1904 and were finished in 1907 under the guidance of the project authors - engineers N.Alexandrov and L.Chaikovsky. It functioned as the State Bank till 1930 and since 1983 it has become the Military history museum of the Far-Eastern military district.
 
The museum halls will tell you about: 

• The development of the Far-Eastern territories, their defense in the period before the revolution 1917; 
• The Civil war 1918-1922 and the foreign military intervention; 
• The Far-Eastern people on the fronts of the Great Patriotic war; 
• The modern district army.
   

There is a collection of battle banners of the civil and the Great Patriotic wars periods, both domestic and foreign fire and cold weapon, USSR awards and medals, regimentals and equipment, samples of military equipment, military picture works and war-political posters.

 In 2013, the collection of old players, records, phonographs and radios that were repaired and put into operation began. It was these exhibits that became the basis of the Museum of the World of Talking Machines.

The museum exposition is located in three thematic halls "Vintage", "USSR", "Disco". There is a local history corner in the museum. It is here that you will have a unique opportunity to hear the real works of the indigenous peoples of the Amur region, to get acquainted with their unique culture. But not only. Only in this museum you will find a story about the life and work of the cult characters of the musical culture of the Khabarovsk Territory. And, first of all, about grandfather Matvey (Matvey Pavlovich Zhuravlev), the author and performer of the most popular songs about Khabarovsk, the initiator of the opening of the pop department at the Khabarovsk College of Arts.

 The museum will tell you about the development of sound recording from the first "miracle machines" with their plates and "rollers" to CDs. You will learn many life stories in the center of which one of the museum exhibits.

 Here, the technical features of the recording are combined with the study of the humanitarian side of the world, understanding of oneself, culture and life.