One of the largest cities of Russia, Novosibirsk is the administrative center of the Siberian Federal District. It can be justly called the cultural capital of Siberia. The city boasts a number of theaters and libraries, and more than two dozen museums of various directions. Here is a short list of the most remarkable museums of Novosibirsk.
 
Novosibirsk State Museum of Local Lore
The leading museum of Novosibirsk, it was established back in 1920. The museum fund includes 147 thousand exhibits of the main unit and 71 thousand of the auxiliary unit. Among the unique specimen, there is a complete mammoth skeleton and a collection of Siberian peoples’ household items obtained during expeditions in the 1920s - 1930s. 
The exposition includes collections of clothes and numismatics, glass and porcelain, earthenware and wood carved items, as well as archaeological, ornithological and theriological collections, and so on.
 



Novosibirsk History and Architecture Open-Air Museum 
The complex of open-air architectural monuments tells about the history and culture of the peoples of Siberia. The Novosibirsk History and Architecture Open-Air Museum was founded by A.P. Okladnikov in 1981. It is located at a distance of 4 and a half kilometers away from the academic campus of Novosibirsk. The exposition includes archaeological monuments, museum vaults, art workshops, and exhibition sites. The museum presents monuments of federal significance, including the Savior Zavischerskaya Church, a wooden hut with an interwoven ornamental carving, a windmill, two-story barns, a Russian sauna house with a stove but