KIZHI

The KIZHI museum is one of the largest open-air museums in Russia. This is an unique historical, cultural and natural complex enlisted on the Code of the Most Significant Cultural Heritage Sites of the Peoples of the Russian Federation. The basis of the museum collection is the architectural ensemble of the Kizhi Pogost included in the World Heritage List of UNESCO. Since 2014 exhibition hall, museum collections, Infocentre, research library, children's school "Kizhi palette" located in the historical buildings in the City of Petrozavodsk, are opened for the visitors... The official site of the Kizhi state open-air museum cultural history and architecture - reserve contains data about well-known old-russian architecture, about museum expositions, exhibitions, collections, rare exhibits, about scientific researches, the information on excursions, tours, the contacts, about restoration of the main church on the island of Kizhi - the Church of the Transfiguration. The official Kizhi..

Primary location: Petrozavodsk Russia