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Things to do in Irkutsk, Siberian District: The Best Specialty Museums
Founded in the mid-17th century as a winter quarters for traders and tax collectors, Irkutsk came to prominence in the 1800s. Participants in the Decembrist revolt against Tsar Nicholas I were exiled to Siberia in droves, turning Irkutsk into their cultural center. Today, it’s one of Siberia’s biggest and most important cities, with over half a million people, many universities, many historic churches and museums, and beautiful Lake Baikal, just about an hour away by train.
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1. ArtHouse New Museum Centre
2. Okno v Aziyu Irkutsk Regional Museum of Local Lore
3. Museum of Optics and Optical Illusions Fantast
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 2 reviews
Ames Room, 3D gallery, Virtual reality Oculus Rift 3D glasses, hang-glider simulator, holograms, sundial, augmented reality,
4. Gallery of Sculpture
5. Landfill Museum
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5.0 based on 14 reviews
6. Museum of Medicinal Herbs and Minerals
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5.0 based on 22 reviews
Culture of phytotherapy, fangotherapy, aromatherapy, lithotherapy goes back thousands of years, but many aspects of it have been lost over the years of the scientific revolution. All this information is collected and carefully stored in the museum, and pleasantly surprises visitors with its unusual.
7. Sobraniye Speshilova
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5.0 based on 3 reviews
The Gallery has unique exposition of samovars from private collections.The heart of the “Collection” is the exposition of rare and unique samovars consisting of more than 300 exhibits. Starting in the 18th century, they were all made by various factories and workshops of Russia and other countries.
8. Professor Kozhov Baikal Museum
9. Sidorov State Mineralogical Museum
10. Irkutsk-Sortirovochny Station Locomotive Depot Museum
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4.5 based on 3 reviews
