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The Museum

YAMAL-NENETS DISTRICT MUSEUM
AND EXHIBITION COMPLEX NAMED
AFTER I.S. SHEMANOVSKY The building of “The Museum and Exhibition Complex n. a. I. S. Shemanovsky”. From the photo-archive of the MEC.

In 1906, in the village Obdorsk mammoth (the geological age is around 17 000 gathering of photographs and negatives. The
(Salekhard), the senior priest of Obdorsk years), a fur rhinoceros, and the mummy of the collection #501 of documents, photographs
Orthodox mission hegumen Irinarch (I. S. baby mammoth Luba (the geological age is 42 and objects referring to the building history,
Shemanovsky) opened “The Ethnography 000 years) found in 2007. The discovery of the the photo-retrospective of the events in
Collections Storehouse of the Non-Russians in almost undisturbed mummy of the mammoth Yamal and Salekhard of the 1950-s – 2010-
Tobolsk North” under St. Gurias Brotherhood became a scientific sensation. Luba is the s, commemorated the cardinal changes of the
library. In 1996, the regional studies museum most demanded museum exhibit and several capital visual environment for the last 20
was granted the name of its founder. The exhibitions were held with its participation. years, are attributed to these sections.
successor of the museum that is the Museum They are successfully conducted in Russia The works of the indigenous Northern
and Exhibition Complex (MEC) named after and abroad. Luba has been to many countries peoples’ representatives, of the artists coming
I. S. Shemanovsky was established in 2002; (Japan, Great Britain, the USA, Hong Kong, to Salekhard open-air, and of Salekhard’s
last year Yamal’s main museum celebrated Canada, and Australia) become the most painters compose three art collections of
its 110th anniversary. Now the MEC is a “flying” museum exhibit: the total distance that the museum. The memorable exhibits are a
large museum institution whose workers are was “covered” by the baby mammoth during mythological interpretation of the Soviet
actively engaged in academic, scientific travelling is more than 100 000 km. history by the Komi painter that is the canvas
and methodical, accounting and keeping, The Northern archeology specifics is reflected “Lenin on Yamal” by I. G. Istomin (1947),
restoring, expositional and exhibitional, by a great number of artefacts from organic neoarchaic lino print the Khanty by G. S.
presenting and publishing activity. It offers materials remained due to their position in Raishev, the fine illustrations to the Khanty
an academic library service and develops a the eternal frost conditions. The archeological legends by N. M. Taligina. Nowadays the
museum pedagogic direction. collection rarities of the MEC are subjects art collection of painting and graphics
The basic audience of the MEC is children from the monuments territories of the federal are enlarged at the expense of the active
and teenagers. The Children’s Centre, importance, namely sanctuary Ust’-Poluy (I exhibition work, oriented not only to local
Military and Historical Club as well as century BC – I century AD), the first Russian names but also to the recognised capital’s
Einstein’s Museum of Entertaining Sciences transpolar city Mangazei XVII century. and European masters (N. Kazimova, O.
work especially for them. The Family auditory The ethnographic collection lays the Yakhnin, V. Stanishevsky). In 2016, the
is included in different excursions around foundation for all fund collection of the MEC, painting collection was supplemented by
the city and museum, under the project «New being the successor of “The Ethnography the impressive gift of Timchenko’s Fund,
Tour». The creative studio “musART” works Collections Storehouse of the Non-Russians consisting of 75 canvases; Y. Y. Moiseenko,
for the grown-up audience. in Tobolsk North” and including the material V.E. Popkov, S.I. Osipov are among the
The complex total area is about 10 000 м , culture objects of the peoples living in this names of this representative collection. In art
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the expositional and exhibitional one is 3 890 region. The famous exhibits are a winter collections, the central place is occupied with
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м . The MEC structure includes the museum yagushka of ХIХ century, a shaman parka the carved ivory one, including all famous
with a depository and display space; the with pendants, depicting assisting spirits, Russian centres on the art ivory production
exhibition centre with the exhibition hall, the the Khanty dress made of nettle linen and and Yamal as well.
administrative centre with the conference hall. decorated with rich ornament.
L. Laptsuya’s flat and museum is a structural Early-printed books and the ones from Fr. Address: YAMAL-NENETS DISTRICT
unit that studies the creative work of the Irinarkh’s library are attributed to unique MUSEUM AND EXHIBITION COMPLEX
famous Nenets writer and the peculiarities of exhibits being kept in the academic library NAMED AFTER I.S. SHEMANOVSKY
the region’s literary development. fund of rare and early-printed books. 38 Chubynina st., Salekhard, Yamal-Nenets
The museum funds has already counted The tragic and victorious facets of the District, Russia
almost 150 thousand exhibits. The core of newest Russia’s history is reflected in the Tel./Fax: 7 3492230519
the paleontological collection is undoubtedly special sections of a historical and life https://mvk.yanao.ru/en/
represented by the skeleton of Mongochensky collection, a documental fond and the e-mail: mvk@dk.yanao.ru

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