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The museum offers the Okrug's most comprehencive collection of priceless artifacts offering a glimpse into the rich cultural history of this area. Through unique galleries the Museum showcases the human and natural history of the native peoples of Ugra from the Middle Ages to the present, and special exhibits including 'Historic Time', 'Antiquity', 'Siberian Yearbook', 'Millenium Boundary'.
A treasure trove - ancient elephant fossil, mammoth's predecessor lived 3 million years ago, is the most popular part of the Museum collection.
The Museum features large selection of jewelry of silver, and traditional exhibits of Orthodox Icons, rare books and manuscripts.
Authentic artifacts and speciments, topics ranging from agriculture, reindeer herding, fishing and hunting, traditional lifestyle, beliefs, celebrations, and ceremonies and more, are displayed in realistic settings giving visitors the experience of another time and place.
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