Irkutsk Regional Museum of Local Lore, Department of Nature

Irkutsk Regional Museum of Local Lore, Department of Nature was founded in 1920 and has become an important cultural and scientific center of Irkutsk. The building itself was built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was the store of the well-known Siberian trading company Makushin and Posokhin. The building housed a bookstore (1st floor), accommodation (2nd floor) and production facilities. However, in the post-revolutionary period, the emphasis was on education and scientific research, so a museum was created instead of the store.