Minsk Historical Museum is a spread out in a number of buildings of historic importance. These buildings are the Minsk City Hall, Mihaila Savitskogo Art Gallery, Municipal Art gallery of L.D. Schemelova, Workshop-Museum Ivana Misko, Living Art, Archaeological Museum, Karetnaya Exposition, and Lohitsa Estate Museum. The collections owned by this museum are divided amongst the eight locations. Many of the Belarusian artworks, photographs from the beginning of the 20th century, gifts sent to the Minsk from various cities of the world, belongings of the famous people in Belarusian society, household items and furniture collected by the citizens over the years has been put on display in the various locations of the museums. As of 2012, the museum owned around 7000 pieces from the country’s history. Besides these, a lot of artefacts are collected for temporary exhibitions. Do not forget to check out the museum of carriages when exploring the buildings. Many of the buildings that are a part of the museum are located in the Upper Town area of Minsk. Do check out their architectural beauty when visiting.

• Visitors cannot enter after 6.30pm.
• Be prepared to walk around the locations. They are not far but it can be quite tiresome.
• Separate tickets need to be purchased at different locations. 

• Children’s ticket : 1 USD

• Near-by Public Transports:
• Bus stop – Nemiga, Freedom Square
• Metro station - Niamiha

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