The most popular museums in Belarus

Museum of folk architecture and life.

If you are interested in the traditions of Belarusian wooden architecture, then it is best to keep your way outside the city, to the agro-town of Ozertso near Minsk, where there is a museum-skansen, unique for Belarus, dedicated to folk architecture and everyday life. Here you can feel the national Belarusian flavor and plunge into the ancient life of the Belarusians, as well as see the farmsteads of different regions of the country: Central Belarus, Dnieper, Poozerye. The territory of the museum is very large, you can spend the whole day here: in the summer, ride horses, then have a picnic or relax in the gazebos.
For visitors, informative and interactive excursions around the museum, moving quests and games, training workshops, hang-gliding are held.
An interesting fact: the tavern on the territory of the museum is more than 200 years old. Do not miss the opportunity to taste national cuisine at the oldest food outlet in the country!

Address: v. Ozertso, Minsk region

National Art Museum of Minsk.

Further, art lovers should look into the National Art Museum in Minsk, which contains hundreds of the most important paintings and works of art by Belarusian artists and sculptors. The museum has a library, a cinema club (in summer films are shown outdoors), a lecture hall, a children’s art studio and an art cafe.

Belarusian State Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War.

Walking in Victory Park, you can look into the Minsk Museum of the Great Patriotic War. It is located in a building no less original in style than the famous Minsk Library. One of the main advantages of the WWII museum is a whole series of historical episodes presented in the form of live scenes. 10 exhibition halls of the museum show the chronology of events: from the beginning of hostilities to the complete Victory over fascism. The Victory Hall is the crowning achievement of the exposition; the names of the Heroes of the Soviet Union are immortalized in it.
An interesting fact: today the museum has more than 141 thousand items of storage.

Address: st. Karl Marx 12, Minsk

Museum of Brewing.

In order to relax and unwind, the Minsk Brewery Museum on Kiseleva Street is ideal. Here you can watch the preparation of this foamy drink, see the full production process, learn its history, and at the end of the tour, start tasting different types of beer.

Address: st. Kiseleva 30, Minsk

The National Library of Belarus.

Any tourist will be attracted by its original form of the building on Independence Avenue – this is the National Library. It houses the Museum of the Book, in which the number of exhibits has already reached 70 thousand, the main of which are the Gospels of Peter Mstislavets and the Bible of Francysk Skaryna, and also stores about four hundred ancient manuscripts. On different floors of the library, you can relax in cozy cafes, admire the panorama of the city, book a tour, visit art exhibitions. There is an observation platform on the roof of the building. library, and a great view of the center of Minsk, we definitely recommend visiting it in good weather!

Address: Independence Avenue 116, Minsk

Museum of Aviation Technology.

Those tourists who are interested in aircraft will be interested in visiting the Museum of Aviation Technology at the Borovaya airfield, near Minsk. Here you can see about thirty different aircraft and even climb into their cockpit. Extreme travelers have the opportunity to jump with a parachute at the airfield in Borovaya.

Address: p. Borovaya, Minsk

Museum of the History of Belarusian Cinema.

Returning to Minsk, we will walk around the museum of the history of Belarusian cinema. In it, you can watch a movie or a retrospective, and learn all the smallest details of the history of the development of the film industry in the country. There is also an exhibition hall, which regularly hosts personal or collective exhibitions related to cinema or Belarusian fine arts.
An interesting fact: the opening of the museum was timed to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the release of the first Belarusian film “Forest Story”.

Address: st. Sverdlova, 4., Minsk

Vankovichi Museum.

The house-museum was built in the style of classicism at the end of the 18th century and is a monument of the palace and estate architecture of that time. This is the former home of the noble family of Vankovichi. Now its halls house a museum where you can see a unique collection of manor portraits, archival documents, photographs, paintings and decorative and applied arts. Music lovers will also be interested in this Minsk house-museum: in the evenings there are concerts of romances and chamber music.

Address: st. Internationalnaya 33A, Minsk

Boulder Museum.

At the weekend, you can relax on the outskirts of the city by visiting the unique stone museum, which contains more than two hundred boulders of various types, sizes and purposes. All of them, together with growing trees and shrubs, are laid out in the form of a map of Belarus. It is also interesting that boulders brought from the area they represent were used to designate some kind of hill. After examining all the exhibits and taking a photo session near the boulders, you can also have an outdoor picnic here.

Address: st. Academician Kuprevich, Minsk

National Historical Museum of the Republic of Belarus.

If you are not tired yet, then you can visit the historical museum, which is located in the very heart of Minsk. Here you can see with your own eyes a wide variety of objects representing all epochs in the history of the development of society and the Belarusian people.
The expositions “Ancient Belarus: the Primitive Era and the Middle Ages”, “Ancient Heraldry of Belarus”, “From the History of Weapons”, “Old City Life” and others have been opened.
A branch of the historical museum is the House-Museum of the First Congress of the RSDLP, which you can find on the banks of the Svisloch River, near Victory Square.

Address: st. Karl Marx 12, Minsk

Gomel Palace and Park Ensemble.

The Gomel palace and park ensemble, of course, is far from the architecture of Peterhof, but the Gomel counterpart still holds brand. It includes several monuments of nature, history and archeology.
The ensemble stretched for 800 meters along the right bank of the Sozh River. Here you can find the palace of the Rumyantsevs and Paskeviches, the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, the tomb of the Paskevich family, a winter garden, as well as park areas.

Address: pl. Lenina, 4, Gomel

Memorial complex “Khatyn”.

Khatyn is a symbol of the terrible tragedy that the Belarusian people experienced during the Great Patriotic War. Sometimes we ask ourselves the question – is it necessary to visit objects dedicated to such terrible and tragic events as those that took place in Buchenwald, Auschwitz, Treblinka, Khatyn? Do our children need to see these cruelties? The answer is unambiguous – it is necessary. The events of the war go further and further into the past, there are fewer and fewer veterans… Twenty years ago, numerous columns marched on the traditional procession of partisans in Minsk, now it’s good if a couple of hundred people. And such memorials as Khatyn are an invaluable repository of the historical memory of the people, who in their history experienced a national tragedy. Khatyn is a symbol of the martyrdom of the Belarusian people, who lost every fourth person during the war. And at the same time – evidence of his unbending courage, because, having survived everything, he emerged victorious. This is what the main monument of Khatyn “Unconquered Man” is dedicated to.

Address: 54th km of highway Minsk-Vitebsk