Open -air historical and ethnographic museum in Myshkin is very similar to such museums in Europe – this is a whole small town, returning its visitors to the distant past. The museum was created by local historians of ethnographers, a significant part of the work of which is devoted to the study of the history of the region and, in particular, the life of mountain Mari – indigenous people. First of all, this is a museum of wooden peasant architecture – a wide variety of old buildings are brought here. There are several more mini-museums inside the museum, one of them is the Mill Museum. There is also a salt museum here, and in 2000. The Museum of Peter Smirnov and Vodka opened, thanks to which his name became known to the whole world. To visit this place, you need to book a hotel in Russia. In the museum you can see a pavilion for a landowner park, an old chapel, as well as the rescued quadrary of an old church. There are many in the museum of residential buildings, baths, there are a lot of mills of various sizes, with different mechanisms. There are workshops here where you can get acquainted with an old craft, and even try your hand under the guidance of a real blacksmith, weaver, master of weaving baskets or potter.
