Nekrasovskoye: Museums, Churches and Cultural History

• The local history museum has two floors with seven permanent exhibitions and two exhibition halls; the number of exhibitions may change.
• The tourist information center is located in the local history museum. It provides visitors with free brochures and booklets describing tourist routes and historical and cultural attractions in Yaroslavl Oblast.
• The center can arrange excursions around the historic town center, to the Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God, to the Nikolo-Babayevsky Monastery for Men, and to the museum exhibitions. Check availability before your trip.
• The house museum of the Romanov folk-art craftsmen can be visited by prior arrangement.

The local history museum brings together two distinct points of interest: its permanent exhibitions and the tourist information center housed there. The exhibitions are spread across two floors, with two exhibition halls as well. For further planning, the center offers free brochures and booklets with detailed descriptions of tourist routes and historical and cultural attractions in Yaroslavl Oblast.

The center can also arrange excursions on several themes: around the historic town center, to the Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God, to the Nikolo-Babayevsky Monastery for Men, or to the local history museum exhibitions. The options range from a walk around town to visits to religious and museum sites. Since excursions are organized on request, it is advisable to check availability before you arrive.

The Nikolo-Babayevsky Monastery for Men dates back to the 15th century. The Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God is dated to 1700; the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God “Assuage My Sorrows” dates from 1839 to 1844. Thus, the recorded dates span different centuries, without requiring any particular order for visiting the sites.

Nekrasovskoye’s cultural attractions also include the Landscape and Ethnographic Salt Museum and the house museum of the Romanov folk-art craftsmen. A visit to the house museum requires prior arrangement. After a short tour of the house and grounds, guests can also request a blacksmithing workshop.

The wider destination of Yaroslavl Oblast has other cultural sites with their own areas of focus. The Transfiguration Cathedral in Pereslavl-Zalessky dates from the 12th century. It is considered the city’s oldest church and the earliest surviving architectural monument of the Vladimir-Suzdal school.

The Metropolitan’s Chambers in Yaroslavl were built in 1682. The building houses a department of Old Russian art, an exhibition and exhibition halls. The exhibitions and permanent display feature more than 500 works of icon painting; this number may change. In Rybinsk, the museum-reserve is housed in the New Grain Exchange building. It was built in 1912 to a design by Moscow architect A. V. Ivanov on the high bank of the Volga. These examples show the different cultural points of interest across Yaroslavl Oblast, from religious architecture and icon painting to the use of a historic exchange building as a museum.

Start with the place that will be the cultural focus of your trip. If the Transfiguration Cathedral in Pereslavl-Zalessky, the Metropolitan’s Chambers in Yaroslavl or the museum-reserve in Rybinsk are your main priorities, focus your hotel search on that destination. This lets you compare specific cultural sites before deciding where to stay.

Discover more destinations: Sarafonovo, Goloperovo, Uglich, Veskovo, Isakovo, Aleksino, Sopelki, Pereslavl-Zalessky.

Where is the tourist information center located?

It is located in the local history museum in Nekrasovskoye. Visitors can get free brochures and booklets there about tourist routes and attractions in Yaroslavl Oblast.

What excursions can the center arrange?

It can arrange excursions around the historic town center, to the Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God, to the Nikolo-Babayevsky Monastery for Men and to the local history museum exhibitions. Check availability before your trip.

Can you visit the house museum of the Romanov folk-art craftsmen without prior arrangement?

No. A visit is possible by prior arrangement.

Go to the regional travel overview: Yaroslavl Oblast.