In the center of the ancient city Alatyr Chuvash Republic is a museum, founded by a local expert on the edge Yu.B.Novikovym in 1975.

Originally the museum was located in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, built in 1703, but after the transfer of religious buildings to their rightful owners, in 2001 the museum of local history Alatyr moved to the two-story brick building, which is to this day. Collected decades the museum include archaeological, paleontological, ethnographic and natural science collections, historical documents and photographs of the region, personal belongings of famous countrymen, scientific archives and works of local historians Alatirskie. The most interesting collection - ornithological art and graphics by local artists.

  In the natural sciences section provides the richest among the museums of Chuvashia zoological exhibition includes and paleontological material. A unique collection of archeological artifacts and materials on the history of the region is in the historical section of the museum. Here you will find the exhibition "Peasant hut", "Cell Monk", "The Music Room". In the Exhibition Hall Museum of Local History presents the work of artists Alatirskie and regularly hosts a variety of exhibitions.

Recently, the museum exposition replenished with unique samples of ancient pottery, a collection of antique samovars, glassware, ceramics, metal, wood and porcelain tableware of the nineteenth century. The pride of the museum is to collect materials about famous countrymen: Erzya, Krylov, A.I.Sudaeve and many other prominent people of Chuvashia.