Local History Museum, located in the center of Gelendzhik, tell your visitors about the fascinating history of this seaside town and around the Black Sea coast.

Throughout its history the historical museum has experienced a lot of different dramatic and joyful events. It is enough that the museum four times "born" (1909, 1920, 1949 and 2004) and twice closed.

On the initiative of M. Reinke in December 1901 was based «Society for the improvement of the city-resort of Gelendzhik." In July 1909 dachevladeltsami Solntsedar the grand opening of the Natural History Museum, situated on the estate MM Reinke. It is from this date began the history of Gelendzhik Museum. The museum was established on the basis of archaeological collections V.B.Sahaneva professor, was placed in a hut M. Reinke. In 1912, the agency awarded a diploma and gold medal for the exposed archaeological collections, and a year later it was closed.

In 1920, with the assistance of M. Reinke Museum once again resumed its work, then it was called the "Museum of History and Nature." During the Great Patriotic War Museum has been destroyed. In May 1949, a museum housed in a former school (Lenin Street, 23). There he Nahda until the summer of 2006. After he was transferred to the embankment Gelendzhik in the former building of the theater "Torikos." In 2009, the museum was restored. He acquired a modern décor and wonderful exhibits highlighting all the rooms.

Today, the historical museum holds more than 70 thousand. Items, they are placed in five halls, "Nature", "archeology", "Old Gelendzhik", "Adygei antiquity", "In the name of victory." Historical museum in Gelendzhik is very popular with locals and visitors alike. Here you can find more detail about the history of the resort, to touch his origins, to look at a variety of ancient artifacts and exhibits.