In the town of Kondopoga to June 1981 there is a public municipal museum. It was opened as a museum of local mining and processing plant. The basis of his collection were the materials telling about the opening of Kostomuksha iron ore deposit in the region, the construction of the plant and the city, as well as a collection Writers of Karelia. In the year the museum receives about 6,000 visitors. The museum has a total area of ​​200 square meters. m. and is located on the street. Proletarian in the house 13. The museum's collections include more than 2,000 exhibits. They are collected by residents of archival documents, a collection of coins, ethnographic artifacts, paintings and graphics, samples of products enterprises in the district. It is planned to create a new exhibition - Museum of Paper. The museum now includes the monument of the XVIII century, is the construction of a wooden hip architecture Onega school - the Church of the Assumption of the Mother of God.

One of the first exhibits of the museum - "The History of Kondopoga and Kondopoga region" - tells how Kondopoga transformed from a village into an industrial city on Lake Onega. Historical information about the population of the area have existed since the XV century. The most famous village purchased in the XVIII century, when Kondopoga is a transit point, hence the marble sent to St. Petersburg, both on ships and by land. Here, in the years 1757 -1764. marble deposits were discovered, they were in the villages Tivdiya and White Mountain. Also in the area of ​​Kondopoga found deposits of iron ore, it began to develop and transported to the factory in Petrovskaya Sloboda (Petrozavodsk), have also been found and deposits of copper ore, it sent to the iron foundry in Olonets province of the Russian Empire.

The museum is now possible to see samples of local marble and steel production plants. It - cannonballs, stove door, axes and more. Mills, who acted in the XVIII and XIX centuries on the territory of the province affected by the rapid development and construction of the town of Kondopoga. Now it is an industrial town, was built the first hydroelectric power plant in Karelia, paper mill.

An interesting exhibition "Life and Culture of Karelia"; it presents everyday objects, tools, clothes Karelian people. The exhibits tell of handicrafts, crafts and cultural traditions of indigenous peoples of the Karelian region and the unique items of great interest to visitors. For example, a very interesting collection of antique irons (iron, coal, Rubel and rolling pin for ironing linen) - contains all the items on the history of improving the familiar household items.

Authentic witnesses of history of the area during the Great Patriotic War - the objects and documents of the war period. The war in the city stood the Nazi occupying forces, there were fights. Collected here are letters, personal belongings, awards soldiers, photographs and documents remind us of the events of those distant years.

There is a museum exposition, which introduces the post-war city - "Big Kondopoga". In 1959 Kondopoga became the All-Union Komsomol building, the city began to grow rapidly. In the hall, the interior of the 1960s, you will see it and gramophone, and a sewing machine "Singer", a round table and a snack bar, and many other things that resemble the social and cultural life of the period.

The museum has a variety of exhibitions. One is called "treasure of history," are presented coins, paper money, the Soviet Union and foreign countries. Often, the museum hosts exhibitions of art painters of Karelia, but the staff are always happy to organize the exhibition of works by other artists. The museum organizes and educational sessions for students on the following topics: Journey to the ancient world, carving and painting masters of Karelia Travel coins, Life and Culture of Karelia, from Kondostroya to modern Kondopoga, Karelia Artists. Here you can learn how to weave products from birch bark, to produce toys, Karelian master painted woodwork.