In the city of Vorkuta, Komi Republic Vorkuta interdistrict the famous museum, located at street Lenina 38. The date of the founding of the museum was the July 12, 1959, but the opening was held on May 3, 1960 according to the decision of the executive committee of the City Council of Deputies of workers Vorkuta city on April 28, 1959.

The very first exhibition of the museum of local lore narrated about the geology of his native land, civil and industrial construction, coal mining industry, the development of domestic, cultural and scientific areas of society.

In the period between 1963 and 1964 employees of the museum have been prepared stationary exhibition entirely dedicated to the theme of nature .  The following year was the opening of a unique art gallery, which is part of the museum .  In 1966, an acquaintance of many visitors local history museum with static display of the historical department, which was attended by distinguished scientist A . A .  Brothers and discoverer of coal deposits in the Vorkuta region D . A .  Chernov .  It is important that 1966 was fruitful in terms of cooperation, it was then a popular museum named after Lenin, leading their activities and volunteer work at the school №11, he joined the Inter-District Vorkuta Museum as an affiliate .  Today, the museum is located in the department of the village called Vorgashor and represents exhibition "Native North - man and nature", is located in two halls: "Ethnography Hall" and "The nature of the" .

National History Museum has developed a rationale for studying the boundaries of the Vorkuta area within the previously existing Pechora district, which during the late 19th - early 20th centuries have developed not only a full-fledged economic ties, but also ethnocultural respectful relations between Russian and Komi and the Nenets.

December 17, 1968 the Council of Ministers of the Komi Republic issued a decree that the Vorkuta district museum, due to a significant increase in the volume of work relating to the careful study of the zone of the Far North, receives the status of inter-district museum.

In autumn 1990, the museum opened a new spacious exhibition hall, a total area of ​​360 square meters. Talented artists of the city of Vorkuta have a unique opportunity to fully present their creativity in the framework of the annual exhibition in his hometown.

It is worth noting that the museum funds hold a unique collection of old programs and playbills of Music and Drama Theater of the city of Vorkuta, which was established on the basis of the Gulag during the 1940-1950 period. Valuable exhibits were filing a local newspaper under the name "Polar stokehold" (40-50-ies of the 20th century), historical subjects, telling about Vorkutlag - a kind of chess, made of bread crumb, greeting cards, made with your own hands, as well as items and accessories camp life. Presented in the museum art collection has a membership of about seven hundred units. No less rich and the funds are dedicated to rare ethnographic exhibits.

2000 went to the museum of local lore is especially fruitful because in conjunction with the office of the "Memorial" Vorkuta Museum has received a grant of the Soros Foundation, which was held under the program entitled "Civil law" within the project "The lessons of previous years - for the edification of the future."

Due to the fact that the Vorkuta History Museum has the status of inter-district, it is the culture and life of his native land with the most ancient times. Hall, dedicated to nature, provides an extensive presentation of the unique fauna of his native land. Hall tells the history of the development of the Territory in terms of industry.

Currently, the museum has the following tours: "Ancient Pechora region", "Fauna of tundra", "Vorkuta in 1930," "Frontline Vorkuta", "Native land in geographical names", "Protected areas Vorkuta tundra" and a lot others.