Lena Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve "Druzhba" is located on the right bank of the river Lena, at the birthplace of the original Russian explorers of the future of the city - "Lena jail" and today is a major cultural and tourist center of Yakutsk.

The museum was founded in the late 1980s - in the early 1990s. under the leadership of the national Yakut writer Sivtseva DK - Suorun Omolloona.

Visitors to the Museum Reserve can familiarize themselves with the history of Yakutia's joining to Russia, the progressive influence of Russian culture on the spiritual and material culture of the indigenous inhabitants of the Lena region.

The Lena historical and architectural museum-reserve "Friendship" presents the historical and cultural monuments of wooden architecture of XVII-XIX Yakutia Art. In December 1992, the museum-reserve was attributed to the group of the most valuable objects of national heritage of the country.

A special place among the exhibits takes a copy of the famous Church of the Savior Zashiverskaya prison. The Church, as "in the tenements", surrounded by old patterns of wooden architecture of the peoples of Yakutia.

In addition, the museum-reserve can get acquainted with the culture of indigenous peoples of the Sakha Republic - the Chukchi, Evens, Evenki, Dolgan and Yukagirs. Special interest among tourists also enjoys the exposition of national clothing Yakuts XIX - XX Art. kumysnyh and wooden utensils, various women's jewelry, Yakut saddle and ancient burial structures.

Among the unique objects of museum-reserve stands restored Yakut cemetery, where in chronological order were restored wooden grave monuments, reflecting the process of Christianization of the Yakuts. The museum also has a summer home Evens - Chora, donated to the museum by the Even Chebenkei hails from the village of Poplar.