Anokhin Museum

The Anokhin Museum (Russian: Национальный музей республики имени А.В. Анохина), also National Museum of the Altai Republic, is a national museum located in Gorno-Altaysk, Altai Republic, Russia.

Anokhin Museum

Reconstruction of the tomb of the Siberian Ice Maiden, in the Anokhin Museum.

Reconstruction of Altaic cave site, 150.000-10.000 BCE. National Museum of the Altai Republic

General Information

The Anokhin Museum is the national museum of the republic, located in Gorno-Altaysk, the capital city of Altai Republic, in the Chinese and Mongolian borders of the Russian Federation. It was opened in 2012, with the financial help of Gazprom and others, and is named after Andrey Anokhin, a Russian Turkologist and ethnographer.^[1]

The museum exhibits the famous "Siberian Ice Maiden" and holds a large archaeological collection.^[2] Its address is: Choros-Gurkina ul., d. 46, Gorno-Altaysk 659700, Russia

Exhibits

• Siberian Ice Maiden
• Paintings by Grigory Gurkin

See also

• Andrey Anokhin

References

1. Museum of the "Altai Princess" will open this year (2012)
2. "Ukok Princess will be returned to Altay, but will not be exhibited". Archived from the original on 2014-05-12. Retrieved 2013-05-11.

External links

• Official Site
• Museum of Local Lore (Regional Studies) at Gorno-Altaysk State University