On December 12, 1837, by the decision of the Governor Ivan Semenovich Timiryazev, the Prov

On December 12, 1837, by the decision of the Governor Ivan Semenovich Timiryazev, the Provincial Museum was opened in Astrakhan. In 1862, due to lack of funds for maintenance, the museum was closed, and the exhibits were transferred to other institutions for storage. But thanks to the active work of the Petrovsky Society of Explorers of the Astrakhan Territory, on March 5, 1897, the Astrakhan Petrovsky Museum was officially opened. In 1911, his expositions were housed in the new building of the "City Institutions", where they are located now.