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Museums and galleries in Listvyanka

6 museums and galleries in Listvyanka, from the big collections to small independent spaces.

Ranked with the travel guide's picks and well-known places first.

Museums and galleries in Listvyanka

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    Arboretum

    Дендропарк

    Arboretum, or rather a park as it has several flowerbeds, part of the Baikal museum but free to visit. It has a viewing tower.

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    Baikal Museum

    Байкальский музей

    At the former Limnological Institute, this museum describes many aspects of the lake in a scientific manner. There's information and statistics about the flora, fauna and geology, but also aquariums with seals and other sea life, a model of an icebreaker, the Paisis-11 - a submersible that has been used for lake exploration and a simulator where visitors can experience a dive with that submersible.

    400 ₽, diving simulation has a separate fee

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    Cherskov's rock

    Камень Черского

    Viewpoint, 270 m above the lake with great views of the surroundings. If you have a car, drive to the Eastland ski resort and hike (15-20 minutes) or take the chairlift (400 ₽, 2021) up. Without a car, walk for 2.2 km from the Baikal museum to get to the same ski resort. As it's easily accessible, in the summer it's often as crowded as Listvyanka downtown.

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    Gem museum

    Музей самоцветов

    A private museum of gemstones by an enthusiastic collector who also conducts tours of the museum.

    11-19, during winter 11-17

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    Nerpinary

    Нерпинарий

    There are marine mammal parks all over the world, but only two have Baikal seals, one in Irkutsk and this one. Photography and video shooting is allowed only in one pool and for a fee. Great to visit with children, but if you want to see them in a more scientific and less theatralical setting, it's better to see the seals in the Baikal museum.

    11-18, sessions every hour1000 ₽

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    Retro-Park/Osipov Museum

    Ретро-парк/музей Осиповых

    A museum of old cars, that's where the "retro" part comes from. But unlike what most people expect from a car museum, these cars are rusty and in a shabby state. The highlight of the museum isn't even the cars, but artworks made of rusty metal (you can find such artworks in town as well, all made by the owner of the museum).

    100 ₽

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Listvyanka (CC BY-SA 4.0).