The Kizhi Museum is one of the largest open air museums in Russia. This unique historical, cultural and natural complex is a particularly valuable object of cultural heritage of the peoples of Russia. The basis of the museum collection – the Kizhi Ensemble – is the UNESCO World cultural and natural heritage site. Restoration of the Kizhi monuments is being carried out “in front of the world”.
Contact information
Federal State Budget Institution “Kizhi State Open Air Museum of History, Architecture and Ethnography”.
Republic of Karelia, Medvezhiegorsk region, Kizhi Island.
Postal address: 10a, Kirov sq., Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia, Russia, 185035.
Phone: (8142) 79-98-99 — Petrozavodsk, (8142) 53-57-22 — excursion department on Kizhi Island.
Fax: (8142) 79-98-99 — Petrozavodsk.
E-mail: museum@kizhi.karelia.ru.
Press service: press@kizhi.karelia.ru, (8142) 79-98-73.
Web site: kizhi.karelia.ru.