Museum of Geology, Oil and Gas

The Museum can provide an initial insight into a new epoch in the history of the Tyumen land, characterized by a rapid development of its natural resources. Here a chronology of first geological survey explorations has been reconstructed, first in the Tyumen’s vicinities, and later on in the Tyumen North in 1930-1950. The exposition tells about explorers who, despite the first disappointments, kept on their researches, and ended up with triumphant discoveries of the largest oil and gas fields in the world during the years 1950-1960.

The exposition gives a good idea of ecological, social and cultural problems resulted from unprecedented speeds of industrial development. Among them the major task was to preserve ethnic culture of indigenous inhabitants of the Northern territories. The museum presents samples of ethnic clothing, household appliances, and housing of Khanty, Mansy and Nentsy peoples.

The Museum contains a permanent exposition ‘Mineral treasures of Western Siberia’. It presents a collection of rare minerals and rocks discovered on the Tyumen land. ‘A pearl’ of the collection is the map of the Tyumen region made out of precious stones.