Building’s history. 14 April 1868 – Laying the foundations for a new two-storey building and church dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene the Myrrophore and intended for an orphanage for 60 orphaned children from the poorest families of Sevastopol, Simferopol and other towns devastated by the Crimean War (1853-1856). The orphanage was established even earlier by...

The Crimean republican establishment «Ethnographic museum» is based in 1992. Collection of museum amounts more than 11000 exhibits. The museum plays a unique role in system of museum establishments of the Crimea. This is the a place where information on ethnography and culture of the peoples of the Crimea is concentrated in the most complete...