The idea of creating a museum in the Gymnasium was realized on May 8, 1988 (order No. 53 of the principal "On the opening of the school museum"). It became possible thanks to the fruitful work of the rangers club “Descendants of the Glory of the Fathers” led by the teacher of the Russian language and literature, Taisiya Konstantinovna Musskaya, the support of the principal of the Gymnasium (at that time school No. 4) Boris Mikhailovich Khinevich, teachers, parents.
The profile of the museum is local history. Occupied area (sq.m.): expositions - 68, storage facilities - 17.3.
The number of exhibits: total - 6879, incl. main funds- 3676, auxiliary funds - 3203.
The exposition is housed in two rooms: in the main one you can get acquainted with the history of Smorgon district from ancient times to today, in the second there are ethnographic materials.
The date of giving the title "People's Museum"
July 18, 1997.
Date of the title confirmation:
November 22, 2007
June 25, 2013
February 13, 2019.
Until 2003 the permanent leader of the museum was T.K. Muskaya. Great help in collecting materials and designing the museum was provided by mathematics teachers Natalia Alexandrovna and Alexander Andreevich Goryainov, Alexei Mikhailovich Bumai, head of the district children's library.
List of Curators of the Museum
2003 - 2013: Larisa Nikolaevna Rogach .
2013 – 2019: Larisa Nikolaevna Rogach , Yadviga Boleslavovna Krasovskaya.
Since 2019 : Yadviga Boleslavovna Krasovskaya, Tatyana Evgenievna Rogach.
Каб дом пабудаваць, патрэбна сіл нямала.
Распрацаваць спачатку план:
Што, дзе і як паставіць,
Сабраць людзей, хто дапаможа...
А грошай, грошай колькі трэба!
Хоць мы не будавалі дом,
Але патрацілі сіл многа,
Стараліся, як хто мог,
(Агульную закончыць справу).
I сёння час настаў,
Каб мы адкрылі дзверы
I запрасілі ўсіх
Да нас у наш музей!
On November 6, 2014 the Museum was opened after the restoration devoted to the 35th anniversary of the school.
The red ribbon was cut by the principal of the Gymnasium, Irina Anatolyevna Dureiko, the head of the Department of Education, Sports and Tourism of the District Executive Committee, Valery Vladimirovich Botko and the chief specialist of the Department, Eleonora Maryanovna Ezerskaya.
The Museum of History and Local Lore tells the story of the development of the district, paying particular attention to people's way of life in the preceding generations.
The museum aims to do their best to preserve the heritage of the past, and give our contemporaries and descendants the possibility to learn more about their historical roots.