Taltsy Museum
Архитектурно-этнографический музей «Тальцы»
An open-air wooden architecture museum on the Angara's banks, relocating 17th- to 19th-century castle towers, wooden churches, farmhouses, and ethnic dwellings.
The Taltsy Museum of Architecture and Ethnography lies 47 km along the road from Irkutsk to Listvyanka and spans about 67 hectares along the Angara riverbank. Over 40 wooden buildings were moved here from Angara basin villages flooded by hydroelectric dam construction. The most prized are the Spasskaya Tower of the 1667 Ilimsk fortress and the wooden Kazan Church, along with Russian peasant estates, a school, a water mill, and traditional dwellings and shaman ritual areas of the Buryat and Evenki peoples. Visitors can try craft workshops, horseback riding, and traditional Russian games. Folk performances are held during festivals, and in winter there are sledge slides. Tickets must be purchased; the museum is usually open 10:00 to 18:00, with hours extended in summer. Getting there: take a minibus from Irkutsk toward Listvyanka and get off at the Taltsy stop. It makes a convenient stop on the way to Listvyanka and needs 1.5 to 2 hours.
Opening hours
About 10:00–18:00 (extended in summer)
Nearby sights
- Port Baikal
- Baikal Museum
- Listvyanka
- Icebreaker Angara
- Bolshie Koty & Great Baikal Trail
- Sukachev Estate Museum
- Church of Our Lady of Kazan
- Shastin's Lace House (Europe House)