What to Expect and Is It Worth Visiting
This unique museum operates at the gypsum factory of the village of Peshelan, 120 kilometers from the center of Nizhny Novgorod and 10 kilometers from Arzamas. Nowhere else in Russia can you visit a real gypsum mine (the museum is located in its inactive branch - a cave at a depth of 70 meters underground), get acquainted with the basics of mining, see with your own eyes how gypsum and other minerals are mined underground.
The museum consists of several caves, each of which presents different Expositions: the history of mining (tools, samples of a horse-drawn cart, stone loading machines, trolleys); a sculpture of the mistress of a gypsum mountain and a collection of minerals (more than 300 samples); stone crafts; plaster figures; a stone age man's camp; a caver's camp; a shungite room, a visit to which gives a charge of cheerfulness and health; dinosaurs of the lost world (figures of prehistoric animals, not real); the cave of fear. On the surface, after a terrible and stuffy dungeon, you can recuperate in a small contact Zoo "Safari" with ostriches, llamas, donkeys, camels, foxes and Lynx.
It will be interesting for every tourist to visit this museum, because it is really unique and very interesting, just breathtaking. But, unfortunately, according to safety requirements, you can visit it only as part of a group excursion, besides children under 14 years old are not allowed there (they can be left for a while in the contact zoo). You can not just choose the time and go to the museum, you must first agree on the date and time of the tour to form a group of 5 people. The tour takes about an hour.
🌐 Website: pgz-tour.ru/obekty/muzey-gornogo-dela/
🕐 Working hours
excursions are held daily from 8:00 to 17:00, the time of the excursion must be agreed in advance by calling 8(83147) 55-2-81, 8-910-795-65-38.
💵 Entrance fee / ticket price
adult-1200 rubles / children (14-16 years) - 1000 / photography-100 / video-120. The tour is conducted when recruiting a group of 5 people. If 5 people are not recruited, then it is proposed to pay the cost of five full tickets - 6000 rubles.
🚶 How to get there
the museum is located in the village of Peshelan/Bebyaevo, 120 kilometers from Nizhny Novgorod and only 10 kilometers from the city of Arzamas (Museum on the maptherefore, if you are planning a trip here on your own transport, it is best to combine a visit to Arzamas and the museum. For this purpose, organized excursions by tourist bus are offered from Nizhny Novgorod. You can buy excursions in city agencies or book online here. If you want to save money, you can organize a trip yourself on a suburban bus or a personal car, but only on condition that you have agreed in advance on the time of the tour by phone at the museum.
Directly from Nizhny Novgorod to the village of Peshelan can be reached by the only public transport-bus number 675 Nizhny Novgorod-Lukoyanovo from the bus station "Shcherbinki" (Gagarin Ave., 234A, check the schedule and cost by Phone +7 (831) 469-01-74). You can also transfer to Arzamas. To do this, you need to get from Nizhny Novgorod to Arzamas by bus, and there at the bus station in the Center change to a suburban bus to the village of Bebyaevo (schedule at the station or by Phone 8(83147)9-00-59) or take a taxi. You can also get to Arzamas by train, but in this case you still have to get to the bus station in the city center by bus or taxi. Whatever public transport you choose, in Peshelani you will have to walk at least two kilometers to the museum. You can drive your own car directly to the entrance to the museum.
| Рейс/направление | Приб. | Отпр. |
| 🚌 Нижний Новгород — Маресево | 09:19 | 09:20 |
| 🚌 Нижний Новгород — Лукоянов | 11:55 | 11:56 |
| 🚌 Нижний Новгород — Вознесенское | 13:05 | 13:06 |
| 🚌 Нижний Новгород — Кулебаки | 14:10 | 14:11 |
| 🚌 Нижний Новгород — Первомайск | 14:37 | 14:38 |
| 🚌 Нижний Новгород — Лукоянов | 14:40 | 14:41 |
| 🚌 Нижний Новгород — Поселок имени Степана Разина | 15:30 | 15:31 |
| 🚌 Нижний Новгород — Вознесенское | 15:35 | 15:36 |
| 🚌 Нижний Новгород — Гагино | 15:50 | 15:51 |
| 🚌 Нижний Новгород — Кулебаки | 17:10 | 17:11 |
| 🚌 Нижний Новгород — Саров | 18:10 | 18:11 |
| 🚌 Нижний Новгород — Волгоград | 18:55 | 18:56 |
| 🚌 Нижний Новгород — Первомайск | 19:00 | 19:01 |
| 🚌 Нижний Новгород — Кулебаки | 20:10 | 20:11 |
| 🚌 Нижний Новгород — Лукоянов | 20:27 | 20:28 |
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