The museum was founded in 1962; it has the municipal status from 1991.

The museum is housed in the historical building of the former hotel of the Belomorsky-Baltical canal named after Iosif Stalin, which was built in 1935 and is now an architecture monument.

There is the branch of the museum - the "Sandarmoh", which is planned to be transformed into the separate museum later.

In September 18, 2003, there was held an international seminar: "Defense constructions from WWII in Medvezhegorsk", that used the museum exposition.

Address:
186300, Russia, Karelia, Medvezhegorsk, Dzerzhinsky str., 22
Ph. +7 (814-34) 2-42-32

URL:
http://www.museums.karelia.ru/museum/8_common.shtml

Director:
Sergey Koltyrin