Its history Rostov regional museum of local lore is from May 1, 1910. When the efforts of the founders of the Society for the History of Rostov, Antiques and Nature M.B. Krasnyanskaya, A.M. Ilina, "tobacco king" and philanthropist V.I. Asmolova in a specially constructed building in the Duma Travel, 5 Museum received its first visitors, before which the personal belongings of other famous writer DL Mordovtseva silver goblets military commander Alexander Suvorov, a cocked hat and sword AM Baykova. In 1951 the museum was finally allocated a building in Rostov on the street. Engels, 87 (Bolshaya Sadovaya, 79), where, after a major overhaul and reconstruction November 7, 1957 was inaugurated a new exhibition. In the courtyard of the museum, as well as before the war, "settled" Polovtsian surviving stone images and anchor the ship of Peter flotilla. For more than 50 years in building the museum takes good friends every year to raise funds by Don iconic monuments of history, happy interesting exhibitions, participates in international projects, represents collections in France, Scotland, Japan, Germany.