National Museum of Kalmykia was founded March 25, 1921 at archival museum section of the regional department of public education. First museum exhibition opened in the summer of 1931. During the German occupation of Elista museum was completely destroyed. The second opening of the museum took place January 1, 1960 , shortly after returning from the Kalmyks deportatsii.Do built a new modern building on the street Djangar museum was in two small buildings on the street Suseeva . The museum consists of 6 showrooms , an area of ​​over 15,000 sq.m. The museum possesses about 70,000 units. The museum exhibits artifacts related to the history , culture and ethnography of the Kalmyk people . The museum regularly hosts various cultural events