Museum of the History of Borovichi and the Borovichi Region

The Borovichi museum occupies a mid-19th-century stone mansion with a mezzanine. It belonged to Matvey Shulgin, a 1st-guild merchant and deputy of the III State Duma of the Russian Empire. The displays take visitors through centuries of local history: the region’s unruly rapids on the Msta River, once navigated by Peter I, and the first Russian refractory-products factory, built here by Nobel in 1855. Rare examples of its brick production, made by techniques now lost, are on display. The ceremonial hall tells the story of noble families of Borovichi District. Modern games and multimedia complement the exhibition, which ends with a 3D “walk” through noble estates based on historic photographs and local herbal tea served in merchant tradition.