The Evseev National Museum of the Republic Mari El is the oldest museum of the republic, the leader methodological and information centre for municipal and departmental museums of the republic that stores unique museum items and museum collections.

    The museum actively cooperates with high-school and academic science, conducts archaeological and ethnographic researches on the territory of the republic and outside it. The international and regional theoretical and practical conferences, seminars and cultural actions as well as cooperation in the field of joint exhibition and research projects with the Castren Cultural Fund of Finland, the Museum department of Finland, the national museums of the Republic Mordovia and the Udmurt Republic are organized on the basis of the museum. The museum actively cooperates with the educational institutions of the republic, provides educational programs on the history, ethnography, culture and nature of the Mari land