Yaroslavl State Historical-Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve - one of the oldest museums in Russia and the largest museum in the Yaroslavl region. Since 1959, the Yaroslavl Museum-Preserve is located in the architectural ensemble of the former Holy Transfiguration Monastery of the XIII century. Not less important part of the architectural reserve museum collections are outstanding monuments of Yaroslavl architecture and painting of the XVII century - the Church of Elijah the prophet, John the Baptist, St. Nicholas Nadeina, Christmas, Epiphany. The museum-reserve includes Memorial House-Museum of Leonid Sobinov, Museum of Military Glory, Museum "Space", located in the village Nikulskoe, where Valentina Tereshkova was born. Yaroslavl Museum-Reserve has a rich fund - about 300 000 items. Most of them can be seen in the permanent museum exhibitions: "Treasures of Yaroslavl ',' Icons of Yaroslavl XVI - XVIII centuries", "Lay", "the Principality. County. Province "," From the time of Yaroslav ... "," The nature of the Yaroslavl region. " Great interest among visitors to the city of Yaroslavl and is an interactive exhibition "YarmaNka," she tells the story of the merchant Yaroslavl XIX - XX centuries