Editing Kirov, Kirov Oblast (section)

=== Museums ===
There are about 38 different museums in the city.<ref>{{cite web |title=Музеи в Кирове |url=https://yandex.ru/maps/46/kirov/category/museum/184105894/?ll=49.614807%2C58.609756&sll=49.614807%2C58.609756&sspn=0.361176%2C0.106774&z=12 |website=Яндекс Карты}}</ref>

The Vyatka Vasnetsov Art Museum, one of the oldest art museums in Russia, was founded in 1910 by local artists. The idea of its creation belonged to the natives of Vyatka land [[Viktor Vasnetsov|Viktor]] and Apollinary Vasnetsov. The permanent exhibition consists of paintings by [[Ivan Aivazovsky]], the Vasnetsov brothers, [[Ivan Shishkin]], [[Vasily Surikov]], [[Ilya Repin]] and other painters, as well as other works of culture, art and folklore of the Vyatka Region. The museum has several branches located in detached buildings and has over fifteen thousand exhibits.<ref>{{cite web |title=История |url=http://kirov-artmuzeum.ru/museum/history |website=Вятский художественный музей имени Васнецовых}}</ref>
[[File:Торговые лавки MG 0072.jpg|thumb|279x279px|Museum of Local Lore]]
[[File:Дом художника Н.Хохрякова MG 8480.jpg|thumb|279x279px|Museum-Estate of the Nikolay Khokhryakov]]

The materials of the Museum of Local Lore are devoted to the history and nature of the Vyatka Region, its flora and fauna. The museum also has a collection of rare minerals. Various exotic animals are presented separately. The department of the museum in the "Prikaznaya Izba" presents exhibits from the life of different segments of the population.

The exposition of the Paleontological Museum concerns the history of the development of life on Earth, many figures of historical beings are exhibited here.

The Museum of Tsiolkovsky, Aviation and Cosmonautics is located in a complex of two buildings, one of which is the former home of Tsiolkovsky. There are exhibits on space topics. Interactive halls "Space Exploration", "Manned cosmonautics" and "Astrophysical phenomena", "Virtual Cosmonautics" and a planetarium have been opened.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Зал «Исследование космического пространства» |url=https://dkc43.ru/?page_id=37 |website=Детский космический центр| date=June 18, 2018 }}</ref>

The Diorama Museum and Exhibition Center is located at the top of the cascade of ponds in Central Park. The main compositional center of the diorama canvas was the image of the revolutionary events of December 1917, which took place in Vyatka. The exposition tells about the pre-revolutionary Vyatka, about the life of merchants and the traditions of a provincial town.<ref>{{cite web |title=Музейно-выставочный комплекс "Диорама" |url=https://vk.com/diorama43 |website=VK}}</ref>

A number of museums of the city are dedicated to famous people who lived in Vyatka. The House-Museum of the writer [[Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin]], the Museum-Estate of the artist [[Nikolay Khokhryakov]] and the Museum of the writer [[Alexander Grin]] are located in historical buildings.

The Museum of Railway Transport and the Museum of the History of Public Education tell about the history of the development and formation of these spheres.

Museums of chocolate, lollipops, ice cream have been opened. The exposition of the Vyatka Samovar Museum tells about the history of artisanal and factory production of [[samovar]], tea trade and tea drinking.