Belarusian National Arts Museum Нацыянальны мастацкі музей Рэспублікі Беларусь The National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus (the State Art Gallery from 1939 till 1957, the State Art Museum from 1957 till 1993) – the largest collection of the Belarusian and foreign art within the country – is located in the centre of Minsk,

National History Museum of the Republic of Belarus Нацыянальны гістарычны музей Рэспублікі Беларусь This is the primary history museum in Belarus that dates back from ancient times to present. The museum collection consists of 377,918 items, distributed among 48 collections: archaeology, ethography, precious metals and gems, treasures, weapons, manuscripts and old printed books, documents, art, numismatics,

By Chris Collison UW Jackson School of International Studies REECAS M.A. student Chris Collison is currently on a Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowship (FLAS) at the Belarusian State University in Minsk, Belarus. Chris is also exploring the country with his camera and the deep regional knowledge he has gained in the Jackson School’s Russian,