The ethnographic Dagestan Village Museum was established in 2009. His collections are housed in the building of the National Museum of Dagestan. Opposite is the Museum of Fine Arts of Dagestan. Thanks to this concentration of museums, you can get to know the history and culture of Dagestan more fully.
The Dagestan Village Museum is dedicated to the culture of Dagestan`s national costumes. For three millennia, all the major powers have been fighting for control of the Caspian Gate – a narrow passage, 3 km wide, between the Caspian Sea and the Naryn-Kala fortress.
Thanks to this, many peoples and nationalities have mixed in Dagestan. Now there are more than 60 nationalities living here. 30 of them are considered indigenous. Each of the nationalities had its own peculiarities in costumes, customs and culture. There were the same features in crafts. All this is reflected in the exposition of the Dagestan Village Museum.
Ethnographic collections from different regions of Dagestan are collected in 4 halls of the museum. The national costumes of the peoples of Dagestan, household items, household utensils are presented in the large hall. Here you can see more than 30 costumes, mostly women`s. There are also traditional silver jewelry, which were made by masters of Dagestan.
The interior of the house of the highland village with its authentic atmosphere is recreated in the Small Hall of the Dagestan Village Museum. In the center of the house, there was a "middle pillar", which the Dagestanis called the "root pillar". All the peoples of Dagestan greatly honor the history of their family. Here you can see old carpets, pottery and other things that were usually in the homes of mountaineers.
In the Craft Workshop you can see the products of Dagestan masters of coinage, potters, carpet weaving. There are products of craftsmen from Kubachi village. There are also bas-reliefs with stone carvings and wood carvings.
The fourth hall is dedicated to the Contemporary Art of Dagestan. Modern designers of Dagestan sew original clothes using folk motifs.
