The Perm Regional Museum is one of the oldest and largest museums in the Perm region, founded in 1890. It is housed in a building that is an architectural monument, originally constructed for a religious school. The museum's collection encompasses over 600,000 items, reflecting the natural history, archaeology, and cultural development of the Perm area from ancient times to the present day. Key holdings include a significant paleontological collection featuring skeletons of prehistoric animals, a renowned Permian animal style archaeological assemblage from the Iron Age, and extensive ethnographic materials representing the indigenous Komi-Permyak and Mansi peoples. The museum also possesses important historical artifacts related to the region's industrial development, particularly in mining and metallurgy. It functions as a major scientific and educational institution, conducting research and offering diverse public programs and exhibitions.