Museums in Belarus
16 museums in Belarus. Most visited: Belarusian Great Patriotic War Museum.
Top museums in Belarus
Belarusian Great Patriotic War Museum
Military museum · 234,900 visitors a year
Founded in 1943, while the war it documents was still being fought, the Belarusian State Great Patriotic War Museum in Minsk is devoted to the history of what the former Soviet Union calls the Great...
Belarusian National Arts Museum
Art museum · 215,800 visitors a year
The Belarusian National Arts Museum in Minsk offers a rich introduction to the country's artistic life, while also opening outward to wider European and world traditions. As Belarus's principal art...
Belarusian National History and Culture Museum
The largest collection of objects from the material and spiritual culture of the Belarusian people belongs to the Belarusian National History and Culture Museum in Minsk, known on signs as...
Belarusian Nature and Environment Museum
More than 40,000 exhibits fill just 350 square metres at the Belarusian Nature and Environment Museum (Музей прыроды і экалогіі Рэспублікі Беларусь), a compact display of the natural riches of...
Maksim Bahdanovič Literary Museum, Minsk
The Maksim Bahdanovich Literary Museum (Літаратурны музей Максіма Багдановіча) is devoted entirely to one writer, Maksim Bahdanovich, who lived from 1891 to 1917. Its collection holds nearly 17,000...
Museum of Jewish History and Culture in Belarus
Sharing a building with offices for local Jewish community services on the Minsk Jewish campus, the Museum of Jewish History and Culture in Belarus (Музей гісторыі і культуры яўрэяў Беларусі) works...
Old Belarusian History Museum
History museum
Exhibits gathered on field expeditions across Belarus form the core of the Old Belarusian History Museum (Музей старажытнабеларускай культуры). Over many years, staff of the Institute of Art History,...
Museums by city in Belarus
Belarus’s museum scene is closely tied to the country’s history, from medieval settlements and folk culture to the upheavals of the 20th century. In Minsk, visitors can move between major national institutions such as the Belarusian Great Patriotic War Museum, the National Arts Museum, and museums focused on history, nature, and culture. Mooseum helps travelers compare these stops and explore them with digital tools that make planning easier.
Beyond the capital, museums in Brest and western Belarus add a different perspective. The Berestye Archeological Museum preserves the remains of a medieval East Slavic town on its original site, while Brest Fortress remains one of the country’s most important historical memorial complexes. Nearby, the Brest Railway Museum reflects the region’s transport history and its role as a border crossroads between Central and Eastern Europe.
Contemporary culture also has a place in Belarus’s museum landscape, especially in Minsk galleries and art spaces such as the “Ў” Gallery of Contemporary Art. Visitors interested in regional identity will also find local history museums, ethnographic collections, and nature displays that connect the forests, wetlands, and small towns of Belarus to broader national themes. On Mooseum, these varied museums are easier to discover by interest, city, and route.
Map of museums in Belarus
Museums in Belarus: questions
- How many museums are there in Belarus?
- Mooseum lists 16 museums in Belarus. Minsk has the most, with 8.
- What are the most visited museums in Belarus?
- By annual visitors reported on Wikipedia: Belarusian Great Patriotic War Museum (234,900) and Belarusian National Arts Museum (215,800).
- What kinds of museums are in Belarus?
- Of the 10 whose type we know, the most common are art museums (3), military museums (2), zoos and aquariums (2) and archaeology museums (1).
- Strong focus on 20th-century history, especially World War II memory, resistance, and reconstruction
- National museums in Minsk cover fine art, history, culture, and the natural environment in one city
- Brest combines archaeology, military history, and railway heritage within easy reach of each other
- Open-air and site-based interpretation is important, particularly at Berestye and Brest Fortress
- Belarusian museums often connect urban collections with regional traditions, folk culture, and the landscapes of Polesia and the west
- Many major museums in Minsk and Brest are closed one day a week, often Monday, so check schedules on Mooseum before planning a full museum day.
- Carry some cash or a local payment card for smaller regional museums, where online booking may be limited compared with larger national institutions.
- Allow extra time for large sites such as Brest Fortress and the Great Patriotic War Museum, which are more demanding than a quick gallery visit.
- Spring through early autumn is especially good for combining indoor museums with outdoor memorials, fortress grounds, and archaeological sites.
All museums in Belarus
Every museum in Belarus listed on Mooseum. Search by name or type.
| Name | Type | Website | Links | Stats |
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Art museum | ygallery.by |  | — | |
Belarusian Great Patriotic War MuseumFounded in 1943, while the war it documents was still being fought, the Belarusian State Great Patriotic War Museum in Minsk is devoted to the history of what the former Soviet Union calls the Great... | Military museum | www.warmuseum.by | | — |
Belarusian National Arts MuseumThe Belarusian National Arts Museum in Minsk offers a rich introduction to the country's artistic life, while also opening outward to wider European and world traditions. As Belarus's principal art... | Art museum | www.artmuseum.by | | — |
Belarusian National History and Culture MuseumThe largest collection of objects from the material and spiritual culture of the Belarusian people belongs to the Belarusian National History and Culture Museum in Minsk, known on signs as... | — | www.histmuseum.by | | — |
Belarusian Nature and Environment MuseumMore than 40,000 exhibits fill just 350 square metres at the Belarusian Nature and Environment Museum (Музей прыроды і экалогіі Рэспублікі Беларусь), a compact display of the natural riches of... | — | mus-eco.com | | — |
Archaeology museum | brokm.vbreste.by/filial-arheologicheskii-muzei-bereste.html | | — | |
Military museum | www.brest-fortress.by | | — | |
Transport museum | www.rw.by/en/corporate/social_sphere/museums/brest_museum/information | | — | |
Zoo or aquarium | www.grodnozoo.by | | — | |
— | gnckult.by/dom-remesel | | — | |
Maksim Bahdanovič Literary Museum, MinskThe Maksim Bahdanovich Literary Museum (Літаратурны музей Максіма Багдановіча) is devoted entirely to one writer, Maksim Bahdanovich, who lived from 1891 to 1917. Its collection holds nearly 17,000... | — | bellitmuseum.by/litaraturnyi-muzey-maksima-bagdanovicha | | — |
Art museum | chagal-vitebsk.com | | — | |
Zoo or aquarium | minskzoo.by | | — | |
Museum of Jewish History and Culture in BelarusSharing a building with offices for local Jewish community services on the Minsk Jewish campus, the Museum of Jewish History and Culture in Belarus (Музей гісторыі і культуры яўрэяў Беларусі) works... | — | jewishmuseum.by | | — |
Old Belarusian History MuseumExhibits gathered on field expeditions across Belarus form the core of the Old Belarusian History Museum (Музей старажытнабеларускай культуры). Over many years, staff of the Institute of Art History,... | History museum | nasb.gov.by/bel/organizations/museums/belmuseum.php | | — |
— | vokm.museum.by | | — |