Tula State Museum of Samovar, Samovar museum in Tula, Russia

The Tula State Museum of Samovar occupies a two-storey building at Mendeleevskaya Street 8, near the walls of the Tula Kremlin. Its three halls hold samovars from the 18th to the 20th century, beginning with a sbitennik, the samovar's prototype. Visitors can also step inside the largest decorative samovar, which houses a display of souvenir samovars.

The museum opened on 7 November 1990 in a two-storey building at Mendeleevskaya Street 8, beside the walls of the Tula Kremlin. The house was designed in 1875 for the arrival of Alexander II and rebuilt in 1910–1912 by S. M. Serebrovsky to a design by V. N. Sirotkin, with columns added. From 1937 to 1977 it held the regional Lenin Library.

The name samovar comes from Russian and means "self-boil". The collection shows how this object became central to daily life and hospitality in Russian homes over the centuries.

The museum is located in central Tula and is open on most days, though hours may vary by season. It helps to check current opening times before you visit, especially if you are traveling from far away.

The museum keeps a 140-gram Tula gingerbread with honey and fruit filling that flew to the International Space Station on Soyuz MS-14 on 22 August 2019. Cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Alexei Ovchinin received it, and after 17 days in orbit it became an exhibit.