Museum of Nature and Humanity, Natural history museum in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.

The Museum of Nature and Humanity is a natural history museum in Khanty-Mansiysk that covers geology, archaeology, paleontology, and biology of the Ob-Ugric region. The collections include fossils, archaeological finds, and specimens from local wildlife spread across several permanent exhibition halls.

The museum was established on 9 July 1932 by decree of the Ural regional executive committee as the district museum of the Ostyako-Vogulsky national okrug, with exhibits transferred from the Tobolsk museum. Organisation began only in 1934, when Ivan Shabalin was appointed to set it up; he was dismissed in 1936, arrested in 1937 and shot in Tobolsk, and rehabilitated in 1989. It opened to visitors on 4 November 1936 in a former fishing-trust barrack on Komsomolskaya Street, and moved into a rebuilt 350 m² building in 1962.

The museum shows how the Khanty and Mansi peoples have lived in this region for generations, using the land and rivers around them. Visitors can see traditional objects, clothing, and tools that still connect to the everyday life of these communities today.

The museum is accessible to most visitors, and it is worth checking in advance what guided tours or language options are available for those who do not speak Russian. Arriving earlier in the day generally allows more time to explore each section without rushing.

The museum's founder and first director, Ivan Shabalin, a former Left Socialist-Revolutionary and exile, was appointed on 1 July 1934, dismissed without explanation on 20 February 1936, arrested on 8 July 1937 and shot in Tobolsk on 12 August 1937; he was rehabilitated on 6 June 1989.