Valday Town Museum, Museum in Valday, Russia

The Valday Town Museum occupies a two-story 19th-century mansion in the town center and displays regional artifacts along with historical collections. The building's rooms contain objects and documents that document local history from various time periods.

The building originally functioned as a nobility guardianship office, then as the residence of the district nobility leader, and later as a court of justice before opening as a museum in 1998. Its conversion to a museum marked the beginning of preserving the town's material heritage for future generations.

The exhibitions feature portraits of residents, everyday objects, and mementos from families across different periods of the town's history. These personal items create a direct connection to how people actually lived their daily lives in this place.

The museum is at 7 Lunacharskogo Street in a two-story 19th-century mansion. Its exhibition and display area covers 336 m², with 40 m² for temporary exhibitions. The park zone around the building occupies 0.46 hectares. The museum receives about 65,000 visitors a year.

Among the summer residents whose belongings are displayed are the painter Nicholas Roerich, the philosopher Vladimir Solovyov and the publicist Mikhail Menshikov. Everyday objects of ordinary Valday families such as the Rots, Bogdanova, Nikolsky, Rorbek and Bystrova are shown beside them.