Museum of History and Local Lore

Small but interesting museum

The local history museum is small with few exhibits but the staff was very helpful. We were very interested in the Japanese occupation of the island, and there were quite a few exhibits on this subjec...

Not Worth the Port Stop

Sailed on the Diamond Princess and was excited to visit any portion of Russia for the first time. Nothing against the town, but very little to do beside visit the local Museum to see a 15 minute show...

The most touristy thing to do

Well the diamond princes sailed in and we trooped into Korsakov. Warm people in barren desolate and rather rundown outpost of Russia. They put on a little song and dance routine. Few photo ops with lo...

The museum 's potential is more than used

Original Text

In such a unique place, and Korsakov was the capital of Japan in Sakhalin at the beginning, the exhibition needs to be made more interesting. The Karafuto period can be disclosed much more detailed.

Interesting museum once

Original Text

Going to the family, the child was bored 4 years old. Going to see once, for general development. The second time you can visit when the child is about 10 years old. In general impressions are neutral.