A new open air Buryat museum between Irkutsk & Olkhon Island

Hi there! My name is Maxim Milyutin. I am based in Irkutsk, Russia's Siberia. Traveller, organiser of local travel talks, and owner of Irkutsk hostel. Travel for me is not necessary movement to some place far away from home, it's a state of soul. That's why I like to travel around my home region and and abroad as well. I'm happy to share my knowledge about Baikal with everybody! Feel free to ask me about Lake Baikal via the contact form Tatiana Baksheeva, our previous blog runner, remains with us as a contributor.

A new open air Buryat museum between Irkutsk & Olkhon Island

By Tatiana, on May 1st, 2011%

A Buryat jurt at Lake Baikal, Russia

A new ethnographic museum in the open air will be opened soon on the way to Olkhon Island, in 135 km from Irkutsk. The museum will be called Via Lactea.

There will be a Buryat jurt, traditional Buryat winter house, barn and yard represented. Travellers will be suggested to try Buryat cuisine, buy souvenirs made from horsehair, ride a horse and even milk a cow.

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