Welcome to MUZEUM KIZHI 
Kizhi is one of 1369 islands in the north-eastern part of Lake Onega, which is the visiting card of Karelia. Located 68 km from Petrozavodsk, it is one of the most important cultural attractions of Russia.
The places here are amazingly beautiful, a labyrinth of hundreds of picturesque islands and bays is harmoniously woven into a unique natural landscape. Rocks with pine trees growing on them, bizarre coastlines in their tortuosity, playing with flowers of the most diverse vegetation of the meadow - all this makes Kizhi a really beautiful and unique place.
Main information about the park
The Kizhi Museum Reserve, which is about 5.5 km long and 1.4 km wide, is an open-air museum - one of the largest and most famous museum reserves in the country, as well as a natural, historical and cultural complex. Here are samples of the peasant culture of the Russian North, especially valuable from the point of view of the general cultural heritage of the peoples of Russia. Household utensils, icons created in Russian, Karelian and Veps villages, not to mention the various buildings that were later recognized as architectural monuments, are collected on this small piece of land.
Of particular interest is its main dominant - Kizhi graveyard of the 18th century, consisting of several wooden churches. Back in the 90s of the last century, it was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
For visitors
Park mode
Administratively, the museum-reserve belongs to the Medvezhyegorsky district of the Republic of Karelia and it manages the entire island of Kizhi. The facility is open to visitors all year round. From May to October, the museum is open from 8:00 to 20:00, from November to April - from 9: 00-10: 00 to 16: 00-17: 00.
Entrance to the museum is paid, one adult ticket will cost you 500 rubles (if other prices are not stipulated in the previously purchased tour). Students and senior citizens pay 200 and 300 rubles, respectively. Free access to the island is available only to children under 16 years old.
How to get there
There is no direct air communication with Kizhi, so first you need to be in Petrozavodsk. It is more convenient for many tourists to get to the capital of Karelia by air: flights from Moscow are carried out several times a week, aircraft are served by the local Besovets airport, located in the village of the same name. Between both cities there is a regular railway and bus service.
Upon arrival to Petrozavodsk, passenger ships of the Russian North company, which sends four ships to Kizhi every day, are at your service. An adult ticket will cost 1,425 rubles, and then only one way. Children's tickets cost half as much. On Fridays and Sundays in the evening, the so-called “social” motor ships go through Kizhi Island, tickets for which cost only 860 rubles. Flights carry out "Rybinsk Passenger Transportation".
