Museums under the Department of culture and arts are the richest in the Kirov oblast. These are the following museums

• The Kirov regional Arts Museum named after V.M. and A.M. Vasnetsovs
  Karl Marx street, bld.70, Kirov (the city of), 610000; Tel. 62-79-03
• The Kirov regional museum of local lore
  Drelevsky street, bld.6, Kirov (the city of), 610000; Tel. 62-37-38
• The museum of aviation and space exploration named after K.E. Tsiolkovsky
  Engels street, bld.16, Kirov (the city of), 610000; Tel. 38-47-51

Museum is one of the key links in formig a civilized society treasuring the ideals of democracy and progress, as it is the Museum that keeps and passes over to the next generations the historic heritage of the nation.

The collections of the Kirov oblast museums contain 362.2 thousand exhibis (of January 1, 2006). In the oblast there are 46 museums including 3 regional and 43 municipal ones.

Of all the museums 29 hae collections registered with the Federal Registry of Museum Stock of the Russian Federation:

1. The Kirov regional Arts Museum named after V.M. and A.M. Vasnetsovs
2. The Kirov regional museum of local lore
3. The museum of aviation and space exploration named after K.E. Tsiolkovsky
4. The Memorial museum-house of V.M. and A.M. Vasnetsovs in the village of Ryabovo of the Zuevka district
5. The Memorial museum-house of I.S. Konev in the Podosinovets district
6. The memorial historical-revolutionary museum of S.M. Kirov in the Urzhum district
7. The Afanasievo district museum of local lore
8. The Belaya Kholunitsa district historical museum
9. The Vyatskie-Polyany historical museum (the town of Vyatskie-Polyany)
10. The Kotelnich museum of local lore (the town of Kotelnich)
11. The Kotelnich museum of paleonthology museum
12. The Kumyony district museum of local lore
13. The Kiknur museum of local lore
14. The museum-exhibition center of the town of Kirovo-Chepetsk
15. The Kilmez museum of local lore
16. The Lalsk historical museum of local lore (the Luza district)
17. The Malmyzh district museum of local lore
18. Te Kotelnich district museum of the peasantry
19. The museum of history of the village of Kai in the Verkhnekamsk district
20. The Orlov museum of local lore
21. The Podosinovets museum of local lore
22. The Pizhanka museum of local lore
23. The Sanchursk historical museum
24. The Slobodskoy museum-exhibition center (the town of Slobodskoy)
25. The Sovetsk district museum of local lore
26. The Tuzha district museum of local lore
27. The Urzhum museum of local lore named after N.I. Arbuzova
28. The Vyatka museum of photography, the Kotelnich district
29. The Yaransk district museum of local lore

In the Kirov oblast there exists a base for the restoration of museum exhibits - the restoration department at the Kirov regional Arts Museum named after V.M. and A.M. Vasnetsovs. 8 museums of the Kirov oblast are included into tours offered by regional travel agencies. In the oblast there are 806 architectral, historic and cultural landmarks, 192 of which are of federal importance.

There are no independent exhibition halls in the Kirov oblast, all of them are museum branches.

There are 5 exhibition halls (museum branches) located in independent buildings.

• Exhibition hall - a branch of the Kirov regional museum of local lore
• Exhibition hall - a branch of the Kirov regional Arts Museum named after V.M. and A.M. Vasnetsovs
• Exhibition hall - a branch of the Podosinovets museum of local lore
• Exhibition hall - a branch of the Vyatskie Polyany historical museum
• Exhibition hall - a branch of the Lalsk museum of local lore