Orsha. Ethnographic Museum "Mlyn" (Mill).

The city of Orsha was founded at the place where the small brook Orshitsa merges with the Dnieper. And now the castle hill archeological monument has been preserved there to our time. At the beginning of the 20th century, a two-story water mill was built of red brick on Orshitsa near the castle hill, and a brick bridge was built next to it.

The mill is a monument of industrial architecture. Since 1995, the ethnographic museum "Mlyn" has been opened in the building of the mill, which is a branch of the Museum complex of history and culture of the Orshan region.

The first part of the exhibition is called "Our Daily Bread". It tells about the peasant work of growing bread. Exhibits and household items used by peasants during sowing and harvesting are presented.

In the second part of the exhibition called "Light of the soul and talent", visitors will get acquainted with the objects of spiritual culture.

The museum has a large collection of homemade towels, folk costumes, icons and ceramic dishes. There is also a hall for holding temporary exhibitions on the lower half of the mill. The date of construction of the building - 1902 - has been preserved on the main facade of the mill. You can buy souvenirs in the museum.