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An interesting archeological collection
from the mounds of the 12th-14th centuries in Olgin Krest
(Olga's Cross), a small village in Slantsy neighbourhood,
is displayed in the exhibit. It amounts 615 pieces, mostly
women's adornments made of bronze and silver, as well as artifacts
produced nearby the Narova River. A collection of ancient
coins, including a German dinar (Mainz, 1031-1054 A.D.) and
an Anglo-Saxon penny of the King Kanut times (1016-1035 A.D.),
was donated to the museum by E.Petrov, its discoverer.
An unusual ashlar cross of the 14th-15th
century found in Pavlovsky Pogost attracts attention giving
an idea of the old Slavic funeral rites.
Small but diverse collection of local fauna
enjoys wide popularity, especially among children. Stuffed
animals and birds made by a Slantsy resident L.Mandryka are
displayed here. Not uncommon wolves, bears and lynxes can
be seen here next to such rare species as roes, golden eagles
or fish-hawks.
Impressive fossilized trilobites, inhabitants of Cretaceous,
that were found in the Leningradskaya mine are donated to
the museum and shown here.
A large section of the museum exhibit is
devoted to the main occupation of Slantsy residents - shale
mining and processing. It is interesting to compare miner's
implements of the 1930-ies and 1990-ies. A dynamic electrified
scale model of Zavod Slantsy plant donated by its workers
and a scale model of a cement-mill made and donated by mechanic
N.Kudryavtsev are entertaining. Here visitors can also see
various samples of local industry production, including that
of Leningradslanets JSC (mined shale), Zavod Slantsy (benzene,
electrode coke, resins and oils etc.) and of the Slantsevsky
cement works (different kinds of cements).
A special exhibit covers the Great Patriotic
War period in the history of Slantsy showing objects of the
war time and portraits of Slantsy residents fighting at the
fronts and in partisan detachments.
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