Center for Wooden Architecture

The Center for Wooden Architecture in Tyumen is situated in an historical building on Dzerzhinskogo Street, formerly known as Sadovaya. It is a two-story wooden house built in 1909 belonging to meshchanka Feoktista Rubtsova. A distinctive feature of the building are carved window frames typical of Tyumen wood architecture. Inside there is opened a photo studio owned by Luky Rodionov functioning since 1913. The center focuses on preserving traditions of Siberian wooden construction and offers visitors workshops on carving wood.