Stone Age and Bronze Age finds from the Tula area are displayed in this wonderful interactive museum, including arrowheads, fish hooks and jewellery. English tours (R1000 per group) tell the stories behind the collections. Have a go at pottery and blacksmithery, or sip tea and nibble gingerbread in the reconstruction of a 19th-century wooden Tula home.
The centre also arranges trips to Kulikovo Pole , about 130km southeast of Tula, where in 1380 the Grand Prince of Moscow's army took on the Golden Horde and won. The large nature reserve is home to three museums and hosts a reenactment of the battle every September.
