Besides the excursions you can visit one of the five museums: the local ethnographical museum, the art gallery, Dostoevsky's House - museum, the Museum of history of the northwest front, the Museum of history of the resort. Also you can visit Dostoevsky scientific and cultural center and the Center of folk art and crafts, where you can cheaply purchase unique handicrafts which are made by skilled craftsmen.

Besides you can date your trip to Staraya Russa for holidays which are constantly celebrated in our city:

December, 31 - New Year's festival,
January, 7 - Christmas-tide,
The end of February - the seeing-off the winter (the pancake week),
May, 17 and October, 1 - the days of celebrating of Staraya Russa Mother of God icon,
The end of May - Dostoevskye international recitations,
July, 12 - City Day, Petrovskaya Fair,
The second Saturday of August - Day of aircraft (in Staraya Russa is working the 123-rd aircraft repair plant, which is well-known all over the world and on which the giants Il-76 are repairing,
November, 11 - Dostoevsky's Birthday and the International festival of chamber performances on F.M. Dostoevsky works.