Unique historical territory should have such places where a city dweller or a tourist could feel and keenly appreciate the spirit of history in very special circumstances. In this context the permanent
exhibition "A Walk along Nizhne-Pokrovskaya Street" has been set up quite in time. It was opened in May 1998 in Peter the Great's house, an architectural monument of the 17th century. The exhibition was created on the basis of a valuable and significant museum item of 1910 — "The Guidebook on Polotsk" that was published in Polotsk on the occasion of transferring St. Euphrosine's relics from Kiev. It tells about the history of Nizhne-Pokrovskaya Street, about the people who lived in that street and about buildings and establishments that stood there in 1910.
The display area covers 110 square meters and shows 196 museum items.
This exhibition is the first exposition in Belarus devoted to the history of the street in a certain year — 1910. It is arranged as an illustration of the only exhibit — "The Guidebook on Polotsk", which became a distinctive feature in formation of modern Belarusian museology.
It is worthy of note that the name of the street — Nizhne-Pokrovskaya — appeared after the Pokrovskaya (The Protection of Our Most Holy Lady) Church had been built at the end of the former Velikaya (Great) Street in 1781. At the end of the 18th century on the map of Polotsk one could see Verhne-Pokrovskaya and Nizhne-Pokrovskaya Streets that extended towards ancient Sophia, parallel to the Western Dvina, above and below the temple. After the church burned down in May 1900 in the big fire, several attempts were made to restore it. But it was not until October 2004 that Polotians finally succeeded in carrying out their plans: Pokrovskaya Church has come back to life. The street on the bank of the Dvina tооk back its old name.