Museums, Exhibitions

Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ciscarpathian Ukraine · Galich

The Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ciscarpathian (the Museum, for short) is an open-air museum and a branch of the Ancient Galich National Reserve. It is situated at the location of an ancient fortified settlement, at the first line of the defence walls. This little "island" of folk architecture introduces the architecture and everyday ...

Museum of Furniture Russia · Moscow

The idea to create the Museum of Furniture (the Museum, for short) came up long ago, when the Smirwald restoration company still huddled in the Porokhovshchikov House in Arbat Street. People used to bring things there that could not be repaired. Nobody dared to just throw away these "ruined" objects. The only way out left was to work long and hard....

Museum of Hungarian Agriculture, Vajdahunyad Castle Europe · Hungary · Budapest

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Museum of Music in the Sheremetev Palace Baltic Sea · Russia · Saint Petersburg

The Saint Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music is located in the historical centre of the city. The building of the museum is a part of one of the most majestic architecture ensembles of St. Petersburg — the Ensemble of Alexandrinsky Theatre. This architectural masterpiece together with the street, which bears his name, was created by the g...

Museum of Musical Instruments and Dolls Europe · Germany · Goslar

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Museum of One Street, Museum of Andrew's Descent Dnieper River · Ukraine · Kiev

The Museum of One Street (the Museum, for short) is dedicated to the history of Andreyevsky Descent, the street known, due to a saying by Viktor Nekrasov, as "...the most Kievan street in Kiev". It is a private museum. Two rooms of the Museum's permanent exhibition contain hundreds of authentic antiques: books, paintings, furniture and clothes, ...

Museum of Palaeontology named after Y. A. Orlov, Orlov Museum Russia · Moscow

The Orlov Museum of Palaeontology (the Museum, for short) is an integral part of the Institute of Palaeontology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (the Institute, for short). It is rightfully considered one of the largest natural history museums in the world. The exhibitions of the Museum are dedicated to the evolution of the organic world of the E...

Museum of Russian Art Dnieper River · Ukraine · Kiev

The Kiev Museum of Russian Art (the Museum, for short) was opened in 1922; it was then known as Kiev Art Gallery. The collection of the Museum was based on artistic valuables nationalised after the 1917 Russian Revolution. It was primarily the collection of the Tereshchenko family who had been a family of large industrialists, art patrons, and char...

Museum of Samovars Volga River · Russia · Gorodets

On 8th September 2008, within the framework of the celebrations dedicated to the 855th anniversary of the Gorodets town the Museum of Samovars (the Museum, for short) was opened to the public. The Museum occupies the former house of the merchant Grishayev. This house, which is a monument of architecture and city-building, was built in the second ha...

Museum of the Black Sea Fleet Black Sea · Ukraine · Sevastopol

The Museum of the Black Sea Fleet (the Museum, for short) was opened on 14th September (old style) 1869 in Yekaterininskaya Street (now Lenina Street) in a house of Eduard Totlebin, general and one of the leaders of Sevastopol defence in 1854 and 1855. To found the Museum the Special Committee under chairmanship of Eduard Totlebin was established i...