this year on the streets Rakovskaya, 17, will be new, the tenth, the branch, who will talk about the Soviet period of history of the Belarusian capital. The novelty will become an excellent gift for the 10th anniversary of the Museum, which took its first guests on may 8, 2010.
Bone combs and a ticket on a tram, interior XVIII-XIX centuries and the cycle of the “Black story” of the artist Savitsky, Minsk gifts from sister cities and autographs of Soviet cosmonauts in every branch of his staff gathered the things that turned ordinary household items into valuable artifacts. More than 14 thousand exhibits – and this figure continues to grow, says Museum Director Galina Ladanova.
last year without the new exhibits there is not one of the branches. For the town hall, for example, has acquired several series of paintings, each of which is a prominent historical figure or a historical monument.
the Loshitsa manor – the most remote branch of the Museum of history of Minsk. The other eight are in the heart of the capital of the historical territory of the Upper town. The “age” member of this cultural family – art gallery of Mikhail Savitsky. It was here, in the house on Revolutionary, 10, in may 2010 opened the first exhibition, and a month earlier by the decision of Minsk city Executive Committee was created by the Museum structure itself. Galina Ladanova recalls:
– Initially, the concept was this: put in a basis of funds of the Museum collection of archaeological excavations of Minsk the XI-XIX centuries. It is ceramic, leather, bone, wood, jewelry, coins… But over time, the structure of the Museum has expanded, we have grown with new branches and exhibits. So today our Museum not only preserves, but also interpreterpath a long and extremely rich history of Minsk.
In 2011, the facility included a wing of Loshitsa estate and Park complex. A year later, opened the art gallery of Mikhail Savitsky, and in may the care was transferred to the premises of the city hall. Then part of a big family are the Museum-workshop of sculptor Ivan Misko and exposition “coach”. Well, the last new point on the tourist map of Minsk appeared in 2015, when their own “house” got the Minsk Conca “grandmother” of all modern trams.
a Separate direction of work of the Museum staff – carrying out of thematic exhibitions. The leaders in the number of exhibitions including the gallery of Mikhail Savitsky, Leonid Shchemelev, and art-living room “High place.” Galina Ladanova counts:
– every year we have about sixty different exhibitions. Try to imagine all kinds of art – from decorative art to contemporary installations and photographs.
