Moscow 4 There are more than 3000 museums (and about 72 000 museum workers) in Russian Moscow region 92 Federation, not including school and company museums. Every year Russian museums visit more than 80 million visitors, 1/3 of who are visitors under 18 There are about 650 individual and institutional members in ICOM Russia. During two last St. Petersburg 117 years ICOM Russia membership was rapidly increasing more than 20% (or about 100 new members) a year Northwestern region 160 You will find the information aboutICOM Russia members in this book. All members (individual and institutional) are divided in two big groups – Museums which are institutional members of ICOM or are represented by individual members and Organizations. All the museums in this book are distributed by regional principle. Organizations are structured in profile groups Central region 192 Volga river region 224 Many thanks to all the museums who offered their help and assistance in the making of this collection South of Russia 258 Special thanks to Urals 270 Museum creation and consulting Culture heritage security in Russia with 3M(tm)Novec(tm)1230 Siberia and Far East 284 © ICOM Russia, 2012 Organizations 322 © K. Novokhatko, A. Gnedovsky, N. Kazantseva, O. Guzewska – compiling, translation, editing, 2012 [email protected] www.icom.org.ru © Leo Tolstoy museum-estate “Yasnaya Polyana”, design, 2012 Moscow MOSCOW A. N. SCRiAbiN MEMORiAl Capital of Russia. Major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation center of Russia and the continent MUSEUM Highlights: First reference to Moscow dates from 1147 when Moscow was already a pretty big town. • all personal belongings of Alexander Scri- Named after the Moskva-river, which banks it is situated on abin • Bechstein grand piano presented to the Became the capital of the independent principality in 1327. After under Ivan III the city composer by the famous German firm, became the capital of the kingdom which included almost the whole territory of the present-day • a concert dress European part of Russia. Moscow remained to be the capital until 1712, when the newly founded • casts of Scriabin`s hands Saint Petersburg became the capital of Russian Empire • one of the first telephone sets in Moscow • vase by K. Fabergé On 12 March 1918 Moscow became the capital again – and remained the same through the Soviet period till now Main research areas: • creative heritage of the great Russian Three objects from the UNESCO World Heritage List located within the borders of Moscow composer, pianist, philosopher and poet Alexander Scriabin Population over 12 000 000 pened on July 17th, 1922 under the ini- • history of the Silver Age of Russian culture tiative of the composer`s widow, Tatiana Total area 1091 km2 OShletser Last years’ main projects • exhibition “The Genius of Russian music” Time zone MSK (UTC+04:00) Collection: 26 808 items dedicated to 140th anniversary of Alexan- der Scriabin’s birth, Moscow Main sections of collection: • exhibition dedicated to foundation of • memorial apartment Scriabin`s Society in Bulgaria, Sofia • authentic things and furnishing that sur- • exhibition “The Touching to music” within rounded A. Scriabin in his everyday life the Festival “Terra musicale” organized by • private library Association of musical museums of Rus- • archival documents (photos, letters, man- sia, Moscow uscripts, autographs, memoirs, concert programmers, posters) ICOM Committee ICLM “Memorial museum of A. N. scriabin” 119002, Moscow, B. Nikolopeskovsky lane, 11 [email protected] www.anscriabin.ru Director Alexander Lazarev +7 (499) 241 19 01 Executive secretary Elvira Zelenina +7 (499) 241 19 00 International contacts Valentina Kokonova +7 (499) 241 21 52 5 ICOM Moscow Moscow Highlights of the collection: A. S. PUShkiN StAtE MUSEUM • A. S. Pushkin portrait by Xavier de Maistre. Metal plate, oil. 1801–1802 • autograph A. S. Pushkin on the document “Register of books from A. S. Pushkin” • N. Pushkin Lansky portrait by I. K. Ma- karov. Oil on canvas. 1849 • illustration for scene chases. Option fron- tispiece by A. N. Benoit. Watercolor on pa- per. 1906–1916 • Russian furniture. The framework of soft wood, mahogany veneer, fabric. 1820 • Ballads and tales by V. A. Zhukovsky. Cal- ico, paper label on spine with gold letter- ing. 1831 • Exhibition “Place of genius. Lieu du ge- nie” – an artistic study of the spirit of Main research areas: places linked to the important figures of • biography and the artistic heritage of Russian and French literature – Pushkin, A. S. Pushkin Lermontov, Turguenev, Tolstoy, M. Sholok- hov, J. Verne, G. Sand, A. Rimbaud, Museum is a research center to study the bi- E. Triolet et L. Aragon. Sholokhov, J. Verna, ography and the artistic heritage of Pushkin G. Flobera, G. Sand, A. Rembo, and E. Tri- ole L. Aragona. Last years’ main projects: • “Portraits of the unknown”. The State Mu- ICOM Committees ICLM, MPR, ICFA, CECA, seum of A. S. Pushkin DEMHIST, ICOM-CC ounded on 5th of October 1957. Started Collection: 165 000 items out almost without a single exhibit F Main sections of collection: paintings, draw- Museum complex covers an area of the for- ings, books, documents, manuscripts, pho- mer town estate Khrushchev – Seleznyov, tographs, decorative and applied art, sculp- constructed in 1814–1817 ture, numismatics, and furniture state Institution of culture of Moscow “The state Director Evgeny Bogatyrev Museum of A. s. Pushkin” +7 (495) 637 26 36 119034 Russia, Moscow, ul. Prechistenka 12/2 [email protected] Executive secretary svetlana Kuzmina Department (Branches): +7 (495) 637 78 48 • “Memorial Apartment of A. Pushkin” [email protected] • “Memorial Apartment of A. Beliy” International contacts Vladimir Polyansky • “Museum of I. s. Turgenev” +7 (495) 637 57 13 • “House of V. L. Pushkin” [email protected] www.pushkinmuseum.ru 6 ICOM Moscow Moscow ounded in 1716 as Mineral Area Chamber A. E. FERSMAN in Kunstkamera, which was later moved Fto Moscow and became part of the museum collections of the Russian Academy of Sci- MiNERAlOgical MUSEUM ences. At present, the museum has one of the best and most complete collections of miner- als in the world. Today the museum is located in the former riding school “Manezh” and the stables of the palace mansion “Neskuch- noye” (1806) Collection: 150 000 items Last years’ main projects: Main sections of collection: systematic col- • “Fabergé”. Juuka, Finland, 2008 lection, collections of: crystals, deposits, for- • “Year of Russia in India”. Delhi, India, 2009 mation and transformation, gem stones and • “Panorama of empires. Cesarevitch Nicolas lapidary, meteorites Alexandrovich travel to the Eastin 1890– 1891”. Tsaritsyno, Moscow, Russia, 2010 Highlights: • Projects “Fersman Rainbow”, “Fersman • Faberge lapidary masterpieces Rebus” in collaboration with ICOM Russia, • lapidary from the Peterhof, Kolyvan, Eka- 2010–2011 terinburg cutting factories • “Fabergé and lapidary artists”. Kremlin, • unique crystals Moscow, Russia, 2011 • rare minerals • “Water and Stone”. Kaliningrad, Russia, 2012 Main research areas: • Temporary exhibitions at the mineral show • research of a mineral matter (discovery of in Tucson, USA, 2009–2012 the new mineral species) • historical lapidary art-pieces ICOM Committee NATHIST Mineralogical museum named after A. E. Fersman RAs Moscow, Leninskiy prospect, 18-2 www.fmm.ru [email protected] Director Viktor Garanin +7 (495) 952 00 67 [email protected] Executive secretary Elena Borisova +7 (495) 954 18 59 [email protected] International contacts Maria Alferova +7 (495) 954 39 00 [email protected] 8 ICOM Moscow Moscow stablished in the year of 800-anniversary • Holy Trinity. 1484–1485. St. Joseph of Volo- ANdREy RUblEV MUSEUM of Moscow – 1947, on the premises of kolamsk monastery. Master Paisius EAndronikov Monastery of the Saviour (15th – 18th cc., closed in 1918) Main research areas: OF ANCiENt RUSSiAN • Ancient Russian Culture and Art Opened on 21st of September 1960 CUltURE ANd ARt Last years’ main projects: Collection: 18 773 items • Iconography of Holy Theotokos (Museum of Foreign Art, Riga, Latvia, 2008) Main sections of collection: icons, murals, • Holy Warriors: Images of Celestial Defend- applied and decorative arts, sculpture, manu- ers in the Russian Art 12th – the beginning scripts and old-printed books of 20th c. (Andrey Rublev museum, 2009), (Yekaterinburg museum, 2011) Highlights: • Holy Russia. Icons from Andrey Rublev • Christ the Almighty. First half of the 13th Museum Collection in Moscow (Cultural century. From Yaroslavl Region center Bankaha, Valencia and Alicante, • St. John the Forerunner. About 1420. Mos- Spain, 2009) cow. Master related to Andrey Rublev • Andrey Rublev. The Feat of Icon-painting. circle To 650th anniversary of the Great Artist • Dormition of Holy Theotokos. Late 15th (State Tretyakov Gallery, 2011) century. Master related to Dionysius circle • Theotokos Vladimirskaya (Volokolamska- ICOM Committees ICFA, ICDAD, AVICOM ya). About 1572. Moscow Federal state budget cultural institution “central Andrey Rublev museum of Ancient Russian culture and Art” 105120, Moscow, Andronievskaya, 10 +7 (495) 678 50 55 Branch: • church of the Intersession at Fili district (17th c.) www.rublev-museum.ru Director Gennady Popov +7 (495) 678 14 89 [email protected] Executive secretary Natalia Komashko +7 (495) 678 98 03 [email protected] International contacts Maria Ivaschuk 10 ICOM Moscow Moscow bAkhRUShiN CENtRAl Number of depository items: 1 500 000 Main sections of collection: decorative and fine materials fund, photo and negative docu- thEAtRE MUSEUM mentation fund (over 500,000 items), fund of posters and theatre programs (600,000 items), archive and manuscript fund, book fund, fund of memorial things, fund of chil- dren and puppet theatres, collection of vid- eo-, audio records and film materials Main research areas: • Russian music and drama theater history Highlights: • A. A. Bakhrushin’s activities and forming of • archive of Marius Petipa collection history • fund of V. Meierhold • stage design history • works of the end of 19th – the beginning • museology problems of 20th c.: sketches of sets, costumes, maquetts of sets by I.