The world famous event "Night of Museums" is held every year in four dozen European countries, including Russia. This idea was first realized in Berlin, then it was picked up by museums in France and Austria. Italy, Czech Republic and other countries. The idea of the action is to give people, who are busy in the daytime, an opportunity to join the cultural and historical heritage of mankind. There are especially many museums that will be open on the night of May 19 in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Instructions
Step 1
In Moscow, about one and a half hundred organizations decided to take part in the "Night of Museums" action, and in St. Petersburg - more than seventy, and two dozen of them are newcomers, in which this event is being held for the first time. Of course, even if you decide to cover as many museums as possible with a cultural program, you will still not be able to visit all of them, because they will only work until midnight. And there is no point in jogging through numerous gyms if your goal is not a marathon, but getting interesting information. It is better to dwell on those museums, the subject of which is not indifferent to you. And the choice is simply gorgeous.
Step 2
How can you find out what Moscow museums offer their visitors? Simple: go to the Department of Culture website for a list of museums, theaters, galleries, and the programs they offer. So that when you come to the museum, you do not find yourself in a "traffic jam" or queue, before leaving the house, take a look at the interactive map published on the website, which displays the number of visitors. To make it easier for people to get to museums, there are about 50 special bus routes connecting the most significant cultural institutions.
Step 3
Please note that you can visit the most popular exhibition sites, for example, the Kolomenskoye, Tsaritsyno, Kuskovo estates, the State Darwin Museum, the Tretyakov Gallery and others, by registering on the website in advance, and then receiving a ticket indicating the time of the visit.
Step 4
Very interesting expositions are offered to visitors by such museums as the Kremlin in Izmailovo, Provision stores, the English courtyard, the Museum of Archeology, the Vlakhernskoye-Kuzminki estate of the Golitsyn princes, Lefortovo, the State Museum of the Defense of Moscow, the Museum of the History of the Gulag. Museum "History of T-34 Tank", Museum "Battle of Borodino", Museum of the History of Cosmonautics and many others. It all depends on your preference.
Step 5
Want to know about the latest research on the origins of life on Earth? So you better go to the Darwin Museum. Do you like animals? State Biological Museum. Timiryazeva conducts multimedia presentations of the voices of nocturnal animals, incl. owls. If you want to see the world's best collection of Ural malachite, huge nuggets of precious stones, samples of minerals - your way to the Geological Museum. Vernadsky.
Step 6
You can also go to museums of icons, forensics, furniture, nomadic culture, tea, chocolate and cocoa, etc., and you will not be disappointed.
Step 7
And if you find yourself in St. Petersburg on this day (or rather, on this night), you will be able to reveal several city secrets. This is exactly how the general theme sounds, which was chosen this year by the St. Petersburg participants of the "Night of Museums" action. In order to get to the St. Petersburg Museum, you need to buy a single ticket. And then - read the announcements of the most interesting programs on the Internet and plan your own route.
Step 8
At the Night of Museums you can see a lot of new and unusual things. For example, one of the most interesting programs for visitors is offered by the Museum of the History of Religion. In addition to permanent exhibitions about world religions, they prepare a zoo quest on the search for totem animals, a plastic mystery with throat singing, a master class “Cats for multiplying kindness”, a theatrical performance “The Journey of a Siberian Shaman,” etc. A visit to the "cave" of the late Paleolithic era will be especially intriguing.
Step 9
For the first time, the Palace Telegraph Station and the Farmer's Palace, located in the Alexandria Park in Peterhof, will take part in the Night of Museums. Here you will discover the secrets of the first telegraph messages and learn the “language of fans” and “the language of flowers”, which all ladies of high society were masterly mastered in the past.
Step 10
In the museum "Raznochinny Petersburg" you will learn about the little-known places of the uncommon Northern Palmyra. In the museum of AV Suvorov you will be told what secrets are kept by the ancient cannon, the underground passage, etc. In the museum of artillery you will find a medieval knightly tournament and the battles of the ancient Romans. And in Yekateringof Park some battles of the Great Patriotic War will be reconstructed with historical accuracy. Various performances, lectures, excursions and even concerts of "night" music are offered by dozens of St. Petersburg libraries that have joined this cultural action. You can think about where you will go now.
