Which museums are open on the night of 28.10. International Museum Day. Union of Artists of Russia

More than two thousand museums in Russia will open their doors this night to everyone who wants to experience art at an unusual time of day, and many of them are preparing unique events for visitors.

"Night of Museums" is one of the main cultural events of the year, not only in the Russian Federation - the annual event, which is timed to coincide with International Museum Day, takes place in many countries around the world.

In Russia main theme The event will mark the 100th anniversary of the 1917 revolution, and in a number of museums events will be dedicated to the year of ecology in Russia.

On this day, master classes, lectures, concerts, performances will be held in galleries across the country. historical reconstructions. The detailed program and schedule of events can be found on the official website.

Where and how did night museum festivities originate?

The first official event, which went down in history as the “Long Night of Museums” (Lange Nacht der Museen), took place in Berlin in 1997. The city administration decided to allow visitors into museums for free on this day, and conduct excursions all night long.

This idea was a great success and the following year another 20 cities in Germany joined the action. Since then, this artistic and educational event has been held in Berlin twice a year on the last Saturday of January and August.

The history of night museum adventures in Europe, dedicated to International Museum Day, which is celebrated on May 18, began in 2001 in Paris. This idea was picked up in all major European capitals.

"Night at the Museum" event in Moscow And four years later, the French put forward the idea of ​​annually holding the International museum, exhibition, cultural and educational event "Night of Museums", which was approved by the Council of Europe in the same year. The action is supported by the International Council of Museums (ICOM).

In Russia, the Krasnoyarsk Museum Center was the first to open its doors to night visitors in 2002, and in 2007 the capital of the Russian Federation, Moscow, joined the action. The cultural and educational project “Night of Museums” has become traditional and is held on the third weekend of May.

How the “Night of Museums” will take place in the Russian capital

A large-scale annual event - “Night of Museums” will be held in Moscow for the 11th time. The motto of the Moscow event in 2017 is “Time of discovery.”

"Night of Museums" event in Gorky ParkThe "Night of Museums" will host visitors to the State Tretyakov Gallery, Tsaritsyno estate, Moscow Zoo, Museum contemporary art"Garage", "Hermitage" garden and many others.

In particular, the museum-theater " Bulgakov House"on the Night of Museums will be open until six o'clock in the morning and will present the plastic performance "Bertrand's Toys" and the performance "Land of Scoundrels" based on the banned poem by Sergei Yesenin.

The Mikhail Bulgakov Museum, Moscow Zoo, as part of the “Night of Museums” event, invites everyone to free sightseeing tours of the evening zoo. Those interested will be able to get acquainted with animals from the most different corners globe, find out the names of different animals and birds, where they live, how they live in the zoo and what needs to be done so that they do not disappear from the face of the earth.

On Krymsky Val in the Tretyakov Gallery there will be a master class on foxtrot, lipsey and jive to the accompaniment of thaw songs performed by actors of the Theater of Nations.

In All-Russian Museum arts and crafts and folk art master classes on ceramic floristry and polymer clay modeling will be held, as well as lectures on “Antiques”, “ Fascinating stories about shoes” and others. The night's program will continue with excursions, a film screening, a fashion show and an art show from the Aofmoka studio.

The event at the Museum of Cosmonautics will be opened by free tours of the main exhibition and screenings documentaries„Time of the first. History of creation”, “Time of the first. Leonov." During the master class “Ask a Cosmonaut a Question!” Hero will tell museum guests about the structure of the Universe Soviet Union cosmonaut Alexander Laveykin. Astronomical observations of different planets solar system will begin at nine o'clock in the evening.

A visitor during the "Night at the Museum" event at the State Museum fine arts named after Pushkin Pushkin Museum During the event, quests will be held and special exhibits will be exhibited. In particular, on the occasion of the “Night of Museums”, a helmet of the Illyrian type (Greece, 6th century BC) will be on display.

The range of events that you can attend in Moscow as part of the promotion on the night of May 20-21 is very diverse. It will be simply unrealistic to cover everything, or even half.

Some of them will be held only by prior registration, so you need to find out in advance about the conditions of participation, schedule, availability of free places and sign up on the official websites k.

In order to choose the most interesting events and not deprive yourself of pleasure, you should first familiarize yourself with the detailed program and schedule of the event on the official website.

The material was prepared on the basis of open sources.

“Night at the Museum” at the Museum of Moscow will be interesting for everyone. 10 exhibitions will be open to the public, more than a dozen excursions will be held, as well as performances, quests, lectures, music, cinema and three festivals - everything that the Museum of Moscow has prepared for its main holiday of the year.

Three festivals - a music festival, a food festival and a flower festival - will be held Saturday at the Provision Stores. In the morning at 11.00 the Local Food Market and the Flower Festival will begin their work - everyone who decides to visit museums on the day of the “Night at the Museum” event will have amazing opportunity stop by the courtyard of the Museum of Moscow and have a snack in a festive atmosphere. The multimedia show starts at 7 p.m. music festival“Sounds of the city: Moscow-Paris-New York.” Sound images of cities performed by the “Belcanto-orchestra” and the organ duet “Belcanto” will be combined with a special video sequence.

Among the exhibitions is “Moscow. Fashion and Revolution”, and “Night at the Museum” - the last chance to see this exhibition project! The exhibition will be open until 01.00, and from 18.00 the last special tours will take place.

Excursions will also take place around the Provision Warehouses themselves, an outstanding architectural monument that houses the Museum of Moscow, as well as all the exhibitions now presented on the main site of the museum: “The History of Moscow for Children and Adults”, “The World” Soviet photographer Boris Kosarev”, “Moscow guests: comics from Belgium, Armenia and the USA”, “110 facts about Plekhanov University”, “Donskoy Monastery. Fragments of history”, “M1: 870. Peace and war in everyday life Moscow."

In “Night at the Museum”, together with Igor Chapurin, the Museum of Moscow will dress its caretakers in new uniform, developed specifically for the event, and exhibition visitors will be the first to appreciate the new visual image of museum workers.

The city excursion bureau operating at the Museum has prepared excursions around Ostozhenka and Prechistenka, the area in which the Museum of Moscow is located. Young people and teenagers, in addition to the comic book exhibition, are invited to attend the performance “VASYABEGI”, which will begin at 21.00 in the Museum Lecture Hall and will tell about urban subcultures, as well as about today’s Moscow.

Museum of Moscow - connects history and modern city, talks about Moscow and Muscovites, and is also a platform for presenting the most interesting and new city projects today. And each of the branches of the Museum - the Museum of Archeology of Moscow, the Old English Court, the Museum of the History of Lefortovo, the Vlakhernskoe-Kuzminki Estate - is dedicated to a separate period in the history of Moscow. In each of the museums you can see its own exhibition, each branch has prepared its own special program.

Guests of the Old English Court will enjoy short musical interludes, an introduction to military affairs of the 16th–17th centuries, and master classes on the basics of navigation, home economics, and ancient games. Shakespearean England, as well as a concert medieval music. In the Moscow Museum of Archeology, located underground, you can take part in the “Discovery Sheet” quest and discover archeology as a science. At the Museum of the History of Lefortovo from 20.00 there will be excursions around the exhibition “Lefortovo. Milestones of History”, which tells about the history of the German settlement and the Lefortovo region. At the Vlakhernskoe-Kuzminki Estate at 18.30 there will be a performance of the project “BALDU KIDS”, comic costumed folk festivities with songs, dances and round dances, and at 22.30 there will be an equestrian performance.

See you at the Museum of Moscow!

The eleventh “Night at the Museum” in Moscow 2017 will take place from May 20 to 21. This year the program includes creative meetings, excursions, lectures, concerts and performances. Also this year, Muscovites will discover secret places. It is expected that more than 200 galleries and art centers of the city will take part in the action. Participants of the action will not be bored. According to the head of the capital's department of culture, Alexander Kibovsky, about 500 events have been prepared for them. Theatres, parks and libraries are also taking part in the event, some for the first time.

Single ticket for Night at the Museum 2017 in Moscow: where to buy, price

It’s only natural that you want to visit as many museums as possible during Night at the Museum. You can do this by purchasing the so-called “Single Ticket”. All museums that participate in the promotion will work with this ticket. The price of a single ticket is 400 rubles. Children under 7 years old accompanied by an adult are admitted free of charge. Only one child can go with one adult. A single ticket will be available for purchase at any museum during Night at the Museum. However, it is better to do this in advance so as not to stand in line later. On the day of the promotion, tickets will go on sale from 18:00. You can also purchase only one ticket directly to the museum you are going to.

Night at the Museum 2017 in Moscow: program of events, the most interesting events

Let us remind you that during “Night at the Museum” all museum spaces involved in the event will open their doors at 18:00 and will be open until midnight, until 24:00, and some until dawn. The editors of “What’s Happening” provide the most interesting museum spaces and exciting events in them.

Tretyakov Gallery. Night program will be dedicated to the “Thaw” exhibition. Participants will be able to attend the Farce Major Concert, where they will be able to hear the hits of Russian pop stars.

Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center. Participants of Night at the Museum will be able to visit the exhibition “The Jump” by cult photographer Philippe Halsman and get acquainted with the main exhibition for free.

Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art offers many surprises. Among them are “Cosmic Caramel: Performance” and the amazing exhibition “Urban Sauna”. Famous artist of the START project, Ivan Khryashchikov will dissolve a caramel ball and show you all the layers of this beloved delicacy.

Moscow Kremlin Museum will take part in the event for the first time. The museum staff has prepared a whole lecture program, within the framework of which all the secrets of the work of museum workers will be revealed.

In the Central Manege“Night at the Museum” will feature lectures on sound installations, as well as exciting excursions. Closer to the night, a wonderful surprise awaits guests of the event.

Museum of Cosmonautics“Night at the Museum” will show astronomical observations on the Alley of Space Heroes, as well as a meeting with famous cosmonauts.

Moscow Kremlin Museum. Participants of the event will be treated to a program about the life of the museum, as well as a lecture about the royal chapel of Sainte-Chapelle in Paris.

Moscow Zoo will conduct free sightseeing tours of the evening zoo.

Which museums are participating in the “Night at the Museum” 2017 event in Moscow (the top ones)

For the eleventh time in a row from May 20 to May 21 Russia will take place a cultural event that has become an annual event - Night at the Museum in 2017. It is traditionally held in a number of countries around the world. Its main goal is to introduce a wide audience, especially young people, to the history of national and world culture. For this purpose, the exhibitions of the vast majority of museums and galleries are shown on museum night for visitors completely free of charge.

Determining the date of the event

An event called “Night at the Museum” is dedicated to the celebration International Day museums, falling on May 18. For the convenience of the large number of people wishing to take part in this exciting and educational event, the event is usually held on the day off closest to May 18th. The organizers were convinced to choose to hold the event on a weekend by such an important factor that potential visitors in this case would not be limited in time for visiting museums. Considering the fact that in 2017 May 18 falls on Thursday, the popular Night at the museum will take place on the night from Saturday to Sunday, namely from 20 to 21 May. The doors of participating museums, galleries and exhibition halls will be open to everyone from 18.00 to 24.00.

Traditional event program

Night at the Museum in 2017 is dedicated to Russia, correspondingly dedicated to this topic museum exhibitions will raise issues such as

• environmental protection,
• ecology,
• the influence of these aspects on human life and the modern generation.

Night at the Museum in 2017 in Moscow suggests new things:

• excursion programs,
• concerts,
• entertainment programs dedicated to the wonders of nature, as well as the struggle for survival due to natural disasters,
• quests,
• theatrical, literary and musical evenings.

The events included in the program will take place not only under the roof of museums, but also at venues under open air, in various estates and parks, in pedestrian areas of the central part of the city.

Popular museums participating in the annual event

About a hundred museums and galleries of different directions prepare their own scenarios for the “Night at the Museum” event in Russia every year. Six months before the actual event, institutions intending to take part in it fill out applications. Already in April 2017, various sources announced a list of institutions and the action programs they proposed.

In the capital of the state, those who take part in the event every year are extremely popular.

• Moscow Kremlin,
• Bulgakov House,
• Tretyakov Gallery,
• Moscow Museum of Modern Art,
• Pushkin Museum,
• Zoological Museum of Moscow State University

Of great interest, especially among foreign tourists, is a trip to Moscow estates, famous for their history, among which the Tsaritsyno estate museum plays a special role.

The capital of culture attracts visitors with a program in the most visited areas

• Akhmatova House-Museum,
• Museum of the Arctic and Antarctic,
• Artillery Museum,
• botanical garden,
• zoo.

The organizers of the event in the mentioned and other museums, in addition to standard exhibitions, will offer visitors:

• unique author's excursions,
• master classes,
• lecture halls,
• historical reconstructions,
• demonstration of art projects,
• installations,
• theatrical shows.

In addition to museums, even the embassies of some countries located in Moscow took part in the action, whose representatives gave tours of the premises and spoke about their activities.

Single ticket to Night at the Museum

Since in one night the natives of the city and the numerous tourists who arrived here have a unique opportunity to visit several museum institutions in a row and get the maximum impressions from what you see, the organizers of the event have developed a single ticket that allows you to attend all events of the famous “Night” without exception. The cost of such a ticket is 400 rubles. The holder of such a ticket will attend thematic excursions and exhibitions provided for in the program, choosing the format of the establishments to his taste:

• from 6 pm to midnight,
• from 6 pm to 6 am.

Transfer of tourists

To ensure comfortable movement of action participants around the city, additional bus routes serving excursionists are being introduced in the capital during the “Night at the Museum” period, by order of the city administration. Transportation of museum visitors directly to the site from some metro stations is also organized. Visitors can get to estate-museums and museum-reserves by special excursion buses.

“Night at the Museum” serves the best possible way to educate and develop the culture of the broad masses of the population.