There is such a wonderful place, which is visited again begin to believe in a fairy tale.Nothing special, like, not going.You just know where the magic lives.I like this place and the children, because here live their favorite characters.For a child to come here - it means to be alive participant amazing stories, which then will be seen for a long time in the colored dreams.What is this magical place, and how hard it is to find a way to it?It's just a museum of dolls.And find it in St. Petersburg simple.
Pages of history
In St. Petersburg, the most kind and hospitable museum opened in 1998.Then his exhibits were taken from several collections of dolls indifferent to citizens.Exposure over time expanded: the museum brought the ancient dolls found in excavations, his work gave the city craftsmen and art students.Today, a museum of dolls in St. Petersburg gathered under its roof more than 40 000 exhibits.
Which dolls live in a museum?
residents of this wonderful museum is very different.There are antique and modern dolls, games and interior, the traditional and the most unusual.That is why you can come here with your family, friends and adults - will be interested in any company.
By the way, there is in this museum is one mysterious room, which allowed only adults.This room frivolous dolls.Agree, this is interesting: not everyone Doll Museum boasts a "highlight".About
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The museum eight thematic rooms.The exhibits on display in them not just for their location is not haphazard.They are grouped to participate in theatrical scenes, viewers are fragments of stories, real life or fairy tales.
Introducing the exhibition begins with the room in which the dolls in national costume show how the holidays in Russia, what were the folk traditions and rituals.Here you can see how to celebrate Christmas like at Christmas time and wondered how to meet the night of Ivan Kupala.In addition, live here and the whole puppet family, big and friendly.
The hall fairy tale guests will meet with the Russian and foreign heroes of fairy tales, like the people, and copyright.The exhibition is organized so that the dolls are arranged like a spiral.Thus, the viewer is immersed in a story deeper and deeper.
Hall "Forest Kingdom" - a place where animals are assembled and mysterious inhabitants of the fairy tales and legends.The play of light and shadow creates a sunny corner of a birch grove and a dark impenetrable thicket.Here, side by side, and the characters are not very good.They are all of different stories, but, nevertheless, get along well together, so that the room looks very harmonious.
«bygone Russia" - a ritual dolls exhibition.They are made of straw and cloth, dressed in traditional folk costumes.They show how our ancestors lived.In the center of this exhibition - the symbolic Tree of Life as a symbol of everything pure and holy, in what people believed, and the infinity of existence.
«Pride and Glory of the Motherland" - an exhibition, which was first time, but a few years ago Puppet Museum in St. Petersburg, opened it as a constant.Here are dolls and characters Steadfast Tin Soldier, portrait dolls real heroes of historical battles.
Theatre Hall sheltered dolls that ever truly participated in the performances may have been made by masters in certain stylistic framework.Here, puppets and puppet "actors" theater of shadows and finger stuffed toys, which so often can keep as a small museum exhibits dolls in kindergarten every provincial town.
Hall interior cabin doll shows characters.This puppets and characters of classic literature or fine arts.They are made of papier-mache and textiles.
Gallery "Petersburg pershpektivy" tells the story of the glorious city on the Neva.Here live porcelain Romanovs, literary characters and heroes of our time: Evgeni Plushenko, Nikolai Valuev and simple intelligent grandmother.
And, of course, not to mention the characters, praising love and worship Eros.This frivolous doll from the same exhibition hall.Probably, this is still one of the reasons why the St. Petersburg Museum - a museum of unique dolls.But, of course, it is not only unusual in this.
Children's programs at the museum
this museum - it is primarily a children's museum of dolls.The abundance of programs for children it is amazing.
Firstly, you can celebrate the birthday.Younger guests are introduced to the doll and even learn to make their own hands.It is also proposed a meeting with the real hero of fairy tales and festive tea.And a birthday gift from the museum relies souvenir.
Secondly, the museum staff often conduct field trips.They come to visit the students, pupils of boarding schools and orphanages, and talk about the museum, exhibitions and history of dolls.There are also outreach and workshops at which children learn to make dolls with their own hands.In addition, exit the program assumes that the audience will be able to view the mini-museum.Dolls in it, of course, does not include all, but this exhibition is still very interesting.
And, thirdly, the museum held gaming quests for groups of young visitors.
celebrated here and other holidays: organize family activities, competitions and thematic games and so on. D.
What's Museum offers a unique dolls
On the second floor of the museum are the real craft workshops.In one of them born colorful dolls in national costumes, the other - worldly characters.And in the process of creation can look, if you come on a tour.
Excursions are held both individual and group, in Russian and English, general and thematic.Furthermore, Doll Museum offers a unique program - a tour of the verses.There is an opportunity here and download a simple application on the smartphone and listen to the audio guide tour.
museum organizes tours for preferential children from large families.
About privileges
And they are really a lot.According discount ticket to the museum pass Puppet museum workers and pensioners, who worked before them, journalists, writers and cultural workers, the disabled of the third group.
In addition, there are practiced free visit for children under three years old, disabled children, orphans, families with many children (including both parents), students of Fine Arts, veterans of war and blockade.
Monday at the museum - day grace.School children, students and senior citizens can come to the exhibition for free.
agree that such an abundance of impressive discounts.Not every museum so concerned about their visitors.
Pricing Policy
ticket for one adult in the museum costs 300 rubles, for schoolchildren, students and pensioners half - 150 rubles.Tickets for children from three years of age (preschool children) costs 100 rubles.
Preferential visit also takes place in the ticket price of 100 rubles.
How to get to the museum exposition
most beautiful dolls can be seen at: Kama Street, 8. You can get there by taxi from the metro station "Vasileostrovskaya".Mode of operation of the museum from 10 am to 6 pm, seven days a week.
Finally
matter how far removed from childhood fairy tales and magic are you any feel, this museum will interest you, and his visit will leave no one indifferent.Even if you just go down, admire the puppet faces, consider outfits and look at the situations in which the day-to-day living these little characters, you can not treat dolls indifferent.You will like the special atmosphere of magic and perhaps, as a child, believe that the dolls come to life at night.
Leave a small note in his diary, "visit the museum of St. Petersburg Puppet" carve out a day in the work schedule, and feel free to go to a meeting with the tale.
