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Shana Tova u-Metuka!

from 02-10-2023

Happy New Year 5785! It would not be an exaggeration to say that we are all waiting for changes for the better. New Year is exactly the kind of holiday when we ask and hope... And the harder the times, the more ardent our deepest requests...

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The Museum is preparing to open its doors for the participants of “Museums. Parks. Manors” school tournament

from 26-09-2024

The 12th season of the school tournament “Museums. Parks. Manors” has started in September. However, every site welcomes the participants only as soon as the quizzes are approved by the tournament’s organizing committee and all the handouts are printed and delivered. In accordance with this procedure, our Museum is scheduled to open for the tournament’s new season on Thursday the 26th of September.
We kindly ask you to read our visiting and conduct rules before registering for our quiz and visiting the Museum.
The age category of participants in our museum is restricted to 8-9 and 10-11 grades only! Visiting days for participants are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday during our opening hours 12-00 to 19-00. Booking is required! This information will also be published on the “Museums. Parks. Manors” webpage dedicated to our Museum and on our own website. We recommend reading it before booking your visit.
The Tournament is held jointly by the city Departments of Education and Culture. All rules and requirements for participation are published on the event portal: https://museum.olimpiada.ru.
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Military oath of allegiance for the Jews
1900s Chromolithograph on paper. 23 х 15.
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Case for a Torah scroll
Late 19 – early 20 cent. Wood, velvet, leather, and copper with embossing; freshwater pearls and semi-precious stones. Height: 55.7; diameter: 23.
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Tar and kamancha, stringed musical instruments used by the Mountain Jews
First half of 20 cent. Wood. Tar: 86.5 х 15.8 х 16.5. Kamancha: 72.8 х 16 х 17.
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Woman’s holiday khalat – ‘kaltach’
First quarter of 20 cent. Blue satin, adras, and calico. 123 х 71; sleeve length: 51.
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Set of dishes for blessings over wine during the Passover seder
Second half of 19 cent. Embossed silver. Saucer: diameter: 13. Small cups (5 items; shaped as piyalas): Height: 3.5; diameter: 5. Large cup (shaped as piyala): height: 4.5; diameter: 8.5.
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Sketch of the costume of kuni-leml for a production of the theater "Kunst-Vinkl" after the A. Goldfaden's play "The Two Kuni-Lemls"
The mid. 1920's Indian ink and pencil on paper. 36 х 26,3.
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Sketch for the play "Stempenyu" by Sholem Aleichem
1966 Lithography. 75 х 52,5.
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Items for daily use manufactured by Jews in the partisan units of Polesie Belarus. Overshoes
1942 – 1944