Dear friends!

from 27-12-2025

We wish everyone a Happy New Year!
The New Year is an almost mystical date, a turning point. Traditionally, we look forward to the new year – a promise of new achievements, new ideas, new encounters... But for this to happen, we also need new opportunities, new steps, new thoughts... It seems that the New Year, like almost every Monday, is a perfect time for starting a "new" life, but in fact, it doesn’t work like that. Renewal does not happen according to a schedule; it has to happen when it is needed. Therefore, we wish all our friends to enter the new year 2026 with opportunities for renewal, good health, and good luck!
Happy New Year from us at the Museum!

The last working day of 2025 is December 30th. The first day of guided tours is January 4, subject to prior booking.
During the holiday season, the Museum will be open for self-guided viewing of the exhibition on January 5th, 6th, 8th, and 9th. That includes the participants of the school competition “Museums. Parks. Manors”, but in that case, prior booking is required. Starting January 12th, 2026, the Museum will resume its regular schedule.

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The "Museums. Parks. Manors" school competition continues at our Museum.

from 22-12-2025

The 13th season of the "Museums. Parks. Manors" school competition continues into the New Year. However, the holidays have brought some minor adjustments to our schedule. The Museum will welcome the competition participants starting Monday, January 5, and will then operate according to the regular schedule.
We strongly advise students to familiarize themselves with the rules of admission and conduct on the Museum premises before registering as a competitor at our Museum. 
The participants' age categories we accept are exclusive to 8th-9th and 10th-11th grades! Participants are welcome to visit on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 12:00 PM to 7:00 PM. One can participate in the competition on-site only AFTER completing our Museums' online quiz. 
All the relevant information will also be published on the "Museums. Parks. Manors." website. Before registering, please review this information on the Museum's page there: https://museum.cpm.moscow/museums/169 or on our own website: www.mievr.ru.
"Museums. Parks. Manors." School Competition is organized jointly by the Municipal Departments of Education and Culture. The Museum for Jewish History in Russia does not provide answer sheets or register new competition participants.
Prior booking by phone 8 (495) 656-45-71 is required.

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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