Dear visitors!

from 01-08-2025

According to our tradition, guided tours are put on hold from the start of August until September. But during the month of August the Museum will be open for self-guided visits and viewing of the exhibition during the following opening hours: 
Mon – Fri: 12:00 – 19:00
Sun: 12:00 – 18:00
Sat: closed
We will reopen for the season on the 1st of September according to the usual schedule: guided tours on Wednesdays and Sundays. However, if you want to visit us in the summer, there is still some time left.
Prior booking by phone: 8(495) 656-45-71

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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