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The Museum opened 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” runs from 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 is also 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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On anniversary of Mark Antokolsky

from 10-12-2024

November 2024 marked the 144th anniversary of Mark Antokolsky’s birth. A world-famous Russian sculptor of Jewish origin, a prominent representative of the academic movement in classical sculpture, he put Russian art on the world sculpture scene in the late 19th – early 20th centuries. To mark this memorable date Grig-film studio shot a documentary “Mark Antokolsky’s Russia” (directed by Grigory Ilugdin). The film was aired in early December and is already available on video resources at the following links:
https://rutube.ru/video/be825297d34c7f18f400220297880d85/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-rdbQcN-Y8
Our Museum offered all possible assistance to the crew creating the film, providing the filming locations inside our permanent exhibition and storerooms. According to the director's idea, this made it possible to convey the atmosphere in which little Mordukh (Mordko) – the future great sculptor Mark Matveevich Antokolsky – showed his talent. One of eight children in a poor religious Jewish family, Mark drew a truly lucky ticket and was able to break free from the usual circle of the Jewish shtetl. St. Petersburg became his home base, and even after leaving, he considered himself a Russian artist until the end of his life.

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