May 18 is celebrated internationally. Museum Night promotion: free admission in May

Last spring month be famous for various memorable dates, holidays. Today, by Gregorian calendar celebrate the 138th day. On this day, May 18th, many people celebrate different holidays not only in Russian Federation, but also beyond: International Museum Day, Day Baltic Fleet, Pink Panther Day.

Every day of the year is dedicated to some event in history. Many people celebrate everything memorable dates, church holidays, name day. This makes it possible not to forget history and to congratulate people dear to your heart on their professional holiday or Angel Day.

What holiday is celebrated today on May 18: International Museum Day

Every year on May 18, one of the brightest professional holidays, International Museum Day, which was approved in 1977, is celebrated all over the world. A year later, the holiday began to be celebrated in different countries peace. The World Museum Organization was founded in 1946.

Today its members are more than 35 thousand members from around the world.

In the capital, on May 18, mass hikes were organized on this day. historical reserves, to museums. Some in the evening and daytime work for free. Thanks to museums, people can see the world with completely different eyes. They will learn the past not only of their homeland, but of the entire Earth.

Museums store architectural monuments, various historical values and works of art.

What holiday is celebrated today on May 18: Baltic Fleet Day of the Russian Navy

May 18 is the Day of the Baltic Fleet of the Russian Navy. The foundation of the holiday dates back to 1996. It was this year that it was officially approved.

315 years ago on May 18, Peter I won his victory over the Swedes. The troops crept up to the Neva River and defeated the Swedes. In the same year, the city of St. Petersburg began to be built on the river.

What holiday is celebrated today on May 18: Day of the Pink Panther and the Icon of the Mother of God “Inexhaustible Chalice”

On May 18, an interesting and unusual holiday is celebrated: Pink Panther Day. It was first celebrated in 2015. As soon as the holiday appeared, pink sweets with the image of the Panther began to be baked in different countries of the world. They were distributed free of charge to everyone on the streets of the city.

The Pink Panther is a cartoon character who is loved not only by small but also by adult viewers.

On this day, people go to church and ask for help, prosperity, health near the icon. A person’s soul should be kind and bright, then mother of God will help with everything.

Every year on May 18 museum workers around the world celebrate their professional holiday, writes Calend.ru.

And, of course, those of us who are looking forward to another trip to the local history museum of our city or meeting with rare exhibits of the Hermitage or Louvre are also involved in today's holiday. International Museum Day appeared on the calendar in 1977, when at the next meeting of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) a proposal was adopted Russian organization about the establishment of this cultural holiday.

Since 1978, International Museum Day has been celebrated in more than 150 countries. According to ICOM, museums are institutions in the service of society and its development.

In Ulan-Ude, on May 18, from seven in the evening, the “Night of Museums” event will be held. Note that the Museum of Nature of Buryatia, whose building is now closed due to emergency conditions, will join the action in Art Museum named after Sampilov.

Until 16:00 all museums will be open for free!

The grb blog congratulates all museum employees, collectors, lovers of art, history, local history, etc. Happy holiday!

According to Jacques Perot, ex-president of ICOM, “museums must take a place at the heart of society and be open to the public.

The development of our institutions depends to a large extent on the assistance of the public, and we must offer them the opportunity to support our goals and participate in our work. It is therefore necessary for museums and society to work together in a spirit of creativity and innovation."

It is generally accepted that through museums society expresses its attitude towards historical and cultural heritage, and it is difficult to disagree with this. By collecting and storing monuments of material and spiritual culture, museums carry out extensive scientific, educational and educational work.

Every year the holiday has its own specific theme, dedicated to issues museum activities, for example, such as the illegal export of museum valuables, the role of museums in improving the culture of society and many others. In 2009, the theme of International Museum Day was defined as “Museums and Tourism”. In 2010, the theme of the Day was “Museums in the name of social harmony”, in 2011 - “Museums and Memory”. In 2012, when International Museum Day celebrated its 35th anniversary, the theme of the Day was “Museums in a changing world. New challenges, new inspiration." The theme for 2013 was “Museums (Memory + Creativity) = Social change", the slogan of 2014 was the words - " Museum collections unite", in 2015 - "Museums and sustainable development society", in 2016 - "Museums and cultural landscapes". The theme of Museum Day 2017 was “Museums and controversial history: we talk about complex things in museums.” On the holiday itself, many museums around the world open their doors to everyone completely free of charge, preparing new exhibitions, thematic lectures, excursions, scientific readings.

In Buryatia, "Night of Museums" is dedicated to the year of ecology.

“Museums are an important means of cultural exchange, the enrichment of cultures and the promotion of mutual understanding, cooperation and peace among people.”

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On this day, museum workers around the world celebrate their professional holiday, Peter I captured Swedish warships at the mouth of the Neva River, and Cossack Fyodor Nefedov used a machine-gun cart for the first time.

Every year on May 18, museum workers around the world celebrate their professional holiday - International Museum Day. It appeared on the calendar in 1977, when at the next meeting of the International Council of Museums, ICOM (International Council of Museums, ICOM), the Russian organization’s proposal to establish this cultural holiday was accepted. Since 1978, International Museum Day has been celebrated in more than 150 countries. Currently, more than 20,000 museums around the world celebrate this holiday. Often this important cultural event Thematic festivals are also held, the most famous of which is the “Night of Museums”, which has become last years very popular.

How is World Museum Day celebrated?

How is the celebration going? Specialized and departmental museums ( dedicated to history enterprises, educational institutions, military units, museums public organizations, exhibition halls), art galleries and other cultural institutions represent interesting exhibitions and excursions that can be attended for free; Thematic lectures and debates are held.

Museum Day May 18, 2018 in Moscow: list of museums where you can go at a discount or for free

Since another large-scale cultural event “Night at the Museum” in 2018 falls on May 18, it turns out that the doors of museums for free admission or visiting discount ticket will be open from 10-00 to 24-00. Due to this, free admission on May 19th (third Sunday of the month) is cancelled.

On May 18, the Day and Night of Museums will take place in Moscow. Where can you go for free?

On May 18, International Museum Day will be celebrated around the world. Moscow will not remain on the sidelines: many events have been prepared for the holiday, and, in addition, entry to most Moscow museums will be free.

Since another large-scale cultural event “Night at the Museum” in 2013 falls on May 18, it turns out that the doors of museums for free visits or visits with a discounted ticket will be open from 10-00 to 24-00.

Day and Night of Museums, many institutions of federal subordination will also open their doors for free or preferential entry - everyone will be able to visit the Tretyakov Gallery, the territory and churches of the Moscow Kremlin, the Pushkin Museum im. A.S. Pushkin and many other interesting places.

On this day, the doors of museums open to everyone, showing new exhibits and halls absolutely free of charge. Employees tell and educate in the spirit of the slogan: “Museums are an important means of enriching cultures, cultural exchange and developing cooperation, mutual understanding and peace among peoples.” The opening of festivals and various exhibitions is timed to coincide with the holiday, thematic lectures, scientific readings, excursions, and classes for children are held.

On May 18, it is especially emphasized that it is extremely important that museums are not closed custodians of exhibits. It is necessary that they meet society halfway. Love to museum culture must be instilled from childhood so that everyone can contribute to the repository historical heritage humanity.

List of museums where you can go at a discount or for free on Museum Day

• Moscow Zoo – Bolshaya Gruzinskaya street, building 1, from 10-00 to 20-00
• State historical Museum– Red Square, building 1/2, from 11-00 to 20-00
• St. Basil's Cathedral - Red Square, building 2, from 11-00 to 17-00
• State Tretyakov Gallery– Lavrushinsky lane, building 10, from 10-00 to 20-00
• State Tretyakov Gallery – Krymsky Val, building 10, from 10-00 to 18-30
• Museum fine arts them. A.S. Pushkina – Volkhonka street, building 12, from 10-00 to 21-00
• Gallery of art from Europe and America of the 19th-20th centuries. – Volkhonka street, building 14, from 10-00 to 21-00
• Department of personal collections – Volkhonka street, building 10, from 10-00 to 21-00
• Museum Patriotic War 1812 – Revolution Square, building 2/3, from 10-00 to 17-30
• Museum of Oriental Art – Nikitsky Boulevard, 12-a, from 12-00 to 21-00
• Chambers of the Romanov boyars - Varvarka street, building 9, from 10-00 to 17-00
• House of V.M. Vasnetsova – Vasnetsova Lane, building 13, from 10-00 to 16-00
• Museum modern history Russia – Moscow, st. Tverskaya, building 21, from 12-00 to 21-00
• Underground printing house 1905-1906. – Lesnaya street, building 55, from 10-00 to 18-00
• Museum of Architecture named after A.V. Shchuseva – Vozdvizhenka street, building 5, from 10-00 to 20-00
• Central Museum of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation - street Soviet army, building 2, from 10-00 to 16-30
• Mineralogical Museum named after. A.E. Fersman RAS - Leninsky Prospekt, building 18, building 2, from 11-00 to 20-00
• Museum "Gems" - People's Militia Street, building 29/1, from 11-00 to 20-00
• Zoological Museum of Moscow State University. M. V. Lomonosov - Bolshaya Nikitskaya street, building 6, from 10-00 to 17-00
• Museum of Retro Cars – Rogozhsky Val, 9/2, from 10-00 to 19-00
• Public Museum named after N.K. Roerich - Maly Znamensky Lane, building 3/5, from 11-00 to 19-00
• Museum “Lights of Moscow” – Armenian Lane, building 3-5 building 1, from 11-00 to 18-00
• Museum of the History of Vodka in the Izmailovsky Kremlin - Izmailovskoye Shosse, 73 Zh, from 10-00 to 20-00
• Museum “Russian felt boots” – 2nd Kozhevnichesky lane, building 12, from 11-00 to 17-00
• Moscow Museum of Animation - All-Russian Exhibition Center, building 84 a, from 11-00 to 18-00
• Museum ancient Russian culture and art to them. Andrey Rublev - Andronevskaya Square, building 10, from 14-00 to 21-00
• Museum of Arts and Crafts folk art– Delegatskaya street, building 3, from 10-00 to 21-00
• Memorial estate of F.I. Shalyapina – Novinsky Boulevard, building 25, from 12-00 to 21-00
• Moscow Art Theater Museum - Kamergersky Lane, building 3a, from 11-00 to 17-00
• Theater Museum named after. A.A. Bakhrushina – Bakhrushina street, building 31/12, from 12-00 to 19-00
• Museum of the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945. – Brothers Fonchenko street, building 10, from 10-00 to 20-00
• Center contemporary art– Zoologicheskaya street, building 13, building 2, from 11-00 to 21-00
• Museum of Culinary Art of the Moscow Culinary Association of the Department of Trade and Services of the City of Moscow - Bolshoi Rogozhsky Lane, 17, from 12-00 to 20-00
• People's Museum of the History of the Moscow Metro - Khamovnichesky Val, building 36, from 9-00 to 16-00
• Museum and exhibition complex Russian Academy arts - Prechistenka street, houses 19-21, from 12-00 to 20-00
• Museum of Industrial Culture – Zarechye street, possession 3A, from 11-00 to 19-00
• Exhibition hall of the Union of Artists of Russia - Pokrovka street, building 37, from 11-00 to 20-00
• Exhibition hall of the Moscow Union of Artists - Kuznetsky Most street, building 20, from 12-00 to 20-00
• Exhibition hall of the Moscow Union of Artists - Starosadsky Lane, building 5, from 12-00 to 20-00

International Museum Day is also popular in our country. Large cultural program they are preparing for it in Moscow, where there are more than 400 private and state museums and their branches in St. Petersburg, where there are over 200 museums that offer visitors a varied program, and other cities.

On the night from Saturday to Sunday, closest to Museum Worker's Day, various thematic festivals are held, the most famous of which, “Night of Museums,” attracts great attention visitors.

Museum Day May 18, 2018 in Moscow: night of museums

International Museum Day has been celebrated around the world since the 11th Conference of the International Council of Museums, held in Leningrad and Moscow, at the proposal of the Russian delegation, decided to establish an annual professional Museum Day. Note that this proposal belongs to I.A.. A.S. Pushkin.

In 2018, the “Night of Museums” event will be held in Russia for the twelfth time. On the night of May 19-20, museums and art galleries countries will invite visitors to special programs: exhibitions and concerts, quests and creative activities. This year's theme is "Masterpieces from the Vaults."

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On May 18, museum workers celebrate their professional holiday. On this day, International Museum Day is celebrated all over the world. Moreover, all those who go to one of the museums at least once a week, hoping to see a new exhibit, and maybe catch some new ones, interesting details in an already familiar thing, they can also rightfully celebrate this holiday. And it doesn’t matter at all which museum you are going to today: the Louvre, the Hermitage or the regional local history museum.

History of appearance

The decision to create a new holiday appeared in 1977, after a meeting of the International Council of Museums, and what is most pleasant, the idea of new date belonged to Soviet workers. Thus, this is one of the few decisions of the USSR in those years that was unanimously supported by all members of the council, including capitalist countries. Thus, new holiday Museum Day began to be celebrated in more than 150 countries around the world.

The role of museums

According to the definition of the international council, the main function of museums is to serve the interests of society and influence its harmonious development, cultivating in people a sense of beauty, passing on knowledge of historical and cultural processes of the past. On this moment There are tens of thousands of museums in the world on a wide variety of topics: from the museum of beer and vodka, to vintage cars and space technology. The range of exhibits on display is enormous, because we should not forget that the world’s population has long exceeded 7 billion, which means that every person should find in the museum something that will interest only him.

Official mottos

May 18 is Museum Day, which means that very soon we will find out exactly what motto the Council of Museums came up with for 2019. Traditionally, each year is marked by a specific message, e.g. previous years advocated for the fight against the illegal export of valuables museum exhibits, a few years ago they advocated increasing the role of museums in the cultural education of society, and so on.

Free admission

World Museum Day is not just a date, but also a real opportunity for everyone to view this or that collection completely free of charge. In any case, any self-respecting museum opens its doors on this day completely free of charge. This promotion is well known as the night of museums, so many museums not only allow visitors in for free, but are also open all night. But this promotion is not always held on May 18 and, as a rule, they open their doors on the night of Saturday closest to international day museums. This is announced in advance, so that visitors do not miss the opportunity to spend the night in a particular museum, and maybe even take a big night tour.

Today, May 18, the world celebrates International Museum Day and World AIDS Remembrance Day. In Russia today we can celebrate Baltic Fleet Day, Ukraine celebrates All-Ukrainian Day of Cultural Workers and Folk Art Lovers, and Kyrgyzstan celebrates Mother’s Day.

World AIDS Day of Remembrance

Every third Sunday in May, World AIDS Day is celebrated around the world. On this day, everyone remembers their relatives and friends, and just acquaintances who died of AIDS. This year, the date of May 18 became this day of remembrance, designed to draw attention to the problems of HIV carriers and AIDS patients throughout the world community. And also take all measures possible in the world against the spread of this disease.
World AIDS Day was first celebrated in 1983 in the American city of San Francisco. A few years later, a red ribbon appeared - as a symbol of the movement against this disease, it was invented by artist Frank Moore in 1991. Today, on World AIDS Remembrance Day, people who care about this problem and activists attach red ribbons to their clothes.
According to statistics from the World Health Association, today there are about 42 million people living on our planet who are infected with HIV, the immunodeficiency virus. and every day this figure increases by 14–15 thousand.
HIV-infected people are mainly young people under the age of 30, of which about 25 million have died from AIDS over the past 25 years. Two thirds of all cases live in Africa. On this “dark continent,” according to some scientists, every third adult is infected with HIV, but there are countries where more than 90 percent of the population is infected with the virus.

International Museum Day - May 18

Today, May 18, workers around the world celebrate their annual professional holiday - International Museum Day. This holiday can also be celebrated by those of us who constantly look forward to our next visit local history museum your city or meeting with various rare exhibits of the Hermitage Museum or the Louvre, which are also involved in this holiday, which appeared on the calendar in 1977, when a proposal was adopted to establish this cultural holiday at the International Council of Museums. Since 1978, International Museum Day has been celebrated in more than 150 countries.

Baltic Fleet Day of the Russian Navy

In Russia today, May 18, in honor of the creation of the Baltic Fleet, an annual holiday is celebrated - the Day of the Baltic Fleet of the Navy. It was established based on the order of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy of the Russian Federation on December 19, 1995 in honor of the event of May 18, 1703, when the flotilla of the Preobrazhensky and Semenovsky regiments under the command of Peter I of 30 boats with soldiers won its first military victory, capturing two Swedish military ship at the mouth of the Neva River. This day became the birthday of the Russian Baltic Fleet.

All-Ukrainian Day of Cultural Workers and Folk Art Lovers

Every third Sunday in May, Ukraine celebrates a holiday - the All-Ukrainian Day of Cultural Workers and Folk Art Lovers. This year this holiday fell on May 18th. Initially, the holiday was established by Decree of the President of Ukraine in March 2000 and was celebrated on March 23, but in 2011 the holiday was moved to May Sunday by Decree of the President of Ukraine.

Mother's Day in the Kyrgyz Republic

Today, May 18th at Kyrgyz Republic Mother's Day is celebrated. This is one of the traditions of respect and honoring the mother, which has deep roots among the people of Kyrgyzstan. The initiator of this annual holiday was the Russian Unification Union of Compatriots in Kyrgyzstan in 2005. But only on March 7, 2012, it was decided to establish such a day in the country, and on April 23, 2012, President Almazbek Atambayev signed the Decree “On the establishment of Mother’s Day in the Kyrgyz Republic,” and now this holiday is celebrated every third Sunday of May.

Unusual holidays

On this day, May 18, you can celebrate a romantic holiday - the Day of Meeting the Beautiful and Merry cool holiday— May beetle's birthday.

The day of meeting the beautiful

On this beautiful spring, maybe even sunny day, you can celebrate the Day of Meeting the Beautiful. Feel how pleasant it is to find yourself at a cool blue-green waterfall. Listen to how the flow of water sounds, how its song flows around. How beautiful is the stream against the background of the forest! A ordinary trees so beautiful today! They are many times more beautiful than diamonds shimmering in the sun! And above all this beauty - a clear, beautiful blue sky!

May 18th is the birthday of the May zhzhzhzhuk!

They'll come up with holidays!
On this May day you can find a cool holiday chafer and congratulate him on his birthday::
On the birthday of zhzhzhzhuk
Let's sit with him by the tree stump,
Let the bug tell us
Like a moth flies
How do caterpillars live?
How an ant is not lazy...

Church holiday in the folk calendar

Arina Kapustnitsa, Arina Rassadnitsa

On this day, Orthodox Christians honor the memory of Irina (or, according to Russian tradition, Arina) of Macedonia, who became the first woman to be venerated among the great martyrs. Irina of Macedonia was born into the family of the ruler of one of the regions of Macedonia - the pagan Licinius in the 1st century. She was taught by her mentor Christian Apelian, who hid his religion.
Irina subsequently also converted to Christianity. Ruler Zedekiah, who came after Irina's father left to take over as ruler, began persecution against Christians. The girl was also tortured, but no torture did her any harm and she, later becoming famous for her ability to heal the sick, lived long life.
In Rus', on Irina (Arina), as well as on Marfa, seedlings were planted in the beds: cabbage and cucumbers. People believed that only women should do this and so that no one would jinx the seedlings, they were planted completely alone. To make the forks big, white and tight, the first sprout of cabbage must be covered big pot, and the pot itself was covered with a white tablecloth. Then nettles were sown along the edges of the bed, which, as was believed in ancient times, repelled harmful insects and evil spirits. At the same time, the peasants used sayings: “Nettles for the devils, cabbage for us!”
White cabbage was the most favorite vegetable among the people. There are still many sayings about it today: “Without cabbage, cabbage soup is not thick.”
On this day, other work was also carried out - to get rid of old and dried grass, mowing was burned.
One of the types of round dance, which was common in ancient times in the northern regions, was called “Cabbage”.
Name day May 18 from: Adrian, Irina (Arina), Yakov