Night of museums time. The Tretyakov Gallery and its branches will be open for free on the “Night of Arts”
More than two thousand museums in Russia will open their doors this night to everyone who wants to experience art at an unusual time of day, and many of them are preparing unique events for visitors.
"Night of Museums" is one of the main cultural events of the year, not only in the Russian Federation - the annual event, which is dedicated to International Museum Day, takes place in many countries around the world.
In Russia, the main theme of the event will be the 100th anniversary of the 1917 revolution, and in a number of museums events will be dedicated to the year of ecology in Russia.
On this day, master classes, lectures, concerts, performances, and historical reconstructions will be held in galleries across the country. The detailed program and schedule of events can be found on the official website.
Where and how did night museum festivities originate?
The first official event, which went down in history as the “Long Night of Museums” (Lange Nacht der Museen), took place in Berlin in 1997. The city administration decided to allow visitors into museums for free on this day, and conduct excursions all night long.
This idea was a great success and the following year another 20 cities in Germany joined the action. Since then, this artistic and educational event has been held in Berlin twice a year on the last Saturday of January and August.
The history of night museum adventures in Europe, dedicated to International Museum Day, which is celebrated on May 18, began in 2001 in Paris. This idea was picked up in all the main European capitals.
"Night at the Museum" event in Moscow And four years later, the French put forward the idea of annually holding the International museum, exhibition, cultural and educational event "Night of Museums", which was approved by the Council of Europe in the same year. The action is supported by the International Council of Museums (ICOM).
In Russia, the Krasnoyarsk Museum Center was the first to open its doors to night visitors in 2002, and in 2007 the capital of the Russian Federation, Moscow, joined the action. The cultural and educational project “Night of Museums” has become traditional and is held on the third weekend of May.
How the “Night of Museums” will take place in the Russian capital
A large-scale annual event - “Night of Museums” will be held in Moscow for the 11th time. The motto of the Moscow event in 2017 is “Time of discovery.”
"Night of Museums" event in Gorky Park At "Night of Museums" visitors will be welcomed by the State Tretyakov Gallery, the Tsaritsyno estate, the Moscow Zoo, the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, the Hermitage Garden and many others.
In particular, the museum-theater “Bulgakov House” will be open until six o’clock in the morning on “Night of Museums” and will present the plastic performance “Bertrand’s Toys” and the performance “Land of Scoundrels” based on the banned poem by Sergei Yesenin.
The Mikhail Bulgakov Museum, Moscow Zoo, as part of the “Night of Museums” event, invites everyone to free sightseeing tours of the evening zoo. Those interested will be able to get acquainted with animals from different parts of the globe, find out the names of different animals and birds, where they live, how they live in the zoo and what needs to be done to prevent them from disappearing from the face of the earth.
On Krymsky Val in the Tretyakov Gallery there will be a master class on foxtrot, lipsey and jive to the accompaniment of thaw songs performed by actors of the Theater of Nations.
The All-Russian Museum of Decorative, Applied and Folk Arts will host master classes on ceramic floristry and polymer clay modeling, as well as lectures on “Antiques,” “Fascinating stories about shoes,” and others. The night's program will continue with excursions, a film screening, a fashion show and an art show from the Aofmoka studio.
The event at the Museum of Cosmonautics will be opened by free tours of the main exhibition and screenings of documentaries “The Time of the First. History of creation”, “Time of the first. Leonov." During the master class “Ask a Cosmonaut a Question!” Hero of the Soviet Union cosmonaut Alexander Laveikin will tell museum guests about the structure of the Universe. Astronomical observations of different planets of the solar system will begin at nine o'clock in the evening.
A visitor during the "Night at the Museum" event at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts. During the event, quests will be held at the Pushkin Museum and special exhibits will be on display. In particular, on the occasion of the “Night of Museums”, a helmet of the Illyrian type (Greece, 6th century BC) will be on display.
The range of events that you can attend in Moscow as part of the promotion on the night of May 20-21 is very diverse. It will be simply unrealistic to cover everything, or even half.
Some of them will take place only by prior registration, so you need to find out in advance about the conditions of participation, schedule, availability of free places and sign up on the official websites of the venues ok.
In order to choose the most interesting events and not deprive yourself of pleasure, you should first familiarize yourself with the detailed program and schedule of the event on the official website.
The material was prepared on the basis of open sources.
On May 20, 2017, the Tretyakov Gallery traditionally takes part in the citywide cultural event “Night at the Museum”.
Photo press service of the Tretyakov Gallery
This year, the program of the annual “Night at the Museum” event at the New Tretyakov Gallery is dedicated to the “Thaw” exhibition and this era in general.
As part of the musical program “Farce Major Concert,” you will be able to hear the hits of Eduard Khil, Muslim Magomayev, Valentina Tolkunova and other pop stars of the 1950s and 1960s performed by young but already famous actors of the Theater of Nations. Familiar melodies acquire a unique sound that can unite not only different generations, but also different eras.
A thematic master class will be held for children and their parents in the Creative Workshop of the museum - everyone is invited to take part in the collective art project “Moscow Windows. Dedication to five-story buildings." A large collage on the theme of Moscow windows will be created on the wall of the mezzanine floor. All together - young and adult visitors and museum teachers - will remember life in the Khrushchev era and the lyrical atmosphere of the Thaw era.
You can learn about the masterpieces of art of the 20th century by taking express tours of the permanent exhibition of the New Tretyakov Gallery, prepared by museum volunteers.
There will be a dance floor in the museum courtyard. Professionals of the Moscow Swing Dance Club jazz dance school will help museum guests master foxtrot, jive, Charleston, twist, step, Lindy hop and Balboa, and between classes, the best artists of the school will perform dance routines for the audience.
At the food court, in the courtyard of the museum, an international gastronomic project dedicated to the VI World Festival of Youth and Students in 1957 will be presented. Here you will be able to try dishes from the countries participating in the festival.
In the courtyard of the New Tretyakov Gallery, several exhibits of the automobile historical society Gorkyclassic will be presented - rare cars from the 1950s and 1960s. They will add touches to the reconstructed image of the Thaw era and serve as a photo zone for museum visitors.
The small museums of the Tretyakov Gallery also joined the “Thaw” theme with the project “Discovering the Personal.”
The 1960s were landmark years in the museum life of our country: the Soviet Union joined the International Council of Museums (1957), the first museum-reserves arose (1958), the Moscow Kremlin museums opened to the public (1961), and guides began to be trained in institutes. Museums tried to speak to their visitors in a new way, and personal intonations began to be heard.
It was in the 1950s and 1960s, by the will of artists and their heirs, that some of their creative and living spaces ceased to be just workshops, houses and apartments and turned into museums. Some of them later became small museums of the Tretyakov Gallery.
How does the personal become the property of everyone? Why is this happening? How do those who, at a certain moment and of their own free will, allow many to touch the innermost feel? How do the grandchildren and great-grandchildren of artists preserve collections today and what museums do they dream of? The descendants, heirs, and contemporaries of the creation of the museums of Victor and Apollinary Vasnetsov and Anna Golubkina will talk about this. Viewers will also get to know collectors—friends and neighbors of the museums.
Opening hours of the Tretyakov Gallery during “Night at the Museum”
New Tretyakov Gallery
Exhibitions and permanent exhibitions are open until 24:00, admission from 18:00 to 23:00 with free tickets for individual visitors, including the exhibitions “The Thaw”, “Giorgio De Chirico. Metaphysical insights", "Dmitry Zhilinsky. Inner Circle", "Graphics by Vasily Chekrygin", "Reboot".
Special project program “It has become possible to love”
18:00–20:00 — master class in the Creative Workshop of the Museum “Moscow Windows. Dedication to five-story buildings"
18:00–23:30 — food court in the yard
18:30–23:30 - dance floors in the courtyard: master classes and shows take place every half hour
19:00–23:00 — marathon of excursions, exhibition “Art of the 20th Century”, 4th floor
20:00–20:40 — musical program “Farce Major Concert”, first part; hall 2nd floor
21:30–22:10 — musical program “Farce Major Concert”, second part; hall 2nd floor
22:00–22:30 — final master class on twist, culminating flash mob
Tretyakov Gallery in Lavrushinsky Lane
Exhibitions and permanent exhibitions are open until 24:00, admission from 18:00 to 23:00 with free tickets for individual visitors.
Engineering building, Lavrushinsky, 12
Please note that visiting the exhibition of Zinaida Serebryakova will be paid. The exhibition is open until 24:00, entry until 23:00.
House-Museum of V.M. Vasnetsova
Open until 21:00, admission from 18:00 to 20:30 with free tickets for individual visitors.
Museum-apartment of Ap.M. Vasnetsova
Open until 21:00, entry from 18:00 to 20:30 with free tickets for individual visitors.
Museum-workshop A.S. Golubkina
Open until 23:00, entry from 18:00 to 22:30 with free tickets for individual visitors.
The All-Russian “Night of Museums” will be held in 80 regions of Russia from May 20 to 21. In some museums, the annual promotion will begin on May 19. “Night of Museums”, dedicated to the Year of Ecology, is held for the eleventh time.
The main event of the weekend is the cultural event “Night at the Museum”. More than 200 museums, galleries, art schools and art centers in the capital, where creative meetings, lectures, excursions, performances, concerts and so on will take place, will leave their doors open until midnight or even until the morning.
The grand opening of the event will take place on May 20 at 17:00 in the Hermitage Garden in Moscow. More than 2,000 Russian museums will open their doors on “Night of Museums 2107”. More than 1,500 events will be held at venues not only in museums, libraries and theaters, but also in cultural centers, in the open air, in estates and parks, and even in planetariums and zoos.
On the Night of Museums, visitors will be welcomed by the State Tretyakov Gallery, the Tsaritsyno estate, the Moscow Zoo, the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, the Hermitage Garden and many others.
In 2017, the Moscow Kremlin museums will join the “Night of Museums” event for the first time; a special program will be held in the museum’s lecture hall.
Not only will excursions to museums be available to everyone, but you will also be able to take part in a theater show or take a short trip to historical Moscow estates.
Among the fun proposals for this time is the “Museum of the History of Cognac” will receive visitors as part of the international educational event “Night of Museums”. A unique exhibition where most of the exhibits can not only be seen, but also touched, heard the aroma of ancient wineries and become acquainted with the art of tasting. More than 2 thousand guests are expected here this night.
Poems and music inspired by the theme of space will be heard throughout the evening in Gorky Park. As part of the event, guests will also be able to visit secret museum locations - three small museums will host meetings with a famous photographer, contemporary composer and artist.
The Tretyakov Gallery has prepared a varied program at several venues. The main building will host an exhibition dedicated to the muses of artists of the 20th - early 21st centuries: Valentin Serov, Ilya Repin, Mikhail Nesterov, Konstantin Korovin and others.
On Krymsky Val in the Tretyakov Gallery there will be a master class on foxtrot, lipsey and jive to the accompaniment of thaw songs performed by actors of the Theater of Nations. Everyone will also be able to attend meetings with collectors at the Museum-Apartment of Apollinary Vasnetsov, the House-Museum of Viktor Vasnetsov and the Museum-Workshop of Anna Golubkina.
Also planned are performances by a brass band, theatrical and sound performances, and lectures on art and urbanism.
Those who are ready to go for a night walk will join free walking tours, reports. A total of 10 free walking routes from current excursion projects are organized.
During the promotion, impressive queues form at popular sites. To please those on the waiting list, branded cars with artists will drive around the capital from 18:00 to 23:00. They will stop and perform at the Tretyakov Gallery, the Museum of Cosmonautics, the Central Manege, the Zoo and the Darwin Museum.
To quickly travel around distant action sites, use special bus transport. Free buses - on May 20 from 18:00 to 00:00, 8 buses will run at 15-minute intervals with the following stops:
- Museum of Cosmonautics (stop “VDNKh metro station”)
- Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center (stop “Palace of Culture MIIT”)
- Tele2 communication salon (stop “Eye Hospital”)
- Bulgakov Museum (Triumphal Square stop)
- Tretyakov Gallery on Krymsky Val (stop "Gorky Central Park of Culture and Culture")
- Tretyakov Gallery in Lavrushinsky Lane (stop “Tretyakovskaya metro station”)
- Darwin Museum (stop “Darwin Museum”)
Food trucks with snacks and hot drinks will be located near the stops. The main theme of this year's festival will be the 100th anniversary of the 1917 revolution.
On Taganka, guests will be greeted by the Museum of Russian Icons with a very interesting program.
Our parks, unfortunately, are excluded from this promotion. The Night of Museums is not covered in any way on the Tagansky Park website. Well, the park named after. Pryamikova has long been closed “for improvement”, which the mayor’s office promised to complete by the last City Day in 2016...
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The capital's museums, libraries, parks and other cultural spaces will leave their doors open until late in the evening or even until the morning. Special programs, concerts, performances and other interesting events await guests. More than 200 sites are participating.
The “Night at the Museum” event will be held in Moscow on the night of May 20-21. Dozens of cultural institutions are participating, including the Tretyakov Gallery, the Tsaritsyno estate, the Moscow Zoo, the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, the Hermitage Garden and other venues. Each of them will prepare an interesting cultural program for guests. The Darwin Museum will host a concert and a meeting with a robot, the Fabrika center for creative industries will host excursions and film screenings, and the Hermitage Garden will become a platform for educational lectures. In Gorky Park, poetry and music inspired by the theme of space will be heard throughout the evening; they will also organize a lecture on 60s fashion and let you admire the stars through a telescope. As part of the event, guests will also be able to visit secret museum locations - three small museums will host meetings with a famous photographer, contemporary composer and artist. Also planned are performances by a brass band, theatrical and sound performances, and lectures on art and urbanism. Those ready for an overnight stroll will join free walking tours. A total of 10 free walking routes from current excursion projects are organized. During the promotion, impressive queues form at popular sites. To please those on the waiting list, branded cars with artists will drive around the capital from 18:00 to 23:00. They will stop and perform at the Tretyakov Gallery, the Museum of Cosmonautics, the Central Manege, the Zoo and the Darwin Museum. To quickly travel around remote action sites, use a special bus route - eight additional vehicles will be allowed. You can travel for free from 18:00 to midnight, the traffic interval is 15 minutes. Food trucks with snacks and hot drinks will be located near the stops. The main theme of this year's festival will be the 100th anniversary of the 1917 revolution. Some of the events will be dedicated to the Year of Ecology in Russia.
