May 18 is celebrated internationally. May - Birthday of the May zhzhzhzhuk! Video about Museum Day

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. Let us note that the Museum of Nature of Buryatia, whose building is now closed due to emergency conditions, will join the action at the Sampilov Art Museum.

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.

Each 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 in different countries world open their doors to everyone completely free of charge, preparing new exhibitions, thematic lectures, excursions, and 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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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 of the world. 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.

A museum is a temple in which monuments of material and spiritual culture created in different countries are carefully collected and preserved. historical stages development of society. Priceless collections of paintings, interior and household items, sculptures, collections of coins, books, monuments natural history- this is a centuries-old heritage, the value of which will only grow from year to year, and a wealth that belongs to all humanity.

Hermitage, Tretyakov Gallery, Louvre, Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Prado in Madrid, Archaeological Museum in Cairo are known throughout the world. But in almost every locality Every country also has its own local history museum, which houses rare items related to its history and stages of development. International Museum Day is a professional holiday for all galleries in the world, and for all museum workers who carry out enormous educational, popularization and pedagogical work.

History of International Museum Day

International Museum Day is celebrated annually on May 18th. The history of the holiday is closely connected with the creation in 1946 of the International Council of Museums (ICOM), which set the main goal of providing comprehensive support for the activities of museums. Representatives of more than 115 countries, including the USSR, immediately joined the work of the Council. It was on the initiative of the Soviet Union that in 1977 ICOM established a new professional holiday - World Museum Workers' Day. The celebrations took place for the first time in 1978. Nowadays, the holiday is widely celebrated in 150 countries around the world. After all, almost any state has many museums that constitute its national heritage.

Traditions of International Museum Day

In honor of the holiday, museums and galleries around the world organize thematic exhibitions, exhibitions with the participation of young artists, hold special events for specialists and the general public, excursions for schoolchildren and preschool age. On the holiday, many galleries host popular science lectures and conferences, dedicated to issues development of museums and their role in the modern world.

With the development of Internet technologies, masterpieces of world art are becoming available to an increasingly wider range of people. Now you can see the world's best collections at virtual museums, whose popularity is growing day by day.

On this holiday, congratulate all the museum workers you know. These people deserve the deepest respect, because their contribution to the conservation cultural heritage humanity is invaluable.

Conversation “International Museum Day”

Every year on May 18, museum workers around the world celebrate their professional holiday. 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 a regular meeting of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) a Russian organization’s proposal to establish this cultural holiday was adopted.

Since 1978, International Museum Day has been celebrated in more than 150 countries. In 2014, International Museum Day will be held under the motto: “Museum collections unite.”

TO this holiday timed and international action- “Night of Museums”. As a rule, it is held on the night from Saturday to Sunday closest to May 18.

Night of Museums is an initiative of German colleagues. In Russia, the Night of Museums has already been held several times. Non-state museums and private galleries are joining this action in Russia.

According to experts, over time, the Night of Museums will gain popularity no less, and perhaps more, than the International Day of Museums itself.

USA. America is the leader in the number of strange museums.

Museum of cockroaches.

An entire museum complex in the state of Texas. It is located in the city of Plano. The fact is that the exhibits found their place in Michael Boden's store, which sells conventional insect and other pest control products. The Cockroach Hall of Fame Museum has been in existence for 20 years.

Visitors to the museum complex can see both living insects and dead ones. The owner of the exhibition uses the bodies of dried cockroaches to create dioramas - he dresses them up in costumes and places them in certain themed interiors.

For example, in the museum you can see a cockroach dressed up in the style of Marilyn Monroe, as well as cockroaches surfing and playing musical instruments.

Boden keeps several hundred live cockroaches, which after death become exhibits in his museum.

The museum organizer specially breeds cockroaches, and after they natural death perpetuates by dressing in human clothing or presenting in an unusual form.

Museum of Burnt Food (California, USA)

This museum was founded by Deborah Hanson-Conant, and it was because of her failures in the kitchen that the first exhibits appeared in the museum. By the way, each item in the museum’s collection is provided with a commentary by the “author” himself or his relatives.

The stupidest and most senseless is the Museum of Burnt Food. These cupcakes, pizzas, pies and many other dishes will never make it to anyone's table. But the museum still has a moral, and it is simple: be careful when cooking and do not skimp on fire safety.

Mustard Museum - Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, USA

Founder Berry Levenson began collecting mustard in the 1980s, but the museum didn't open until 1992. The museum's collection includes more than 4,800 varieties of mustard in bottles, tubes and cans, produced in 50 states and 60 countries. The exhibition also includes a historical tour about mustard production. Mustard lovers should definitely visit the museum's unique gift shop, which sells many different types of mustard.

Kansas Barbed Wire Museum, La Crosse, Kansas

The Kansas Barbed Wire Museum opened in 1971. He tells people about the history of barbed wire, often called "The Devil's Rope." The collection now includes more than 2,000 types of barbed wire, some of the exhibits date back to the 19th century.

Burlingame Candy Museum, Burlingame, California

This year the museum celebrates its 14th anniversary. The Candy Cane Museum pays homage to traditional candy canes. The most valuable exhibit is the world's largest and most impressive vending machine, measuring almost 2.5 m. The museum houses the most large collection old vending machines, and other candy-related items. It's also worth visiting the gift shop where you can create your own piece of candy history!

Museum of the human body called Corpus, Netherlands

It is located in the Netherlands, near the university city of Leiden. The museum offers a journey inside the human body.

Unique museum represents the figure of a seated man, the 35-meter-high structure is built into a seven-story building.

The museum is very interesting and educational, the tour lasts 55 minutes, during which time the sounds of the body where the group is located are imitated. The Museum of the Human Body presents copies of human organs and simulates the processes occurring in the body.

You can get to the Museum of the Human Body through the giant's knee by going up the escalator. Inside, visitors move past internal organs, see muscles, bones, heart, kidneys, digestive organs, lungs, ears, eyes and brain.

The screens show the work of organs, their functions, and all this with sounds. It shows what happens in the body when a person receives an injury to one or another organ, how reproduction occurs.

The tour ends on the top floor in the head of the “giant man”.

The Corpus Museum of the Human Body is intended for people aged 6 years and older.

Museum medieval torture, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

The museum is located on the Red Light District in Amsterdam. And this place is not for the faint of heart. The Museum of Medieval Torture lives up to its name with dark lighting and an entrance where visitors immediately begin a journey down a dark corridor. The exhibition itself, as well as a tour introducing various types of torture, is at the visitors' attention, mainly drawing the visitors' attention to medieval times. Among the instruments of torture you can find an interrogation chair, a hammer for crushing bones, a heretic's fork, different kinds hanging cages and masks, and of course, the guillotine.

The most unusual museums in Russia.

Museum of Superstitions of the Russian People.

When visiting of this museum you will be able to meet characters familiar from childhood - Leshy, Baba Yaga, Kikimora and more than a hundred unusual and amazing creatures that existed in the fantasy world of our ancestors. Today these heroes are carved from wood and live in the “Amber Castle”, located in the Curonian Spit nature reserve in the Kaliningrad region.

Private museum gramophones and phonographs.

This collection is housed in an ordinary city apartment; it is considered the third in the world in terms of the number of unique devices. It is worth noting that all exhibits are in working condition. Sometimes the museum hosts musical evenings, dedicated to listening to old records of the last and century before last. The museum, located in St. Petersburg, was founded by Vladimir Deryabkin, former clown, circus performer and trainer. Visits to the museum are only possible by prior arrangement.

Iron Museum.

Once upon a time merchant's house has now become a museum, giving its shelves to irons. Here you can trace the evolution of this important item for our everyday life. The museum houses more than 200 exhibits. These are bronze, steel, cast iron, electric and alcohol-based. Each of the irons is ready to serve one purpose - ironing, creating a flawless look for clothes. The museum is located in the city of Pereslavl-Zalessky.

Mammoth Museum.

In order to visit it, you will have to go down to a depth of 20 meters, where a cave has been carved into the permafrost. It is here, in the cold, that the remains of animals that lived in Taimyr 20 thousand years ago are kept. In the museum you can see a collection of mammoth bones, their tusks, pieces of skins and bodies of these amazing and long-extinct animals. The museum itself is located in distant Yakutsk.

Mouse Museum.

This lovely museum, famous all over the world, was created by enthusiasts on a selfless basis and is famous for its homey feel. In the city of Myshkin there is a museum in which toy rodents from all over the world live - Japan, France, Germany. It contains more than five thousand exhibits, some of them are gifts famous people, and many are made by children with their own hands.

Sun Museum.

This museum is not located in an Indian settlement in South America, and in our Novosibirsk. The exhibition is illuminated even on bad days - after all, it contains hundreds of images of our sun, which disperse bad weather. The museum presents numerous images solar gods, solar signs, myths and fairy tales dedicated to the sun, as well as hymns. It will be interesting to look at the products of the masters applied creativity, which will once again remind you that we are all children of the sun.

Clock Museum.

In the city of Angarsk since 1968 there has been a watch museum based on private collection, which has been going on for more than half a century. Looking at the timekeeping objects in the ten halls, some of which date back to the 18th century, it is easy to forget about everything. Here you can see a skeleton clock and a basket clock, a clock in the form of a miniature steam locomotive, as well as cabinet, wall and carriage clocks. In total, the museum has more than a thousand exhibits.

Water Museum.

Visitors to this museum are invited to follow the complex path that a drop of water takes before getting into our apartments, and then back into reservoirs. The exhibition presents the evolution of water supply structures in Moscow, its construction, starting from ancient times. Those who are particularly interested have the opportunity to launch miniature models of Mosvodokanal equipment and structures. The museum is located in Moscow, near the Proletarskaya metro station. A similar museum, by the way, is located in St. Petersburg.

Wolf Museum.

This character is known to everyone from distant childhood, where he was a frequent guest in fairy tales. In general, in the museum, wolves appear in other forms - they are both a natural predator and a totemic symbol. Here you can find films, sculptures, toys, paintings and poems dedicated to this interesting animal. Perhaps you can change your idea of it by visiting the Tambov Museum.

Bread Museum.

In Vladivostok there is a museum that proves that an everyday food product - bread, can also be interesting subject. The history of bread baking spans centuries, and this is what the exhibition tries to tell about, which tells about baking mechanisms, demonstrates barn books, as well as rare photographs and personal belongings of bakers of old. It is curious that one of the halls has been turned into a hundred-year-old pastry shop. However, go to Far East not necessarily, there is a similar museum in St. Petersburg.

Museum of Cribs, Novosibirsk (Russia)

Absolutely everyone will like this museum in Novosibirsk - who hasn’t written a test at least once in their life or taken a test, relying on their cheat sheets? Of course, many were guilty of this. In the Novosibirsk museum you can learn about the most sophisticated ways of hiding cheat sheets.

Among the more than two hundred exhibits, there are some very interesting options: crib sheets in the form of women’s earrings, crib sheets inside a small “leaky” pack of juice, crib sheets on a hairband. In the age of modern technology, all these discoveries already seem outdated, because today, in most cases, everything you need is downloaded to a smartphone.

Butterfly Museum in St. Petersburg

This unusual museum, in which the exhibits are never in their place... They are in constant motion, do what they want, often sit on visitors, and visitors are delighted with it! You enter the museum and find yourself in a real tropical paradise. It maintains a tropical climate: temperature + 28 degrees and humidity - 70%. And the inhabitants of the museum are living huge tropical butterflies. In nature, these tropical beauties would never have met, because butterflies live on different continents: Africa, America, Australia and Asia. The collections are updated weekly, and by visiting the museum every other week, you can catch other species of amazingly beautiful fluttering creatures!

Museum of New Year's toys, Veliky Ustyug(homeland of Father Frost)

The New Year's Toy Museum, as expected, is located in Veliky Ustyug. As you may have guessed, the exhibits are Christmas decorations from the 1930s–2000s, which are placed on artificial Christmas trees. It is interesting that the spruce trees are not inferior in age to their decorations. The theme of the toys reflects the entire history of the country's development. For example, exhibits from the 30s are made of glass, cotton wool and paper, since until 1935 there was no production in the country Christmas decorations. Since the forties, toys made of bottle glass have appeared: Kremlin stars, orderly dogs and pistols. Toys of the 60s: corn cobs and astronauts - guess why. Each visitor can give the museum his own Christmas tree decoration.

Museums in other countries of the world

Mushroom Museum (Loire Valley, France)

This museum is worth a visit for all mushroom lovers. It was built in the form of a labyrinth of several man-made caves. Here you can learn about the ancient and modern technologies growing mushrooms, and see more than 500 varieties.

Paris Sewerage Museum, Paris, France

Located beneath the streets of Paris, this museum showcases long story public sewer system since the appearance of the first sewer system in Paris in the 13th century. The museum's tunnels run parallel to the Seine. Visitors have the opportunity to see one of the oldest sewer mains serving the city. The exhibit includes equipment for maintaining sewer networks, uniforms for workers servicing the system, and devices for cleaning lines. It is also necessary to take into account that the toilets are connected to an existing sewer system!

Hair Museum - Avanos, Türkiye

The Hair Museum displays over 16,000 hair samples different people. The owner of the museum is the famous Turkish potter Galip Koruktsu. And the museum itself is also unique because it is located underground. Koruktsu is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the owner of the largest hair collection. Museum visitors have the opportunity to add to the collection by donating their own hair. The museum opened in 1979, becoming an international phenomenon.

Cumberland Pencil Museum, Keswick, Cumbria, England

The museum is located on the first floors of a pencil factory. Visitors walk through exact copy graphite mine. A tour of the museum gives visitors the opportunity to learn about the history of pencils, explaining how they were made in the beginning. Also worth visiting are the drawing areas, where children can create their own masterpieces. It is important to check in advance when there are visual demonstrations where parents and children can receive expert advice. The museum also houses the most long pencil in a world that is also worth seeing.

Tirana Kamikaze Museum, Japan, Minamikyushu City

There is a kamikaze museum in Japan. It was opened in 1975. The museum was opened on the site of a former Japanese Air Force airbase. All museum exhibits are dedicated to Japanese kamikaze pilots who gave their lives for the prosperity of their homeland during the Second World War.

The first director of this museum was also a kamikaze pilot. His name was Tadamasa Itatsu. By the will of fate, he remained alive, since all the flights he made were unsuccessful.

The museum contains great amount things and documents that were left behind by soldiers participating in the Battle of Okinawa. This is 1036 last letters pilots, and various photographs. In addition, the museum contains 4 models of aircraft that were used in the attacks. The museum displays a Mitsubishi A6M Zero aircraft in excellent condition, which was recovered from the bottom of the sea in 1980. Also in the museum you can watch a short video about the pilots.

Japanese Snowflake Museum, Hokkaido Island

This is the only museum in the world this kind, so it is doubly interesting. A snowflake is a substance that is 95% air. The founder of the snowflake museum is Nakaya Ukichiro, a scientist whose name the museum bears. For a very long time, scientists could neither photograph a snowflake nor examine it under a microscope. Now that science has the last word, you can take very high-quality photos. Therefore, in the snowflake museum you will find a huge number of photographs of snowflakes that will delight you. The museum's exhibition is very diverse. It is convenient to view the exhibits while walking along the spiral staircase. The museum itself is located in snow caves, which, over a short period, led to beautiful view. The museum feels a little chilly, but that’s how it should be, because you’re in a museum of snowflakes!

All snowflakes have a hexagonal shape, without exception. But the most important thing is not this, but the fact that not a single snowflake repeats another.

Spy Museum in Finland, Tampere

Original museum espionage is located in Finland in the city of Tampere. The museum was opened in 1988. It’s funny that the bus number “7”, which goes to the museum, was renamed “007” on the opening day, as the owner of the espionage museum, Teppo Turya, wanted to do.

Here you can touch, use and conduct experiments on yourself. You will find a lie detector, various devices for changing your voice, and a lot of other interesting things. Anyone who enjoys espionage will be asked to take an aptitude test to become a spy.

After entering the museum, along with the ticket, guests are given a card with tasks. Everyone enjoys completing these tasks. Someone is looking for a secret door, and someone is breaking into a safe.

So the museum presents the following departments: “Undercover Agents”, “Female Spies”, “Ninja”, “Spy Weapons”. There is a special department that is dedicated exclusively to Russian spies, and their biography can be read in Russian. At the exit from the museum, everyone can visit the spy shop and buy some interesting thing as a souvenir: a pen with invisible ink or a compass, and much more.

Police Museum in Tampere, Finland

The Police Museum in Finland was opened in 2008.

Here you can see about one thousand artistic and documentaries, 60 thousand photographs, as well as 66 thousand items that are related to the work of the Finnish police. The museum deals not only exhibition activities, but also research work, which aims to continually improve police performance. The museum constantly operates a Children's Police Station, where the younger generation can learn a lot of new things for themselves, as well as find themselves “behind bars,” or feel like a real law enforcement officer. this one good life lesson, which everyone must learn so as not to commit any atrocities in the future.

Munchausen Museum, Latvia, Vidzeme coast

The Munchausen Museum is one of the most visited in Latvia, in the city of Dunte. There are only two Munchausen museums in the world: one in Germany, in Bodenwerder, the second in Latvia.

In the exhibition you can see materials about Munchausen’s life in the Dunte estate (Vizdem coast), as well as household items from the 18th century.

Six most bright years The baron, together with his wife Jacobina, spent his life in the Dunte estate. For several centuries now local residents They can't stop telling stories about Munchausen.

In the room of Munchausen's wife Jacobina you will see paradise a real lady of the 18th century, and Baron Munchausen will greet you with freshly caught game - a string of ducks killed with one shot.

3 best museum in Russia:

1. State Museum-Reserve"Peterhof".

Peterhof (Dutch Peterhof, “Peter's courtyard”) is a palace and park ensemble on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland, 29 km from St. Petersburg. Located on the territory of the city of Peterhof (from 1944 to 1997 - Petrodvorets).

In 1712, construction began on a country imperial residence for Peter I. In 1714, the foundations of the Grand Palace were laid.

In 1715, Emperor Peter I decided to create a ceremonial imperial residence.

Peterhof includes several palace and park ensembles, formed over two centuries. The Lower Park, the Upper Garden and the English Park are ensembles that developed in the 18th century; Alexandria, Kolonistsky Park, Meadow Park, Alexander Park, Sergievka, Own Dacha - ensembles of the 19th century.

2. Hermitage

The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg is the largest in Russia and one of the largest art and cultural-historical museums in the world, a federal state state-financed organization culture and museums.

The Hermitage arose in 1764 as the private collection of Catherine II, after 225 valuable paintings were transferred to her from Berlin.

The museum begins its history with collections of works of art, which it began to acquire privately. Russian empress Catherine II. Initially, this collection was housed in a special palace outbuilding - the Small Hermitage (from the French ermitage - a place of solitude, cell, hermitage, retreat), from where it was established common name future museum.

In 1852, from the greatly expanded collection, the Imperial Museum was formed and opened to the public.

Modern State Hermitage Museum is a complex museum complex. Main exposition part The museum occupies five buildings located along the Neva River embankment in the center of St. Petersburg, the main one of which is considered to be the Winter Palace.

Today, the museum's collection includes about three million works of art and monuments of world culture, from the Stone Age to the present century.

The Hermitage is famous for its paintings: “ Madonna Benoit"or another name "Madonna with a Flower" by Leonardo da Vinci and another painting "Madonna Litta", as well as no less famous picture"Return prodigal son"Rembrandt and many others.

3. Tretyakov Gallery

State Tretyakov Gallery (STG) (also known as Tretyakov Gallery) - Art Museum in Moscow, founded in 1856 by merchant Pavel Tretyakov and having one of the largest collections of Russian fine art in the world.

The idea of collecting his own painting collection came to Pavel Tretyakov after visiting the St. Petersburg Hermitage at the age of 20.

Pavel Tretyakov began collecting his painting collection in the mid-1850s. Year of foundation Tretyakov Gallery It is generally accepted that May 22, 1856 is the day when Pavel Tretyakov acquired two paintings by Russian artists: “Temptation” by N. G. Schilder and “Skirmish with Finnish Smugglers” by V. G. Khudyakov. In 1867, the Moscow City Gallery of Pavel and Sergei Tretyakov was opened to the general public in Zamoskvorechye.

Her collection consisted of 1276 paintings, 471 drawings and 10 sculptures by Russian artists, as well as 84 paintings by foreign masters.

The gallery was opened for public viewing in 1881, and in 1892, after the death of his brother Sergei, Tretyakov donated it to Moscow.

In August 1892, Pavel Mikhailovich transferred his art gallery as a gift to the city of Moscow. By this time, the collection included 1,287 paintings and 518 graphic works of the Russian school, 75 paintings and 8 drawings of the European school, 15 sculptures and a collection of icons. On August 15, 1893, the official opening of the museum took place under the name “Moscow City Gallery of Pavel and Sergei Mikhailovich Tretyakov.”

The gallery has a rich collection ancient Russian painting XI-XVII centuries, created mainly in Soviet times, including “Trinity” by Andrei Rublev, works by Dionysius, Simon Ushakov. More than 60 icons were bequeathed to the Tretyakov Gallery, but the most mysterious of them is Vladimir icon Mother of God.

During the Great Patriotic War The collection of the Tretyakov Gallery was evacuated to Novosibirsk: the exhibits occupied 17 carriages.

The most visited museum in the world - Louvre (Paris, France)

1. The Louvre Museum in Paris is the largest, oldest and most famous museum in the capital

2. Originally built as a military fortress in the 13th century, the Louvre was royal palace King Philip II Augustus of France for several years during the 16th century before becoming a museum in 1793.

3. The Louvre is a building consisting of four parts.

4. The heart of the Louvre is the well-known glass pyramid.

5. The Louvre contains some of the most famous works art in the history of human civilization. The paintings housed in the Louvre have been collected by the French government for the last 500 years. Perhaps the best collections of Islamic, Greek and Assyrian cultures in the world are kept in the Louvre.

6. It is impossible to visit the Louvre in one day.

7. The Louvre was designed as a place for the drawings and paintings of King Henry VI.

8. the most valuable exhibit The Louvre is the famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci - Mona Lisa.

9. In 1793, the Louvre was opened as a public museum.

10 . The Louvre has undergone several architectural metamorphoses during its life. Built on the western outskirts of the city, the original fortress structure gradually became the center of Paris. The dark fortress first became the modest home of King Francis I, and then became the luxurious palace of the Sun King, Louis XIV.

Today, May 18, the world celebrates International Museum Day and World AIDS Remembrance Day. In Russia today we can celebrate the Day of the Baltic Fleet, Ukraine celebrates the All-Ukrainian Day of Cultural Workers and Amateurs folk art, and Kyrgyzstan is 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.
On our planet, according to statistics World Association healthcare, today there are about 42 million people living 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 a 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