The Vologda State Museum-Preserve of History, Architecture and Decorative Arts

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The Vologda State Museum-Preserve of History, Architecture and Decorative Arts

Phone: автоответчик (8172) 72-2283, спр. (8172) 72-2511

Address: 160000, Vologda region, 15, S. Orlova str., Vologda

Location: Take a trolleybus or a bus to the centre of town

Working hours:*

Internet:
www.russianmuseums.info/M767 - official web page
The Vologda State Museum-Preserve of History, Architecture and Decorative Arts - W617, official web site vologdamuseum.ru/

E-Mail:

billboard, events and excursions

Description:

The Vologda State Museum-Preserve of History, Architecture and Decorative Arts is situated in the historical centre of the city - Vologda Kremlin that consists of buildings constructed during four centuries (XVI- XIX). The Vologda museum also has eight branches: the House of Peter I, Architectural and Ethnographical museum of the Vologda region, museum "The world of forgotten things", museum "Vologda exile" and others.

Vologda State museum-preserve is a scientific - exploring and educational organization, state storage of artistic, historical, architectural memorials of material and spiritual culture and as well as memorials of nature. The museum fund includes more than 500 000 items. The most valuable collections are the collection of Russian Ancient Art (icons), sculpture, numismatics, Old Russian books and others. The museum is annually visited by 200 thousand people. More than 30 expositions on various topics are created every year; international and all-Russian scientific conferences, practical seminars are held in the walls of the museum

Museum's services:
museum shop, lecture hall

Museum has :
folk group

Next to the museum there are:
hotels and restaurants

for museum professionals

Administrative phone:
(8172) 72-2283, Fax: (8172) 72-2283

Organisation status:
State Russia

Organization form:
non-for-profit

Organisation type:
culture for society, scientific, educational

Classification:
Architect and monuments,Historical,Regional museum,Museum preserve,Memorial,Painting art

Squares:
permament show rooms 7372м²
museum's store 2534м²
museum's parks 1,52га

Specific departments:
archive, science library, restoration dep.

Collections volume:
464498, rare collection's items: 298489

Web sites and CD-disks:
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