State Historical-Architectural and Ethnographic Museum-Reserve "Kizhi"

About museum

The Kizhi Museum is one of the most significant cultural sites in the European part of Russia. It differs from other museums in that it is an open-air museum. It contains 80 unique monuments of Russian wooden architecture from past centuries. Kizhi Island and its architectural ensemble, the Kizhi Pogost, are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. At the center of the Kizhi Pogost stands the 22-domed Transfiguration Church, one of the largest and most complex wooden structures in the world. Various guided tours and event programs are offered to visitors. The most popular way to get acquainted with the museum is a guided walking tour, where you can learn the history of the monuments, view works of art and enjoy the beautiful landscapes.
\r\n
\r\nYou will walk across the museum grounds and learn the history of the monuments, see works of art and simply admire the beautiful landscapes.
\r\n
\r\n

Museum features

Дата основания

1966 год

Посетители

186

Единиц хранения

45695

Бюджетный статус

Federal

Классификация организации

non-profit institution

Предметы музея

Collection of wooden architecture monuments on Kizhi Island and in its surroundings, including: the museum's main attraction — the Kizhi architectural ensemble (the Kizhi Pogost ensemble). The museum's architectural collection includes the Church of the Resurrection of Lazarus from the Holy Assumption Murom Monastery (14th–16th centuries), 10 chapels (17th–19th centuries), more than two dozen peasant houses (19th–early 20th centuries), and a large number of farm buildings: windmills, barns, rigi, bathhouses (banya). Collection of Old Russian painting: icons, tyabla (icon panels), thin candles, carved gilded details of the Transfiguration Church iconostasis. Chronological scope of the collection: first half of the 14th century – first quarter of the 20th century. Ethnography collections: items of everyday peasant life used in Karelian villages in the 19th–early 20th century. The museum's holdings include household items: tools, furniture, tableware, utensils, means of transport, everyday and festive clothing. The museum has the most complete assemblage of ethnographic artifacts representing the material culture of the peasantry of the Olonets Governorate in the 19th–early 20th century. Collection of copper-cast sculpture (17th–19th centuries). Collection of manuscripts and book monuments: manuscripts of the 14th–18th centuries; books in Cyrillic and civil print of the 17th–20th centuries; publications of Old Believer print shops; 19th-century documents; pre-revolutionary periodicals. Collection of drawings (materials of the 1940s–50s architectural survey of wooden architecture monuments of Karelia). Collection of photographic documents from the second half of the 19th – early 20th centuries.

Found a mistake? Select and click

CTRL

ENTER

Сообщить об ошибке