Exhibition of the N. G. Slavyanov House-Museum

About exhibition

The exhibition is housed in the house built in Motovilikha according to Nikolay Gavrilovich Slavyanov's own design. The interiors of the living rooms and authentic memorial objects present the life and work of the world-renowned scientist and talented engineer. The halls have been given the informal names 'living room', 'study-workshop' and 'factory shop'. The main feature in the living room is a Becker piano. The Slavyanov family owned the same instrument. Nikolay Slavyanov began playing the piano in childhood, retained his love of music throughout his life, and performed many pieces at gatherings held in this house with great skill. Next is the scientist's study with preserved memorial items: heavy chairs with woven backs, an armchair, and a large writing desk at which it was comfortable and peaceful to work. The museum's main exhibit — the famous 'Slavyanov glass' — was made by Slavyanov in 1893 using arc welding with a metal electrode for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The 12-sided prism, welded from eight ferrous and non-ferrous metals that were considered at the time incompatible — bronze, nickel, steel, copper, cast iron, bell bronze, tombac and nickel silver — amazed visitors at the Chicago (1893) and Paris (1900) world expositions.