Bread House Exhibitions

About exhibition

The Bread House is an 18th-century architectural monument, part of the Tsaritsyno architectural ensemble built at the behest of Catherine the Great between 1775 and 1796. The architect was Vasily Bazhenov. Bazhenov did not manage to complete the Kitchen wing — Catherine criticized his work and removed him from the Tsaritsyno project. In 1849 architect V. Dregalov, by order of Emperor Nicholas I, prepared a plan to convert the Bread House into a clinic for peasants. It later became a hotel for summer residents. From 1918 until the late 1970s the palace, with its monograms peeling, housed residents of communal apartments. In 2006 the Bread House reopened after an extensive restoration. Its halls now contain a permanent exhibition dedicated to the history and daily life of this unique architectural structure, an exhibition of decorative and applied arts and wooden toys for children and families, and contemporary art exhibitions related to traditional and folk culture.