The Belarusian State Museum of Folk Architecture and Life ( Belorussian. Belarusian Dzyarzha Museum of National Architecture and History ) is a type of open-air museum or scansen museum. Located in the south-west of Minsk , in the agro-town Ozertso (Minsk region) .
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| Square | 151 ha |
| Established | December 9, 1976 |
| Management organization | Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus |
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It was founded on December 9, 1976 . The creation of the museum was preceded by a series of articles on the pages of republican publications on the need to preserve monuments of wooden architecture and folk material culture.
The basis of the museum’s exposition is the creation of exposition sectors in accordance with the conditional division of the territory of the Republic of Belarus into six historical and ethnographic regions: Central Belarus, the Dnieper, Poozerie, Ponemanie, East and West Polesie. Today the museum has 3 exposition sectors: “Central Belarus”, “Dnieper” and “Lakeland”. Each of them represents a fragment of a typical settlement of the region in the late XIX - early XX centuries. with characteristic buildings. A prerequisite for the location of the sectors is the reflection of the natural and geographical conditions of the region. At present, the exhibition will present more than 25 monuments of Belarusian folk wooden architecture of the late XVIII - early XX centuries. Among them are cult (churches, belfry, chapel), public (public barn, public school building), production (forge, mills) and complexes of peasant estates. The monuments restored traditional interiors. Small architectural forms give fencing to the exposition sectors: fences of various types, wells, ponds, etc., as well as green spaces.
Content
Museum expositions
Central Belarus
The exposition sector “Central Belarus” is represented by a village with a layout typical for this type of settlement: an area with buildings of a social and cultural center and a street with two-sided building of estates. The cultural and social center comprises: Intercession Church con. XVIII century., School of 1932, public barn of the XIX century. and tavern beginning. XIX century On both sides of the village’s street there are manors with linear (linear) building of yards. At some distance from the "museum village" are located the mill of 1880 and the chapel of St. Nicholas 1802
Church of the Intercession
House with part of the yard
Threshing floor from the village of Archers
Mill from the village of Domotkanovichi
Dnieper
The creation of a village with two-sided development of the exposition sector "Dnieper" began. Closed (wreath) courtyards - farmsteads in which residential and household buildings were located around the open courtyard. In the estate from the village of Volevo, the beekeeper’s craft and a holiday in honor of the “father-bear” are presented, in the estate from the village of Brakov Sloboda - Dnieper slavish rituals, “svyach” rituals and Chausky traditional costumes. The prospect of the street ends with the silhouette of the Transfiguration Church, built by the famous Orsha masters in 1704.
House with outbuildings
Exposure view
Transfiguration Church
Lakeland
The exposition sector “Lakeland” is represented by a small village and a separately located farm - two types of settlements characteristic of the region. Church of the 18th century by its design features, it refers to the so-called temples of the “dumpling” type. The monument of folk architecture of the early XX century. - mill - a type of mill called “paltrak” and is rarely found in Belarus. Particular expressiveness to the external architectural appearance of the mill is given by twin wings, which provide independent rotation of the mill in the direction of the wind.
Work on the creation of the Belarusian State Museum of Folk Architecture and Life continues.
Adrina
Well
Windmill
Exhibitions
The museum hosts the following exhibitions: "Zabrodsky Tackle", "Beekeeping of Belarus", "Vehicles of Belarus", "Drives a Gablik Gold Shavings", "Podneprovsk Shapovalism".
Leisure
The museum is a place to relax. In general, the territory of the museum is a kind of natural park with year-round functioning. In recreational areas, there are corners for recreation and entertainment, equipped with small architectural forms: benches, tables, swings. Here you can ride horses, both in summer (on a chaise) and in winter (on a sleigh), relax and enjoy national dishes in the inn . Museum Tavern is the oldest food center in the country; it is more than 200 years old.
It has become traditional to hold holidays, events, festivals and ceremonies in the museum (“Kolyady”, “Shrovetide”, “Gukanne vyasny”, “Kupalye”, “Belarus Vyasella”, “Dozhinki”, “Dzyady”, folk festival “Kamyanitsa” , children's festival, "The Age of Knighthood", etc.). For visitors, both traditional educational excursions are conducted, as well as excursions with interactive elements and live music, mobile quests, and training workshops.
Near the museum is the Volchkovichi reservoir , which is a popular holiday destination. In the summer, a comfortable boat with excursion service runs from the museum pier.
Museum Losses
As a result of the fire in 2014, historical and cultural value burned down - a house located in Per. The northern city of Minsk, in May 2015, Adrina from the village of Levanovichi burned out in the museum. In ruined condition is a monument Khutor from the village of Timoshkovo. The Church from the village of Velets is in extremely difficult technical condition.
Links
- Official site
- Resolution of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus (Inaccessible link - history ) .