Dolls from grandma’s chest
For first to fifth form audience
Folk Belarusian dolls as main characters of rituals and traditions of our remote ancestors make the past more interesting and understandable. This relatively small but remarkable part of folk material culture gives joy not only to children but to adults as well. During the ‘Dolls from grandma’s chest’ lecture the audience can learn about the most widespread Slavic traditional dolls and about what they served for as well as get precious pieces of advice of how to make one’s own doll.
Beliefs of ancient Slavs
For first to fourth form audience
The lecture relates about heathen beliefs of ancient Slavs, explains terms and notions like heathen temple, idol, and religion. During picturesque presentation, schoolchildren familiarize themselves with fairy-tale characters (Baba-Yaga, Dragon Gorynych, Koshchey the Immortal), spirits (domovoy, vodyanoy, leshy) and gods (Perun, Yarilo, Veles) in which our remote ancestors once believed.
Belarus a land of treasures
For first to eleventh form audience
Through this lecture, the audience will learn how treasures appear, which hoards were found in the territory of Belarus, and finally, why Belarus is called a land of treasures. The lecture is followed up by a showing of hoards and separate articles kept in the collections of the National Historical Museum of the Republic of Belarus.
To the stars of the universe
For fourth to eleventh form audience
Why flying into space? Why does a cosmonaut need a space suit? Who is a cosmonaut and how is he or she equipped? What is weightlessness or zero gravity? To these and other questions, children can get answers during the lecture. They will see diving suit, survival kit, space suit gloves, space food, hygiene kit, and many other things given to the museum by the first Belarusian cosmonaut Pyotr Klimuk.
Urban culture at the interface of the XIX – XX centuries
For seventh to eleventh form audience
The audience will learn what Minsk looked like at the turn of 20th century, how citizens spent their free time. They can "look into" windows of ordinary townspeople; learn about their daily life, stance on sports, Belarusian and international cultural achievements, about fashion trends and salon culture of that time.
Minsk: yesterday and today
For sixth to eleventh form audience
Using post cards with images of the old Minsk, children will make a little historical trip through streets and parks of the late 19th – early 20th centuries city and the contemporary city.
Sluck sashes
For eighth to eleventh form audience
Through the lecture, the audience will learn about one of the most precious treasures of Belarus – Sluck sashes. Children will learn under what circumstances their production was started at the Sluck manufactory, how most precious sashes looked like, why they used to be so popular among the szlachta, and why we consider them a national treasure of Belarus now. The program is followed by multimedia presentation with images of Sluck sashes kept in Belarus and abroad.
Notions of szlachta and fashion of gentry of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 16th-18th centuries
For eighth to eleventh form audience
Notions of beauty and fashion trends in clothing and appearance have always existed. The szlachta of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth made no exception to the rule. Sometimes, our noble ancestors paid even more attention to the appearances than people of contemporary society. Through the lecture, the audience will learn about ideas of szlachta of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth of the 16th-18th centuries, about ideals of beauty, and about fashion trends of that period.
Open: 11.00–19.00
Daily
Ticket desk open: 11.00 – 18.30
Visitors enter: 11.00 – 18.30
Adults:
Permanent exhibitions tour –
Br 10 BYN
Guided tour –
Br 30 BYN
Full-time students:
Permanent exhibitions tour –
Br 8 BYN
Guided tour –
Br 25 BYN
Schoolchildren and specialised secondary school students:
Permanent exhibitions tour –
Br 5 BYN
Guided tour –
Br 15 BYN
Retirees:
Permanent excibitions tour – 5 BYN
Guided tour – 15 BYN
12 Vulica Karla Marksa, Minsk, 220030, Republic of Belarus
+375 17 3237665
+375 17 3748322
+375 17 3654827
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