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History of the Museum

1. The Main Steps of the Museum Activity
  • documents
  • chronicle
  • 2.History of the scientific research
  • personalities
  • memoirs
  • restoration
  • 3.History of the educational activity

    Scientific Research
  • conferences and seminars
  • participation in the exhibitions
  • scientific works, articles
  • editions
  • restoration
  • expeditions:
  • -- archaeological
    -- collecting monuments of culture and history

    The educational activity
  • celebrations
  • excursion
  • participation in festivals, competitions, exhibitions
  • Rus Eng

    Brief Chronicle of the Main Events (page 3)

  • Early 1970s. The area of 4. 600 sq. m. presented the system of the exhibitions:
    -- “History of the Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra”;
    -- “Necropolis of the Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra”;
    -- “Architectural Ensemble of the Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra and Methods of its Restoration”;
    -- “Old Russian Painting of the 14th – 17th cc”;
    -- “Old Russian Applied Art of the 14th – 17th cc”;
    -- “Russian Art of the 18th – Early 20th cc”;
    -- “Russian Folk Art of the 18th – Early 20th cc.”;
    -- “Contemporary Applied and Decorative Art”.
  • Since 1980s the archeological, local history and local fine art collections, so far represented by separate groups of works, have been actively supplemented.
  • 1990. The publication of “Soobshcheniya Sergievo- Posadskogo Muzeya” was resumed.
  • 1992. The Museum was referred to the units of special value in the national cultural heritage by resolution N 584-rp of the RF President and the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of 15.10. 1992. The same resolution determined the gradual transfer of the museum from the territory of the Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra.
  • 1993. The Architectural ensemble of the Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra was inscribed on the UNESCO List of the cultural heritage.
  • 1997. The International conference “The Stone Age of the European Plains”.
  • Since 1998 the biannual International Conference “The Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra in History, Culture and Spiritual Life of Russia” have been organized.
  • 2001 – 2005. The transfer of the main part of the collections from the territory of the Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra and their housing:
    -- in the Sacristy (on the territory of the Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra – “The Sacristy of the Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra of the 14th – 19th century”;
    -- in the historical and architectural complex “Konny Dvor” – “The Ancient Past of the Sergiev Posad Land”, “The Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra: Architectural Ensemble, Pages of History”, “Applied and Decorative Art of the 18th – 21th century (open depositories);
    -- in the Main Building (Krasnaya Armiya Prospect, 144) – exhibitions of contemporary art;
    -- in the Local History Department in Ovrazhny per. 9a – a complex of exhibitions on history and culture of the Sergiev Posad Land of the 20th century.
  • 2002. The Exhibition and Publication Project “The Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra and Russian Tsars: Rarities and Artistic Treasures”.
  • 2005. Celebrations of the 85th jubilee of the Museum.
  • 2008 - Opening of a constant exposition of Russian folk art "The World of Russian Village".
  • 2008 - Participation of a museum in an exhibition «Princess Maria Tenisheva in the Silver age mirror», spent in the Tretyakov Gallery.
  • 2009 - Participation of a museum in VIII church-public exhibition-forum «Orthodox Russia».
  • 2009 - The Edition of the fundamental book "Sergiev Posad. A sight through centuries". Sergiev Posad, 2009.
  • 2010 - Participation of a museum in an exhibition «Sacred Russia. Russian art since the most ancient times till Peter the Great epoch», Paris, the Louvre.
  • 2010 - Anniversary actions for celebrating of the 90 anniversary of a museum.

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