Tag "Museums"

How Our Favourite Things Are Made? Industrial Tourism In Belarus

Industrial tourism in Belarus can bring you lots of unique and exciting impressions. Learn more about the plants and factories that are open for visits and tours.

Great Patriotic War Museum

The Belarusian State Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War was the world’s first museum to tell the story of the bloodiest war of the 20th century, and the only one in Belarus created during the years of Nazi occupation.

The National Historical Museum of the Republic of Belarus

The National Historical Museum of the Republic of Belarus is one of the country’s most popular museums. Its holdings house the biggest museum collection in Belarus numbering about 400,000 items.

The National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus

The National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus (the State Art Gallery from 1939 till 1957, the State Art Museum from 1957 till 1993) – the largest collection of the Belarusian and foreign art within the country – is located in the centre of Minsk.

The Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art - one of the youngest to date museum structures in Belarus.

Gallery Mastatstva

Minsk dwellers and guests of Minsk know that in the "Gallery Mastatstva" there is a greatest selection of the paintings in the capital of Belarus.

Ў Art Gallery

“Ў” — is the gallery with the atmosphere of free culture where everyone can get acquainted with modern topical art trends, visit lectures of famous art critics, take part in workshops…

House of Paintings (Dom Kartin)

A new private art gallery in Minsk.

The First Private Museum of Miniatures Opened in Minsk

In one building you can see the sights of Belarus in a reduced form.

Marc Chagall Museum in Vitebsk

Vitebsk, the hometown of Marc Chagall, was an inexhaustible source of inspiration for the artist during his whole life. Domes of churches and old streets, miniature houses and shops with signboards, strips of wooden fences, horse-cab drivers in the streets are perpetuated in the artist’s canvases together with the famous angels and lovers in the sky...

Belarusian State Museum of Vernacular Architecture and Ethnic Heritage

It is Belarus’ single museum-skansen that represents a whole village of architectural specimens of the 17th-20th centuries.

Museum of Old Folk Crafts and Technologies Dudutki

Dudutki is one of the most attended museums in Belarus. It is located 40km away from Minsk in a picturesque site near the Ptich River.

History and Culture Museum-Reserve Zaslavl

Zaslavl is one of the most ancient Belarusian towns. It was first mentioned in chronicles in 1127. However, it was founded much earlier.

Mikhail Savitsky Art Gallery

The gallery was opened in September 2012 in the city center, close to the Town Hall, in the historical building of city mansion, which is partially reconstructed the interior of the XIX century. This is one of the cultural centers of Minsk.

DK Gallery

We have created a gallery where people can free themselves from the daily bustle and devote time to the soul. To do this, we carefully select the works to create exclusive collections of art and try to catch the appetite of connoisseurs and art lovers.

Art Gallery Predmestje

To buy a beautiful painting, antiques, exclusive gift, you do no need to go abroad!

Maxim Bogdanovich’s Literary Museum

In 2016 Belarus celebrated the 125th anniversary of the birth of Maxim Bogdanovich, eminent Belarusian poet, journalist and literary critic. He is one of the brightest stars in the sky of Belarusian poetry.

Lida. Visiting a Fairytale

The name Lida is derived from the name of the river Lidzeya. Its origin is associated with the Lithuanian appellative Lyda - Lydimas, meaning to fuse, to cast (denoting forest clearing). As Lida is quite a small town, there are only 2 hotels in it. It may be better to stay in a hotel in Grodno and visit the town and castle from there.

The House of Vankovich

Almost in the center of modern Minsk the modest private residence held out. Experts consider it to be the pearl of the architecture of the beginning of 19th century: as repeatedly researches confirmed, this house is constructed in strict conformity with the canons of classicism, according to the proportions of "golden section".

Navahrudak: The Land Of Kings

In the 14th century it was an episcopal see of the Metropolitanate of Lithuania. It is a possible first capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. It was first mentioned in the Sophian First Chronicle and Fourth Novgorod Chronicle in 1044 in relation to a war of Yaroslav I the Wise against Lithuanian tribes. During the 16th century, Maciej Stryjkowski was the first who, in his chronicle, proposed theory, that Navahrudak became the capital of the 13th century state.

Berestye Archaeological Museum

Berestye Archeological Museum is unique in Europe, because its visitors can view an archaeological site displaying an authentic East Slavic wooden town dating back to the 13th century.

Uladzimir Karatkevich Museum in Orsha

A talented writer, playwright and scenarist, publicist and translator, a representative of the old noble family and a passionate history lover, Uladzimir Karatkevich is unique in the Belarusian literature. His books are among the most beloved and widely read by many generations.