WELCOME TO THE WEBSITE OF THE MINSK CITY HISTORY MUSEUM
The Minsk City History Museum opened on May 8, 2010. The basis of the museum's collection are artefacts from the archaeological excavations of Minsk in the 11th - 19th centuries, items of everyday urban life, cameras of the late 19th - 20th centuries, paintings, drawings, arts and crafts, memorial collections of famous residents of Minsk and other valuable items.
The museum hosts temporary thematic exhibitions, including international ones, displaying collectors’ items, works of artists and photographers, collections of various organizations and institutions. The museum also organizes a variety of creative projects: concerts, seminars, conferences, creative actions, plein-airs.
The museum network includes 10 facilities: the Minsk City Hall, Mikhail Savitsky Art Gallery, Leonid Shchemeliov Art Gallery, Lošyca Manor Museum, Carriage Museum, Archaeological Museum, Minsk Horse Tram Museum, Art Salon “Vysokaje Miesta”, Ivan Misko Workshop Museum, and the new exhibition hall at 17 Rakaŭskaja vulica.
CURRENT EVENTS
MUSEUM NOTES
On September 7, 2012, the Mikhail Savitsky Art Gallery was opened. The artist is the Hero of Belarus, People's Artist of Belarus and Honorary Citizen of Minsk.
The gallery is located at 15 plošča Svabody in a former manor house of the 18th century with an outbuilding. At different times, famous residents of Minsk were the owners of the manor. At the end of the 18th century, the house belonged to Count Mikhail Pshezdetsky, at the beginning of the 19th century - to the nobleman Andrey Stankevich, then - to the local constable, well-known for his time cultural figure Yuri Kobylinsky.
The Kobylinsky estate was a meeting place for the creative elite of the city, and the owner himself was engaged in literary activities and collecting. The private collection of Kobylinsky was open to everyone and, according to researchers, became the first public museum in Minsk.