What do Dr. Faust, Baron Munchausen, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, Uncle Tom, Popeye the sailor and the little prince have in common? The fact is that all these characters have their own museums. It is a great honor for a fictional creature and for its creator. Because the museum of the character is the highest proof of its authenticity and a sign of unconditional nationwide worship of the author.
The world museum practice numbers several dozen museums of literary, folklore and film characters. Idolaters and curious people from all over the world flock to some museums, while others still bear the burden of "municipal" fame.
Every year the number of these unusual museums is replenished with Russian apartments, houses, estates and even entire villages dedicated to the lives and adventures of the heroes, in whose existence we unconditionally believe in the whole country.
The first museum of a fictional character in our country was opened in October 1972, 45 years ago in the village of Vyra near Leningrad. For reasons of literary political correctness, the proud right of the first swallow was given to the character born under Pushkin's quill pen with nutty ink - Samson Vyrin.
The place was not chosen by chance - having waved 70 miles away, the messengers stopped for the night or changed horses at the third station of the Belorussky tract - Vyre. According to archival documents and descriptions from the story "The Station Keeper", the house has carefully recreated the atmosphere of the road station of the era of Nicholas I. In every object, in every thing there is a soul of a fictional hero - here is an unfinished sundress, here - a laced book, a table set for tea - it seems an elderly father and daughter left and are about to return to continue to unwind and unravel their eternal sad story.
No. 2. Museum of Literary Heroes "Belkin's Tales"
The village of Lvovka, located in the Bolsheboldinsky district Nizhny Novgorod region, since the 17th century it was the patrimony of the Pushkins and was named after the poet's grandfather - Lev Alexandrovich. In 2005, in the manor house behind the Luchinnik grove, a museum of the heroes of Belkin's Tales was opened.
Ivan Petrovich Belkin's room One of the rooms of the mansion is dedicated to Ivan Petrovich Belkin - the fictional author of stories - his portrait hangs here, there is a bent chair, reclining on which the narrator snored in his sleep - try not to believe in the reality of this character! The rest of the rooms are ideal decorations for the five stories of the cycle. In Liza Muromskaya's room, a peasant dress hangs casually on a chair; further we find the collected chest of Marya Gavrilovna; then we go into the room where Silvio left on the table an inch from his forehead a shot-through red cap ...
The house itself, with its charming old provinciality and all its landscape surroundings, are perceived as genuine illustrations for the Belkin cycle. Everything here is genuine, honest, real.
No. 3. Museum of the poem "Anna Snegina"
Kashina's estate. Photo: ny.rzn.info In 1995, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Yesenin's birth, the Anna Snegina Museum was opened in Konstantinov. The last Konstantinovskaya landowner Lydia Kashina, who had been friends with the poet for many years, became the prototype of the main character - a young noblewoman, the youthful love of the protagonist Sergushi. It is in the Kashina estate that the museum's exposition is located.
Thanks to the many photographs and genuine gizmos that once belonged to Kashina-Snegina, and dozens of letters written by her legendary fellow villager, reality here is so intertwined with artistic fiction that it is no longer possible to separate real story from a beautiful composition.
No. 4. Museum "Two Captains"
V. A. Kaverin Museum Remember "Fight and Seek, Find and Don't Give Up"? V hometown Veniamin Kaverin - Pskov since 2002 there has been a museum of the novel "Two Captains". In the very center of the museum, a flag with the famous motto flies on a mast, and the exhibits tell about the prototypes of the main characters, the idea of the novel and, of course, about the development of the Far North.
“Two Captains” is a work of a difficult fate. The book, which embodied the dream of all post-war boys, served as the basis for one of the best adventure Soviet films, in our memory is inextricably linked with the terrible tragedy of the end of the twentieth century - the musical Nord-Ost. Therefore, the Museum "Two Captains" is also a place of memory.
The routes of Brusilov, Sedov, Tatarinov are laid out on huge maps of the North. Young visitors, who love museums where you are allowed to touch everything, will sail legendary routes on magnetic ships using a real ship's compass. Here, in this unusual museum, the spirit of heroic adventures soars. It is worth going here for your childhood dreams and then, so that there is something to dream about.
No. 5. "Bad apartment"
The Bulgakov State Museum on Sadovaya-Spasskaya, 10 in Moscow today is better known as Woland's apartment or "Bad apartment". According to the text of the legendary novel, Woland, having sent Stepa Likhodeev to Yalta, settled here, in apartment no. 50, in a real communal hell. In fact, the writer himself lived in this apartment from 1921 to 1924. By the way, according to the legend, a certain Anna Goryacheva lived - the same Annushka.
Bad apartment No. 50 is located on the fifth floor of a five-story building. The window overlooks the opposite wing of the house and another "bad apartment" associated with "The Master and Margarita" - apartment number 34, which also served as a prototype for a place with bad energy.
Interesting fact - There is also a "bad apartment" in St. Petersburg. Only not Bulgakov, but Tolstovskaya. Its number is 60 and it is located on the sixth floor of a six-story building on the embankment of the Fontanka River.
No. 6. Ostap Bender Museum
Ostap Bender Museum Kozmodemyansk. Photo: kvartirka.com Beloved by housewives, widows and even a woman - a dental technician, romantic adventurer Mr. O. Bender was awarded two museums - in St. Petersburg and in Kozmodemyansk.
Once a year, during the days of the Benderiada festival, Kozmodemyansk is renamed New-Vasyuki and turns into a carnival of humor. Fans of Ilf and Petrov come here for the "interplanetary" chess tournament and auction, where you can buy a chair with diamonds. When the city is taking a break from the holiday, Benderomans can visit the museum - an old merchant mansion designated as the place of military glory of the legendary literary hero.
In 1995, the Bender Museum was opened in St. Petersburg. Following the inimitable style of the protagonist, the museum was closed several times. However, it always received a new birth, the last of which happened quite recently - in the summer of 2016.
The exposition of the museum presents authentic things, copies of those that appear in the novel - the famous tea strainer, Kisa Vorobyaninov's pince-nez, a table from the Horns and Hooves office and, of course, a weight that you can even try to saw. To the perplexed question “Why, suddenly, St. Petersburg?”, The creators of the museum answer as follows: according to one version, the prototype of Bender was Osip Shor - a bright, adventurous gentleman who lived here when he was a student. Subsequently, Osip Shor was seen as an imaginary promising groom, a great chess player and a great artist ... Recognizable character, in a word.
No. 7. Snow Maiden Museum
Terem of the Snow Maiden in Kostroma, photo: intel-tour.ru Museum of this literary character was opened in 2008 in Kostroma. It was here in 1873 that Ostrovsky, impressed by Afanasyev's fairy tales, composed a play about a pale blonde girl, the daughter (!) Of Santa Claus and Spring Red. The play remained unnoticed by the public for almost ten years, until he wrote an opera of the same name based on it.
In addition to the Snow Maiden, other representatives of folklore "live" in the museum, from brownies to Bayun's cat. In the museum you can see a sleigh on which the Snow Maiden with Santa Claus delivers gifts to children, visit the Ice Room and even try a snow cocktail.
No. 8. Cheburashka Museum
A museum in a school - wherever it went, but a museum in a kindergarten - is that conceivable ?! It turns out, yes. In Moscow, not far from the Vykhino metro station, in kindergarten and school number 2031, there are two exhibition sites dedicated to Cheburashka. In front of the entrance there is a telephone booth, in which the beloved children's hero lived, inside is the story of the creation of a touching and strange creature and many of its incarnations - "Cheburash" handicrafts.
By the way, the initiator of the creation of the museum was himself, he was looking for like-minded people in publishing houses for a long time, but he found them only ... in kindergarten. Today, according to Uspensky, Cheburashka has surpassed the author himself in popularity.
No. 9. Village Prostokvashino
- a master of the embodiment of literary heroes. Heroes of tales from the life of Prostokvashino, like Cheburashka, should soon acquire an address and a museum. In the Tonkinsky district of the Nizhny Novgorod region there is the village of Prostokvashino. It has 17 houses and 10 residents.
LITERARY JOURNEY "MUSEUM OF FAIRY TALES OF GRANDFATHER ROOT"
Leading: Not far from Moscow, in the village of Peredelkino, in a small house for many years lived a tall gray-haired man, whom all the children of the country knew. It was he who invented many fairy-tale heroes: Mukhu-Tsokotukhu, Barmaley, Moidodyr. The name of this wonderful man was Korney Chukovsky. On April 1, 2007, if he were alive, he would have turned 125 years old. Korney Chukovsky is a literary pseudonym of the writer. His real name is Nikolai Vasilievich Korneichukov. He got up very early, as soon as the sun rose, and immediately set to work. In the spring and summer, he dug in the garden or in the flower garden in front of the house, in the winter he cleared the paths from the snow that fell during the night. After working for several hours, he went for a walk. He walked surprisingly easily and quickly, sometimes he even started racing with the kids he met while walking. It is to these kids that he dedicated his book "From Two to Five". Scientist, writer, translator, literary critic, K. Chukovsky wrote many poems and fairy tales for children. From an early age, his poems bring joy to all of us. Not only you, but also your parents, grandfathers and grandmothers could not imagine their childhood without the fairy tales of Korney Chukovsky! Today we will make an unusual journey with you, meet the heroes of the fairy tales of Korney Chukovsky.
1TUR. "REMEMBER THE FAIRY TALE"
Remember what words the line ends with, and name the fairy tale:
Heals small children, Heals birds and animals, The Good Doctor looks through his glasses ... ( Aibolit) ("Aybolit")
Suddenly from the gateway - A terrible giant, Red and mustachioed ... ( cockroach) ("Cockroach")
I am the Great Basin of the Famous ... ( Moidodyr) Wash basins chief and washcloths commander. ("Moidodyr")
The pigs meowed - meow - meow, Kitties ... ( grunted, oink- oink) ("Confusion")
In Africa, a robber, In Africa, a villain, In Africa, a terrible ... (Barmaley) ("Barmaley")
The people are having fun - the Fly marries a dashing, daring young ... ( mosquito) ("Fly Tsokotukha")
The sun walked across the sky and ran behind a cloud. I glanced at a hitch in the window, It became a hunch ... ( dark). ("Stolen Sun")
No no! The nightingale does not sing for pigs! Call you better ... ( crow) ("Telephone")
And the dishes go on and on through the fields, through the swamps. And the kettle said to the iron - I'll go more ... ( not can). ("Fedorino grief")
Only suddenly, because of a bush, because of a blue forest, From distant fields, it flies ... ( Sparrow) ("Cockroach")
And behind him, the people are singing and screaming: - What a freak so freak! What a nose, what a mouth! And where does this come from ... ( monster). ("Crocodile")
And I don't need Neither marmalade nor chocolate, But only small ones, Yes, very small ... ( children) ("Barmaley")
2TUR. "WHO IS WHO":
Which characters do these fabulous names belong to?
Aybolit - (doctor)
Barmaley - (robber)
Fedora - (grandmother)
Karakula - (shark)
Moidodyr - (washbasin)
Totoshka, Kokoschka - (crocodiles)
Tsokotukha - (fly)
Barabek- (glutton)
Red-haired, mustachioed giant - (cockroach)
3 TOUR. QUESTIONS.
In what work did the dishes reeducate their mistress? (« Fedorino grief ")
Name a fairy tale in which a terrible crime occurs - an attempted murder? ("Fly Tsokotukha").
Which hero was a terrible villain and then re-educated? (« Barmaley»)
What was the name of the boy who defeated the Crocodile? (Vanya Vasilchikov)
In what fairy tale is the sparrow glorified? (« Cockroach»)
Name a fairy tale, the main idea of which can be expressed in the words: "Purity is the guarantee of health!" (« Moidodyr», « Fedorino grief ")
What did the animals ask for in the poem - the fairy tale "Telephone": (Elephant - chocolate, Gazelles - carousels, Monkeys - books, Crocodile - galoshes)
On whom did Aibolit and his friends travel to Africa? (Wolves, whale, eagles)
What “horned beast” were the tailors from the poem “Brave Men” afraid of? (Snail)
In which fairy tales is the crocodile the hero? ("Confusion", "Cockroach», « Moidodyr", "Telephone", "Barmaley"," Stolen Sun "," Crocodile ")
4 TOUR. "BASKET WITH LOST ITEMS"
I have different things in my basket (bag). Someone lost them. Help find their owner, remember the tale and the lines that talk about this subject.
Telephone (Do me rang telephone)
Balloon (We drove the Bears on bike, a per him mosquitoes on balloon)
Soap (Here and soap jumped)
Saucer (A per them saucers)
Galosha (Send me a dozen new galoshes)
Thermometer ( And puts them a thermometer)
Sieve (The sieve rolls over the fields)
Gloves ( And then they called hares : "Could you send gloves?")
Coin (The fly went across the field, the fly found the money)
Chocolate ( And he gives everyone a chocolate bar in order)
Collar ( the crocodile looked around with the collar and Barbosa swallowed it, swallowed it)
Washcloth ( And a loofah like a jackdaw, like a jackdaw swallowed)
5 TOUR. "GUESS A RIDDLE"
(Referring to the portrait)
Tall, long arms with large hands, large facial features, a big curious nose, a brush of a mustache, a naughty strand of hair hanging over the forehead, laughing eyes and an amazing easy gait. Such is the appearance of Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky. He was distinguished by great diligence. “Always,” he wrote, “wherever I was: on the tram, in the line for bread, in the dentist's waiting room,“ in order not to waste time, I would compose riddles for children ”
- GuessriddlesK. Chukovsky(children make up their minds)
Wonderful home. There was a white house, a wonderful house, and something was knocking in it. And it crashed, and from there a living miracle ran out - So warm, so fluffy and golden. ( Egg and Chick)
A wonderful cave. Red doors in my cave, White animals sit at the door. Both meat and bread - all my prey - I gladly give to white animals! ( Mouth and teeth)
Watch out! Ah, do not touch me: I will burn without fire! They carry me on the water. (Nettle)
Wonderful steam locomotive. A locomotive without wheels! That's a miracle - a steam locomotive! Didn't he go crazy - He went straight by the sea! ( Steamer)
The sage in him saw the sage,
A fool is a fool, a ram is a ram,
A sheep saw a sheep in him,
And a monkey is a monkey.
But then they brought him to him
Fedya Baratova,
And Fedya saw a shaggy slob.
(Mirror)
Wonderful horses.
I have two horses, two horses,
And the water is hard
Like a stone!
(Skates and ice)
Toothy riddle
I walk - I wander not through the forests,
And through the mustache, through the hair,
And my teeth are longer
Than wolves and bears.
(Comb)
6 TOUR. PLAY WITH CHILDREN
Connect the hero of the fairy tale with the deed he committed.
Set the sea on fire
swallowed the sun
Crocodile
I washed my dishes.!
Brought the sun back to the sky.
Put out the sea
Saved Mukhu - Tsokotukhu.
Ate a cockroach
Healed the animals
K. Chukovsky became a children's poet and storyteller by accident. And it turned out like this. His little son fell ill. K. Chukovsky drove him on the train. The boy was capricious, moaning, crying. In order to somehow entertain him, his father began to compose a fairy tale for him: Once upon a time there was a crocodile, He walked the streets.
The boy suddenly became quiet and began to listen. K. Chukovsky's fairy tales help all children to navigate in the world around them, make them feel like a fearless participant in imaginary battles for justice, goodness and freedom. K. Chukovsky's poems educate the ability to empathize, compassion, rejoice. Let us all rejoice together and watch a performance of excerpts from K. Chukovsky's fairy tales.
Many times we will meet with the works of K.I. Chukovsky. In high school, you will meet Chukovsky the translator. He translated from English "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen", "The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe", "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", "The Prince of the Initiatives", "Rikki - Tiki - Tavi" and other books.
Irakli Andronikov wrote that “Chukovsky's talent is inexhaustible, intelligent, brilliant, cheerful, festive. Do not part with such a writer all your life. "
7. SUMMING UP AND AWARDING THE WINNERS
On a visit to Cheburashka
You don't have to go far for a fairy tale - it is right here, in the capital of the country, in the Kozhukhovo microdistrict. At the entrance you will be greeted by Cheburashka himself with his best friend, the crocodile Gena. There is also a real telephone booth, in which, according to legend, the character of Eduard Uspensky lived.
By the way, this part of the exposition was conceived by the writer: the most difficult thing was to find a payphone - after all, by the time the museum was created, they had not been produced for a long time! I even had to turn to the Moscow City Telephone Network for help, and a real phone booth was assembled from two retro copies.
Inside the museum there is an exhibition of children's works: more than a hundred Cheburashkas and other characters from the cartoon - and drawings, and crafts, and soft toys.
The museum conducts excursions where kids are told about cartoon characters. And here you can also see the legendary typewriter of Eduard Uspensky, on which this urban fairy tale was printed.
Nizhny Novgorod
On a visit to the Goldfish
Residents of the Nizhny Novgorod region revere Rybka - she has become a real talisman of these places. And this story began a long time ago: the land in Boldino and its environs for four centuries belonged to the family of the poet Pushkin, and now this village is a cultural monument of federal significance.
Here is located the famous throughout the country literary-memorial and natural museum-reserve of A. Pushkin "Boldino", where visitors will learn about the three Boldin autumn in the life of the poet, which significantly enriched their native literature. After all, it was in Boldino that Pushkin wrote almost all of his famous fairy tales. The first was "The Tale of the Priest and His Worker Balda", the second autumn on the Boldin land turned out to be the most fruitful for fairy tales - the "Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Heroes" and "The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish" appeared. During the third visit, the poet wrote The Tale of the Golden Cockerel.
In memory of this legacy of the poet, another museum was opened in Boldino - dedicated to Pushkin's fairy tales. The museum has many fascinating expositions: "The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish", "Thirty-Three Bogatyrs", "The Tale of Tsar Saltan".
The main part of the exhibits - magnificent panels and silk stained-glass windows, dolls-characters of Pushkin's fairy tales, embroideries and products with cloisonné enamel - were created by children in the workshops of the Author's Center for Artistic Crafts in the city of Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod Region. In addition, there are works by professional artists, masters of Gorodets painting.
Tula
On a visit to the master Lefty
The nugget master once glorified Tula, and now he continues to live here in the historical part of the city, on the banks of the Upa River, but already in the form of a bronze monument. From time immemorial, gunsmiths have settled here, including the founder of the dynasty of the first Russian industrialists Nikita Demidov and his descendants.
Not far from the monument is the six-story building of the Museum of Weapons, stylized as a helmet of a Russian warrior. During the excursion, the name of the master will sound more than once - children and parents will be told about the glorious history of Tula, about its craftsmen and, of course, about Lefty himself and his unique works. And in Tula there are incredibly delicious gingerbread cookies - try it yourself and take it as a gift to your family and friends!
On a visit to the Snow Maiden, Kikimora and the Snowman
Kostroma
On a visit to the Snow Maiden
The Snow Maiden was born on the Shchelykovo estate in the Kostroma region, which belonged to the famous playwright A. N. Ostrovsky, the author of the fairy tale about the snow beauty. Granddaughter of Santa Claus can be safely considered the brand of Kostroma, she has become a real VIP person here. Local entrepreneurs decided to turn to the origins and did not lose - at the tourist complex, where the most interesting object- tower of the Snow Maiden, there is no end of visitors all year round.
In the courtyard of the tower there is a huge stone: "If you go to the right, you will lose your horse, if you go straight ahead, you will get to the Snow Maiden in the tower." And there is also a slide, from which in winter you can slide down on wooden sleds - modern, but exactly repeating the old sleds. Opposite the tower is the belfry: be sure to go there, ring the bells and appreciate their crystal melody.
A visit to the Snegurochka's tower will be interesting for both large and small guests: here is the Ice Room with refreshments, and funny games at the Snegurkin Compound, and the most exciting - an interactive program, during which you will be accompanied by Domovoy, Domovikha and the learned cat Bayun. You will hear Slavic myths and legends, watch a puppet show and, of course, meet with the granddaughter of Santa Claus herself.
The Ice Room is considered the pearl of the Snow Maiden's tower. This hall is open all year round, and it is always winter in it: the temperature here is maintained at -14 ° C. Decorations on the walls, sculptures, and even dishes are made of ice by Kostroma craftsmen. In the Ice Hall, children are invited to taste fabulous sweet drinks, and adults - something stronger from ice cups. And don't be afraid to freeze - in summer time before visiting the room, guests will be given warm clothes and felt boots.
Arkhangelsk
Visit the Snowman
Last winter, a real miracle happened in this northern city - on the first day of December on the embankment of the Northern Dvina, the "House of Miracles" of the Arkhangelsk Snowman - made of snow, of course! The owner of the House, Snowman, received guests until spring came, and with the onset of cold weather he is waiting for visitors again: there are still many fabulous winters!
In the snowy House of Wonders, you can make a wish, walk through the unusual carrot forest, taste the snowballs of the White Sea ambassador and see many miracles.
And the Snowman also arranged a great holiday for the kids' favorite delicacy - ice cream! At the end of the year, the Snowman is especially in demand: he gives New Year's performances, he has several programs designed for children of different ages. For example, for the smallest, the owner of the House of Miracles prepared a performance based on the famous cartoon "The Snowman-Mailer".
Kirov
On a visit to Kikimora Vyatskaya
Kirov is a city with history: it was founded on the mysterious Kikimorskaya mountain. Recently, the "Reserve of Fairy Tales" was created here, where the Residence of Kikimora Vyatskaya is located. The program "Visiting Kikimora" is gaining momentum - the character, despite his not too good-natured image, is becoming more and more popular with children.
Entertainment programs with the participation of Kikimora there are many - there are for children and adults, for the whole family and even for graduates.
On a visit to Baba Yaga, Mouse-Norushka and Emela
Kukoboy village
On a visit to Baba Yaga
Today in the village there is a museum of fairy tales, where Baba Yaga, the main puppet character, reigns. Games and contests are waiting for the guests, and the “kind” grandmother will tell the kids fairy tales. The Yagi teahouse, where they treat the famous Kukoboi pies, also works for tourists. And on the last Saturday of July (simultaneously with the holiday in honor of the village day) everyone is invited to the birthday of Baba Yaga - there will be real festivities!
Myshkin
On a visit to the Little Mouse
On the slope of Nikolskaya Gora, in an old wooden house, there is the world's only Mouse Museum - after all, a cute rodent is considered the patron saint of this city. The famous museum is part of the Myshkinsky complex folk museum, and exhibits come here from all over the world - from France to India.
A visit to the museum will begin with the office of the mouse king: each tourist is handed a commemorative ticket bearing the seal of the “mouse kingdom-state”.
In the museum, children and parents will see mice-book readers (there is a rich library here - books in dozens of languages of the world, and everything is exclusively about mice), mice-heroes of their favorite cartoons, mice donated to the museum by famous people, and, of course, handmade mice made from a wide variety of materials - from clay to felt. There is even a mini-zoo with mice of different breeds!
Adults, tired of numerous mice, can go to the grandiose Cathedral of the Dormition built in the 19th century. You can climb its bell tower to explore the surroundings (entrance fee is charged).
There is also a Museum in Myshkin unique technology"Myshkinsky Samokhod" will definitely please both boys and their dads. After all, here you can see how the legendary cars - "lorry", "funnels" and "jeep" are arranged, evaluate a variety of equipment - from steam engines to aircraft turbines, and take pictures while driving an antique car or at the helm of a ship.
Rostov the Great
On a visit to Alyosha Popovich and Emela
In addition to southern Rostov-on-Don, there is also the city of Rostov in the middle zone, which gave the country an epic hero, the famous Alyosha Popovich. By the way, the hero is quite real: to date, scientists have found a lot of evidence that the hero Alyosha was really born in this city in the XII century, in the family of a priest.
Since 2010 in Rostov the Great there is a popular excursion program“Visiting Alyosha Popovich”. During the day, you can visit three excursions at once: "Unique crafts" (a visit to the Rostov enamel factory), "All roads lead to the Kremlin" (a tour of the local ancient Kremlin) and a visit to the Spaso-Yakovlevsky monastery, where you will be accompanied by the hero himself and his beloved Nastenka. The program includes initiation into bogatyrs and Russian beauties, fun, fun and national games, and in the end - gifts for participation in competitions!
Rostov is rich in fairy-tale characters - Emelya also lives here. In the summer, the city regularly hosts holidays "By the Pike's Command": from Cathedral Square a procession is headed towards the city park, led by Emelya himself, riding, as he should be, on the stoves. In spring, Maslenitsa festivities are held here, where guests can taste delicious fish soup in addition to traditional pancakes.
On a visit to Kurochka Ryaba
Ermakovo
On a visit to Kurochka Ryaba
The fabulous hostess of the museum appears here in different guises: with a golden egg, and as a book illustration, and an ordinary laying hen. An entire room is set aside for a variety of Ryabs, and in the other two halls there are expositions dedicated to the life of peasants and the work of the local poultry farm. In the summer in Ermakovo they organize a merry holiday "Visiting the Ryaba Hen" - with mummers in chicken costumes. And here you can also taste eggs, but not golden, but simple and very tasty!
Murom
On a visit to Ilya Muromets
The fabulous epic hero Ilya Muromets was there, according to legend, lying on the stove for 33 years, and then went to defend the Russian land from enemies. The Transfiguration Monastery has sculptural image Ilya Muromets with a particle of his relics, and in the Murom History and Art Museum a whole exposition is devoted to the epic hero - old chain mail, armor and weapons, engravings and icons. The museum also has an interesting interactive program for tourists: Ilya himself and Krasavitsa with a roll will greet the guests, there will be epics, stories about feats of arms and “Dedication to heroes and heroes”.
Poshekhonye
On a visit to Toptygin and Vodyanoy
The Toptygin House Museum is quite small: it’s only one room, but what a! There is even a real bear den, and children will be able to see in detail how it works. In addition to the den, the museum displays a hunting storage, many exhibits on the "bear" theme and two huge stuffed animals of the owner of the forest. By prior arrangement, an interactive tour with games, contests, hunting bikes and tea (honey from a real deck!) Will be held for you. And Poshekhonye is also called Yaroslavl Venice - after all, the village stands on five rivers. It is not surprising that Vodyanoy lives here: his official residence is located in the children's library. In the Vodyanoy dwelling there are portraits of the owner, statues of his frog girlfriends, an aquarium with small catfish, a water mill and other attributes water kingdom... Vodyanoy and his colleague Kikimora amuse the guests, sing songs and treat everyone to the soup.
Sometimes the heroes of fairy tales become so real that they are cramped between the bookshelves. They leave the pages of their favorite books, turn into monuments, walk the streets of cities and even make themselves comfortable dwellings. Then all over the world there are museums for fairytale characters, where children and adults flock like on wings. After all, who does not dream of being in a fairy tale at least for a moment?
"Fairy tales are like old friends, you need to visit them from time to time",- said the American writer George Martin once. Don't waste a minute!
Moomin Valley, Finland
On the island of Kylo, off the coast of the Finnish city of Naantali, the magical Land of the Moomin trolls lurked among the dense crowns of trees. The museum was opened in 2003, and since then it has been a favorite vacation spot for local children. You will also like to look into the moomin houses, climb the tower, run around with unusual bridges and stairs. There is a blue moomin house from a book, a yellow house of Hemul with a collection of butterflies, a witch's hut, and a swimming pool.
The friendly heroes of the popular books of the writer Tove Janson stroll around the museum's environs, delighting young visitors. You may meet Little Mu or Sniff, Moomin dad or Moomin mom.
The summer theater regularly hosts performances and shows. The museum occupies an entire island and is connected to the old part of Naantali by a bridge. And you can get here by a special moomin train.
Little Prince Museum, Japan
Surprisingly, the museum of a small hero with a big soul, created by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, is located not at all in Paris or Provence, where the writer is from, but in ... the Japanese village of Hakone.
Cozy French houses and cafes, even thousands of kilometers from the author's homeland, will take you to France, and bright thematic paintings will plunge you into Magic world works.
In the museum you will see not only exhibits dedicated to the Little Prince, but also his creator. The originals of photographs, letters and diaries will reveal to you new facts from the biography of the writer.
Baron Munchausen Museum, Latvia
Do you know, dear friend, that the most truthful storyteller in the world - Baron Munchausen - is not a fictional character, but a real person. He lived in the 18th century and even visited Ukraine.
The Baron Munchausen Museum is located in the Latvian estate Dunte. The owners of the estate assure that it was here that the best years of the life of the baron and his wife passed. Here he pulled himself out of the swamp, planted a cherry between the antlers of a deer and flew to the moon astride a cannonball. It was here that I found my soul mate - the daughter of the owner of the estate.
A five-kilometer path leads from Munchausen's house to the sea with bizarre wooden monuments: a hare with eight legs, flying fish, etc. The Baron's museum has created an atmosphere of his time. The house is filled with hunting trophies, and at the entrance guests are greeted by the owner of the house, however, in the form wax figure... But who knows, maybe she comes to life at night?
Harry Potter Museum, England
Eyes run up from miracles. Harry Potter fans can spend hours wandering among the mysterious scenery of the film: strolling Diagon Alley with a bunch of shops, sit at the dining tables Of the Great Hall, see Mr. Weasley's flying car, and see the portraits on the walls come to life in the frame.
The highlight of the museum is the castle of the Hogwarts school, or rather its layout, 2.5 m high. Torches are burning on the towers of the castle, and special lighting every 4 minutes changes night to day.
After walking through the halls of the film studio, you can have a bite to eat at the "Sweet Kingdom" and buy a broomstick, magic wand or mantle as a souvenir.
Mary Poppins Museum, Australia
If you love the work of Pamela Travers, visit the Australian city of Mariborough. It was there, in the writer's homeland, that a house-museum dedicated to her work was opened. In front of the house you can see a monument to the author of the famous story about Mary Poppins. And nearby the estate is a coastal park, very similar to the one described in the books about the fairy nanny.
If you come here during summer holidays, be sure to visit the Mary Poppins Festival. During the holiday, local nannies run races here, run steam locomotives, and hold competitions for kites and drawings on the asphalt. It will be fun!
