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| 18 October 2001 in Moscow
The Museum Of Russian Matryoshka was inaugurated. It is the first
official collection of Matryoshka dolls in Russia, in spite of
this art exists in Russia more than 100 years and appears as
the most popular Russian craft. The Matryoshka Museum
accommodates in the building of Russian Folk Arts Fund, in the
same house where the first Russian Matryoska doll was created
in the end of the XIX century. Here was the workshop of A.I.
Mamontoff, the famous Russian art collector. Last year the
exhibition "100 Years of Russian Matryoska" took it's place in
the same halls, thanks to Larissa Soloviova, one of the best
experts in the art of Matryoshka and a woman of great
enthusiasm. The exhibition had so much success that it's
producers decided the display of Matryoshka must be continued as permanent exposition. A lot of people visited the ceremony of the opening - diplomats
and artists, collectors and businessmen. Some people even came
from other countries to present at the opening. The opening
was translated by all principal Russian TV and Radio channels,
also attracted the attention of many news papers and
magazines. Now the museum collection presents both antic
samples and contemporary art of Matryoshka. Artists who's
works are presented in the contemporary part of collection:
Danilov, Voronina, Gorbaceva, Streltsova, Simuhina, Nadezdina,
Merkulova, Zukov Dmitry, Zukova Natalia, Solodilova and others.
The address of Museum is Leontievsky Pereulok, 7, just in the
Moscow center, between Tverskaya and Nikitskaya streets, metro
stations Tverskaya/Pushkinskaya/Chekhovskaya, Okhotni Ryad,
Arbatskaya. You are very welcome!
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