Art is one of the most important aspects of the spiritual sphere of our life. The desire to create something new or transform the old is familiar to mankind for more than one thousand years. Each of the peoples now living on the earth, and those whose history has sunk into oblivion, had their own traditions in art, moreover, these are not just some characteristic features - each distinct feature has its own significance in folk art.
Now, during the period of the total rapprochement of peoples, world globalization, many of these traditions cease to be relevant, are forgotten by modern people, and in fact in folklore lies the basis of national self-consciousness of mentality. That is why it is important to preserve the national customs that are broadcast in art. This is what they did at the Gamayun Museum of Folk Art in Yekaterinburg. We will tell you more about him now.
Some information about the center
The Yekaterinburg Museum Center for Folk Art "Gamayun" has been working and is popular with both Yekaterinburg residents and guests of the city since 1994. "Gamayun" is not a simple museum in which we are used to seeing a variety of ancient relics. Here, along with the works of eminent, well-known artists, unknown and yet unknown, but from this no less valuable pieces of folk art that are created here on the basis of the museum are also exhibited. In the center, the creative process does not stop even for a minute, therefore it is not just exhibition halls, but a whole complex of workshops where real professionals and amateur artists create their masterpieces. By the way, your work can also get to one of the museum’s exhibitions - the best works of those who want to show them to the audience are selected by the center’s employees.
"Yekaterinburg springs"
The museum was created not only to show those who wish what folk art looks like, to introduce it to the history and traditions of Slavic art. One of the goals of creating the center was the popularization of arts and crafts, familiarization with the Slavic culture of the inhabitants of Russia, the spread of traditions and customs.
In order to realize these tasks, the center regularly organizes and conducts a variety of contests and festivals, in which anyone can take part. One of the most famous such holidays is the City Festival of Amateur Folk Art “Yekaterinburg Springs”. And in 2014, on the basis of the Gamayun Museum, the final exhibition of the First International Open Card Textile Festival-Contest was held, which positively affected the reputation of the museum and established the center as a modern platform for the development and popularization of folk art among the population.
Yekaterinburg Museum Center for Folk Art "Gamayun" encourages initiative and the desire for self-expression of visitors.
Gamayun - what is it and what does it eat with
The Yekaterinburg Museum Center for Folk Art "Gamayun" is named after the mythological bird. According to Slavic beliefs, this is a kind bird with a girl’s head, she will give good advice, guide along the right path, help make the right choice. The bird of paradise portends happiness and is found only to people worthy of this bliss.
May the museum named after this creature bring you a little joy.
Where is
The Yekaterinburg Museum Center for Folk Art "Gamayun" is located in the central district of the city - on Gogol Street, 20/5. The building is fully consistent with the theme of the museum, so you will recognize it from afar. This is a wooden two-story house resembling an ancient Russian tower.
Mode of operation
The longest doors of the Gamayun Museum of Folk Art in Yekaterinburg are open on Tuesday and Wednesday from ten in the morning to eight in the evening, from Thursday to Friday the complex is open from ten to six in the evening, on Saturday and Sunday the museum closes an hour earlier - at five in the evening. Monday at Gamayun is a day off.
Ticket prices
A standard ticket to the Yekaterinburg Museum Center for Folk Art "Gamayun" costs 120 rubles. Entrance for children is cheaper - 50 rubles per person. For privileged categories of citizens: namely, for pensioners, students, disabled people of the first and second groups, as well as visitors from large families, a visit will cost 60 rubles. These same persons, as well as minor visitors, are entitled to free entrance to the museum every last Wednesday of the month. Free access to the museum can also be provided to preschool children or veterans and invalids of the Second World War, for example (a full list can be found on the museum’s official website).
If you belong to the preferential category of visitors, do not forget the document that will confirm your right to a discount.
I always take a camcorder with me …
If you want to not only see, but also re-photograph the exhibits, then you will have to pay an additional 80 rubles to the cost of the admission ticket. For filming in the Yekaterinburg Museum Center for Folk Art "Gamayun" you need to pay 300 rubles.
Excursion programs
Better to see once than hear a hundred times. Better yet, watch and listen … a fascinating story from a guide. He will tell you the history of the museum, describe the features of the exhibits, and discover the secrets of folk art. Excursion service in the museum center of folk art "Gamayun" is carried out for groups of no more than 15 people and costs 350 or 400 rubles, depending on whether it will consist of children or adult visitors, respectively.
Each of the excursions is designed taking into account the age characteristics of visitors - there are fascinating programs for the youngest lovers of folk art, and there are also informative, more informational for older tourists.
Do it yourself
In addition to standard excursions that are held in ordinary museums, the Gamayun folk art center has interactive programs. During such events, they will not only tell you about art, show works of folk art, but also teach you how to create products like those made by our ancestors. At such master classes, you can sew a doll or make a Slavic amulet, paint on fabric and much more.
Have a desire to be creative all the time? Then you are waiting in the studios of the museum of folk art "Gamayun." Here you can choose a hobby to your liking: specialists will teach you to embroider stitch, sculpt from clay, crochet or knitting.
