Recently, there has been a surge in interest in collectible and interior dolls. Today, such a thing can be bought or made with your own hands after attending special courses. And you can see it in the museum. There is such a special museum in Moscow. Puppets collected more than 6 thousand exhibits. Let's find out more about this place, if someone wants to visit it.
Location
The most important thing is to know the address where the museum is located. It is located on 13 Pokrovka Street (metro station Kitay Gorod). Opening hours: Tuesday-Sunday.
History of creation
It is not surprising that the Museum of Unique Puppets in Moscow was created by a collector. His, or rather, her name is Julia Vishnevskaya. It was she who opened the gallery in 1996 (it happened on December 22). It all started with a small porcelain doll found in a grandmother's chest.
Today it is the only such museum in Moscow. There are a lot of dolls, they are all different, characteristic and represent different countries.
Unique collection
Her exhibits are truly unique. Some of them are of real value to collectors, as they remained in single copies. In addition, many dolls are made in techniques that today are no longer used. There you can see exhibits of manual and factory work.
The Moscow Puppet Museum exhibits not only interior, boudoir dolls, but also entire doll houses along with a dowry: utensils, furniture, home textiles. They were made even before the revolution and were used in the system of parenting as a visual aid for housekeeping. It is interesting, but the dishes for such houses were made at factories, where they also made ordinary utensils for people.
Exhibition
The exhibition at the Puppet Museum is represented by exhibits from the 17th, 18th, 19th centuries. Among them there are dolls of German, English, Japanese, French and Russian masters. Some specimens are made of porcelain (they are very expensive both financially and culturally).
There are wax, wooden dolls. There are species with several facial expressions (crying, laughing, sad), hairpin. The museum has many thematic works - Dutch flower dolls, dolls in wedding dresses, male dolls in elegant bowlers.
The objects of special pride are the works of Russian factories Zhuravlev and Kocheshkov, Dunaev, Fedoseyev. Unfortunately, there are not so many of them, because many old Russian dolls were destroyed during and after the revolution.
The exhibits are located behind glass showcases; quiet music plays in the room, which sets up exhibition guests for certain soul vibrations. Nobody leaves indifferent from this puppet world.
What is behind beauty
Everyone who visited this museum is surprised and amazed at the beauty of old dolls.
Indeed, many of them - for several centuries. Of course, until our time they could not be kept in perfect condition. Such is given to them by the workers of the exhibition: they restore the appearance of the doll, if possible, then outfits and accessories. If not, then a new wardrobe is sewn, corresponding to the era of the doll’s “birth”.
It should be noted that the collection of the exhibition is constantly updated. New "residents" are often given as a gift. There was a case when a doll was simply thrown at night under the museum’s doors. An expert assessment showed that this is a rare instance of German puppetry from the 19th century.
What does the museum in Moscow offer to see?
Puppets, as well as many accessories, toy vehicles, unique doll houses. The museum occupies a rather small area. But a guide works in it, which tells about each exhibit - because the dolls are presented here unique, each with its own story.
In addition, visitors are introduced to the history of puppetry, its outstanding representatives and how it developed.
There, visitors can see musical creations (these are joint work of the watchmaker Lambert and the puppet master Jumot), moving, singing and dancing dolls (mechanical). There are those who wink playfully with their eyes. They are striking in their size: there is an exhibit in human growth, which is quietly adjacent to tiny products.
A separate collection can be considered an exhibition of doll accessories. Lornets, mirrors, handbags, jewelry, umbrellas, shoes, whole dinner sets and utensils, miniature furniture cause delight and affection. There are carriages, bicycles and toy bears.
Visitors also admire the "housing" of the dolls - their houses, which are made in compliance with all architectural standards. In addition, styles and traditions of planning, decoration and interior are sustained in them. All the doll houses are interesting, but the work of Peter Lukoyanov (Russian master), as well as entire complexes - the English City House (19th century), the Tudor building (30s of the last century) deserve special attention.
Another pride of the exhibition is the Tutsi doll, which was shot in the cult Soviet film Three Fat Men. Everyone who grew up on this motion picture will be interested, so to speak, “live” to see her and touch this mysterious character.
