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Сергиево-Посадский. Музей игрушек

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SERGIEV POSAD
TOY MUSEUM
Maria Samarina,
5th grade student of the
Zhelyabovskaya school

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HISTORY
The Toy Museum in Sergiev
Posad near Moscow was the
first toy museum in Europe. It
was founded in 1918 by the
artist and teacher Nickolay
Bartram. At first he organized
a museum in his flat in
Moscow. In 1931 the museum
moved to Zagorsk, and in 1980
– to Sergiev Posad.

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Sergiev Posad is called «The Capital of The Toy
Kingdom». In the museum you can see more
than 150,000 works of art from Russia, the
West, the East, and America.

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Matryoshka is the most famous toy of Sergiev
Posad. It appeared more than 100 years ago and
became a national souvenir. The name of this
wooden doll comes from the women’s name
Matryona.

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In the halls of Russian Toys there are about 800
exhibits of 11th-21st centuries. These are mainly
works of folk artists from different areas of
Russia. They are made of clay, wood, papermache and textile.

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The museum is open from Wednesday to
Sunday from 10 a.m. till 5 p.m.

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There is a children’s playroom and space for
toy master-classes here. Every Saturday and
Sunday visitors can go to different masterclasses. You can paint wooden toys and take
them home as a souvenir. Every Sunday you
can watch a performance of the Puppet
Theatre here.

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