Historical and Art Museum (Kaliningrad)has a large collection of historical artifacts, where Prussian history is intertwined with Soviet and modern. A huge number of archival documents, several branches allow the tourist to become more closely acquainted with collisions, achievements and facts with which the historical life of the city and the region is saturated.
History
Historical and Art Museum (Kaliningrad) wasIt was founded as a local history museum in the same year as the entire Kaliningrad region. For the next two years, it existed only on paper; in the form of a decree on its organization, the exhibits were kept in different parts of the city — there was no suitable building for the exhibition. Since 1949, the room on the street. Bohdan Khmelnitsky became a museum house for 22 years. The organization had 16 employees who, by the 5th anniversary of the museum, opened the first permanent exhibition, which included materials on the history and nature of the Kaliningrad region.
The most extensive collections were materials of the period.World War II, which allowed in 1968 to open a thematic branch "Blindage". The exposition recreates the situation in which the surrender of German units, entrenched in the Königsberg fortress, was signed. The next branch - “Command post 43 of the Army” - was opened in 1969 in the village of Kholmogorovka.
New house for the museum
To the new place the local history museum(Kaliningrad) moved in the autumn of 1972. A year later, an extensive (800 sq. M.) Exposition was opened, which constantly received visitors for 18 years. During this period, employees created the art department and the Amber Museum, which opened in 1979. Two new branches were also opened - the Museum of Kristijonas Donelaitis and the memorial "Fort No. 5", today it is a separate exhibition of fortifications and equipment of the times of the war.
A large number of open branches, activeThe work on filling the expositions and opening new departments allowed the museum of local lore to change its status. Since 1977, the institution has received a new name - the History and Art Museum (Kaliningrad). In 1984, with the efforts of the staff, the Sculpture Park was opened, its area occupies 12 hectares on the island of Kneiphof.
An association
Kaliningrad History and Art Museum inIn 1988, the branch of the natural science direction, called the Museum of the Nature of the Curonian Spit, was replenished; now the branch is part of the National Natural Dendropark Curonian Spit. In 1993, the museum staff initiated the opening of the next branch, the Museum of the City of Sovetsk, which is currently municipal.
Since 1990, the museum has become an association withname - "Kaliningrad Regional History and Art Museum and its branches." The main building of the museum is located in the former Stadthalle concert hall, the construction of which dates back to 1912. The association includes:
- The main museum.
- Museum of C. Donelaitis.
- Memorial "Blindage".
- Memorial "Command post 43 Army."
- Sculpture Park.
Для пополнения фондов сотрудники продолжают research works in archives, cooperate with archaeological expeditions. Director of the Historical and Art Museum (Kaliningrad) - T. A. Alexandrova puts a lot of effort for the further prosperity of the institution.
Collections
Областной историко-художественный музей собирал a collection of museum exhibits for seventy years. The first exhibits, which appeared in the funds, were product samples from industrial enterprises of the Kaliningrad region, finds from excavations of archaeological expeditions, and a jewelry exposition was laid by a collection of products from the Kaliningrad amber factory. Some material values were brought by the inhabitants of the city, most of them belonged to the pre-war period.
Today the museum holds over 140 thousand.items. The most extensive collection is an archive of documents and photographic materials, the total number of which is 78 thousand items. The collected materials reflect the events of the assault of Königsberg, the development of the Kaliningrad region, the events of the First World War and the Great Patriotic War.
The archaeological section of the museum contains more than 22thousands of exhibits. This collection is known at the world level and is annually updated with new items provided by the Institute of Archeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences as part of expeditions around the region.
Historical and Art Museum (Kaliningrad)proud of the collection of objects of historical and everyday trends. It contains more than 12 thousand exhibits reflecting the post-war life, the fashion of the time, the products of enterprises, as well as personal belongings of the first settlers and famous people of the region.
Also in the museum is a numismatic collection.(about 12 thousand exhibits), works of fine art (6 thousand copies), part of which is the thematic collection of “Hoffmann”, products made of amber, a collection of works in different techniques of Kaliningrad authors. The natural scientific part of the collection is represented by a large collection of taxidermy exhibits, various herbaria, and a collection of minerals.
Thematic collections are complementedsystematic, which have great scientific and research value. Objects are inherited from the Königsberg Museum of Paleontology, the archaeological collection is preserved from the Prussia Museum. The historian is interested in the fate and origin of each individual exhibit and the museums themselves.
Excursions
The Museum of History and Art invites visitors to five halls, where the permanent exhibition is located:
- Hall of nature. There are several dioramas in the hall that recreate the characteristic landscape of the region. On the stands are minerals, stuffed animals common in the field of animals, samples of flora.
- Зал археологии.Here are exhibits covering the history from ancient times - Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Bronze Age to the era of the Teutonic Order in Prussia. Also in this room are exhibited items of the once extensive Museum of Prussia, which were considered lost. Found them in the nineties.
- Hall of Regional History. The exposition is made up of household items, furniture, weapons and covers the period from the Teutonic invasion of Prussia until 1945.
- Hall of War. Here are collected evidence of the hostilities of the period of occupation and the liberation of the region from the fascist invaders.
- Hall "Horizons of Memory."The stands feature items related to the development of the Kaliningrad region by the first settlers, amber products, manufactured goods of the first enterprises of the region, and dismantled monuments to Lenin.
In the halls of the permanent exhibition to help the schoolThe program organizes thematic excursions for children of different ages. The whole plan contains 14 excursions and lectures. For children organized a club "Young ethnographer", where each student who has attended at least four lectures is awarded a diploma.
Excursions in branches KOICHM
Employees of the Historical and Art Museum invite to familiarize themselves with the expositions of the branches:
- Museum "Bunker".The exhibition is located in two rooms. The main part is dedicated to the assault on the Konigsberg fortress from the sixth to the ninth of April 1945. In addition to the stands with materials, five dioramas, recreating the active phase of the battles and the capitulation of the German command, are offered to the attention of the excursionists. The main excursion program is supplemented by four themes.
- Museum "Fort №5".Historical memorial complex was built in 1878 and has a second name - "King Frederick William III". The defensive structure was part of the Koenigsberg Defense Complex. The fort was used during the war both during the war with Napoleon and during the Great Patriotic War. The tour allows you to get into the interior, get acquainted with military equipment and several military history expositions.
- "Sculpture Park".Located on the Central Island, where the whole space contains sculptures, united by the common theme “Man and the World”. In total there are about thirty works. In addition to the sculptural compositions, the park contains a dendrological collection of 1030 specimens of flora, which includes trees, shrubs, and grasses. Here you can meet with natives of flora from Europe, Mexico, Japan and other countries.
- "The Royal Castle".Currently, tours are conducted only in the warm season by prior arrangement. The whole complex is a castle built in 1255 of great historical value. It was destroyed during the British air raids in 1944. Today, excavations are carried out on the territory, as a result of which a large number of rarities with high historical and artistic value are born.
- Museum "Command post 43 of the army." Located on the territory of the former estate Fuchsberg. At the moment, the museum is temporarily closed.
- Музей Кристионаса Донелайтиса.The museum and the exhibition are devoted to the Lithuanian poet of the 18th century, who left a rich literary and musical heritage, and did a lot for the people. On the territory of the complex, visitors get acquainted with the restored Lutheran church, the pastoral house. The exhibition contains more than 200 exhibits, documents and material evidence of the life of the time, the poet's poetic works.
- "House of Kant", or, the official name, "HousePastor of the parish Judetschen, XVIII - XIX centuries. " The object is associated with the life of Immanuel Kant. At the moment, the concept of a new complex is being realized, an ethnographic exposition and other components are being created, reflecting the environment in which one of the greatest thinkers of mankind has grown, formed and created.
Visiting time
Six active branches and one in stageFormations are organized by employees whose main love is the History and Art Museum (Kaliningrad). The schedule of excursions in the main exhibition center and in the branches is as follows: from 10:00 to 18:00, the cash desk stops working at 17:00, the day off is every Monday. The museum introduced one day (Wednesday) of an accessible visit, when entrance fees are not charged from certain groups of the population (disabled people, orphans living in boarding schools, World War II veterans, etc.).
Exhibitions
Not just creating new branches, collectinghistorical rarities and educational work is carried out within the walls of the museum. A large number of cultural events cover the whole of Kaliningrad. Historical and Art Museum exhibitions and events constantly. For the period of winter holidays for children, children's matinees are planned, interesting fabulous excursions, paleontological expositions.
For adults, KOHIM also cooked a lotinteresting, such as the exhibition "Posters of war. On the way to the Great Victory ”, canvases from a private collection within the framework of the exhibition“ Winter's Sleep, Nature Sleeps ... ”, concert“ Christmas Fantasy ”. For all visitors, the cognitive and entertaining exhibition “Animals of Bygone Eras” in 3D format will be interesting.
Reviews
The museum is popular in Kaliningrad, exhibitsare known in many countries. Positive reviews tell about the rich collection collected by employees, and about interesting excursions conducted in the main building and in the branches. Many visitors indicate that it is necessary to use the services of a guide to get a complete picture of each exhibit, to understand the relationship of events and objects.
Negative comments are made to somescarcity and rare renewal of the main exposition. Historical and Art Museum (Kaliningrad), address: Clinical Street, Building 21 - is waiting for new visitors.
