If you still think the museum is boringand dusty artifacts or a string of paintings hung on white walls, then you definitely did not visit modern museums. Today it is not just a collection of exhibits, it is an interactive center that houses a variety of art objects. One of these places is the recently opened Museum of Emotions in St. Petersburg.
Concept
As conceived by its creator artist AlexeiSergienko is a place where a person can experience such strong emotions, which sometimes does not happen in a lifetime. According to him, the idea to create a museum of emotions came to him from childhood, when every minute was long, and for an hour it could seem like an eternity. For an adult person, the hour is nothing, it flies by unnoticed, but the whole thing is in emotions. In childhood, they are stronger than ever, so they fill every minute of life with strong feelings. Experience something similar and offers the artist in his museum.
Все пространство галереи поделено на комнаты, each of which is designed to demonstrate and cause a particular emotion. All rooms are connected by corridors, the task of which is to move from one emotion to another. However, the corridors themselves have a certain function - to prepare a person for what awaits him ahead, adjust him to the appropriate way.
To create the appropriate moodArt objects, installations, video and photographic materials are used. Many objects are aimed at tactile perception, so in the room of joyful surprise of the guests there is a soft jumping floor imitating the sky in an inverted world, and the unpleasant to touch cellophane in the corridor near the room of disgust prepares for the appearance of stuffed animals, insects and animal heads. In the room of fear, you can not only sit in an electric chair or lie down in a coffin, but also see how your portrait will look on the tombstone. From the pleasant rooms offered by the museum of emotions there is a room of love with a huge red heart made of plastic tubes, an inspiration room where you can draw in crayons glowing in the dark and a room of joy with a throne and curved mirrors causing laughter.
Примечательно, что этот музей первый из подобных not only in Russia, but throughout the world. Therefore, the author prepared the exposition for a long time, for 5 years he consulted with psychologists and psychiatrists, studied the relevant literature, all in order to fill the halls of the museum with exactly those items that can cause the most vivid emotions.
Operating mode
The Museum of Emotions is open until late, so if you wish, you can tickle your nerves right before bedtime - the last tour starts at 22.30.
In general, the museum is open from 11 am to 23 pm.
Price
To plunge into the world of emotions, adults will have to pay 600 rubles, and for children, students and pensioners in the museum of emotions a ticket price is only 300 rubles.
There is also a family ticket - two adults with children.can pass just 1000 rubles. By the way, the creator of the museum considers this place to be an excellent option for family leisure, despite the presence of negative and even terrible emotions. However, up to 12 years old children are allowed only when accompanied by adults.
There is an interesting offer for active Instagram users - if you have more than 10 thousand subscribers, you can go to the museum for free.
Address
The Museum of Emotions is located in the city of St. Petersburg on Italianskaya Street, 1. You can get here by metro, to the “Nevsky Prospect” station, exit to the Griboyedov Canal.
You can also come by trolley bus number 1, 10or 11 to the stop “Metro Nevsky Prospect”. Or you can take a taxi number 107 or 289 to the “Arts Square” bus stop and walk along Italianskaya Street towards the Griboedov Canal Embankment.
