Ivanovo

Opened in 1960. Situated in the building of former technical high school, built in 1886 according to the project of architects P.V.Troitski and V.F. Sikorski.Total area of the building is 29000 sq.km.,exposition area –1734 sq.km.
Collections:
- The art of the ancient world:Egypt,Greece,Rome. - Decorative applied art of the East - XVIII-the beginning of XX centuries: India, China, Percia, Iran. - Icon painting - XV - of XX cent. Moscow school, Painting of the North, Privolzhskaya school, Stroganov icons, Mstera and Holui icons. - Russian painting,graphics,sculpture of XVIII-XX cent. - Decorative applied art-ivory, porcelain, silver. Main exposition has following themes: - The art of the ancient world: Egypt, Greece, Rome-Icon painting of XVI-XIX cent - Russian painting of XVIII-XX cent. - Русское искусство XVIII-XX вв.
There is an art shop.It offers rich choice of articles made in Palekh, Holui, Mstera, Zhostovo, Khokhloma, Pavlov possad, Rostov, Krasnoye and the paintings of Ivanovo artists. 

House-Museum of People’s Artist of the USSR.Laureate of Lenin and State Awards, Member-Correspondent of Art academy of the USSR Prorokov B.I. was opened on the 4 of June 1980 in the house of his parents.
The museum has permanent art exhibition about the life and work of B.I.Prorokov and exhibition hall. Musical concerts of professional and amateur orchestras of Ivanovo are traditionally held there.  

The museum of A.I.Morosov, People’s Artist of Russia, patron of art, Honoured Citizen of Ivanovo was opened on 19 of September 2001.
The museum is situated in a wooden one-storeyed house built in 1910 in historically formed central part of Ivanovo-Voznesensk by a nobleman, Austrien by the origin Ludwig Pavlovich Auer.
Since 1928 this house is the property of doctor M.S.Vikhman, whose family was close to Morosov from his childhood. The artist chose this house for organizing the museum.
It has 5 exposition halls. The exposition of the museum is art memorial. 74 works of A.I.Morosov give us the idea of changing of the artist’s style who had been working all his life. The life of the artist is presented by authentic articles from the rich memorial fund., which are exhibited in chronological order.Documents,photos,personal belongings, video materials,audiotapes, installations show a passionate individuality with a bright and original character. Stage costumes,sculpture, musical instruments tell us about the artist’s hobbies. 

Museum is the oldest and best known among others in our region. The building housing it is architecturally unique. It was built in 1914 according to P.Trubnikov design and financed by Ivanovo-Voznesensk factory owner and collector of rarities and antiquities D.G.Burylin for exhibiting his collections.
At present the following exhibitions are available: "Nature of Ivanovo region"
“Art and Time”
“Artillery of 18-20 cent.from the collection of D.G.Bourilin”.  

The Ivanovo Cotton Miseum is located in the "Modern" style building erected at the beginning of the XX century on the architect A.F.Snurilov's project and belonged to D.G.Burylin. The museum was opened in May 1987.
The museum displays illustrate textile production in Ivanovo area from ancient times to present. Exhibited are:
peasants’ tools for making linen,
unique boards – manera – for applying patterns to fabric,
specimens of hand made fabrics and costumes,
fabrics of industrial printing
costumes of 19-20th centuries.  

Housed in former industrial buildings in the boundaries of D.G.Bourilin’s estate. Opened in 2001. Main function-for information and exhibition. An art gallery, selling souvenirs and handicraft goods is working. 

The Library of D.G.Bourilin is the rarest and the richest collection of books and printed works which is of great value not only for Ivanovo but for the whole Russia. This collection appeared due to the energy and restless activity of D.G.Bourilin, manufacturer and collector of antiquities and rarities. The library was triumphantly opened together with the museum of industry and art on 26 of December of 1914. One of the best halls of the museum was given to the library. The library was meant to be public and free of charge. It was working from 10 in the morning till 10 at night every day except church holidays.There was a reading hall in it for public readings and lectures. D.G.Bourilin’s collection of books contained literature in different languages on different branches of knowledge.
Nowadays D.G.Bourilin’s collection of books is deprived of its integrity.The main aim of library’s reconstruction as a whole is to join separated parts of the collection.
In one unit,to make it bigger, to preserve and make it popular again.
The number of volumes in Bourilin’s library is more than 10000 items. A special building was erected for the library, it is situated on the territory of the Museum of Ivanovo cotton on the territory of D.G.Bourilin’s estate. In the house of library there are depository for library museum fund,basic funds of rare books,store-house for albums with the examples of Russian and foreign cloths of XIX-XX cent., room for work of textile experts,a reading-room with electronic catalogues. 

Association of Historic Revolutionary Museums of Ivanovo was formed as the result of reorganization of Ivanovo Historic Museum of Regional Studies named after D.G.Bourilin in December of 2002.
The Association includes:
Museum Exhibition Center (Sovietskaya str.,h.29)
Museum-Memorial room of M.V.Frounze (Rabfakovskaya str.,h.6)
House-Museum of the Tsvetaev family (v.Novo-Talitsi,I.Tsvetaev str.,h.63)
The Museum of the Boubnov family (III International str.,h.45/43)
Museum of the First Soviet (Sovietskaya str.,h.27)
Museum of D.A.Fourmanov in the town of Fourmanov (B.Fourmanovskaya str., h.69). 

Since 2002 work on creation of a cycle of the chamber exhibitions devoted to history of well - known Ivanovo-Voznesensky families began. The task of this project, using materials of family archives to acquaint visitors with a way of life, traditions, mutual relations in family, family leisure, with that huge experience which has been saved up in families in the past.
In November, 2002 in «the House of family Boubnov» the first exhibition on which original documents are exposed, the photos telling about the history of the family Boubnov and one of its bright representatives - Andrey Sergeevich Boubnov was opened.
The special atmosphere for penetration into the world of this family is created by domestic warmth of an ancient house in which some generations of family Boubnov lived.
The exhibition telling about the history of the family Zhourov started from May, 2003, based on documents of their patrimonial archive work. The interlacing of destinies of representatives of families Boubnov and Zhourov has found direct reflection in photos and documents of this archive - Peter Zhourov studied in Ivanovo-Voznesensk technical school together with Andrey Boubnov.
The memorial-museum space «Houses of family Boubnov» creates a confidential, informal atmosphere for holding different occasions : literary - musical performances, chamber performances, sessions of the Round tables devoted to questions of sociology of family, the thematic classes, the dramatized excursions.
Association of cognitive and educational problems of the museum with elements of organization of family leisure in the walls of the museum building is bright expression of social function of a museum.  

In May, 1962 the memorial museum - study of M.V.Frounze - the commissar of the Yaroslavl military district was opened.
The museum study settles down in the former residence of Ivanovo-Voznesensky manufacturer Zubkov. The private residence has been constructed in 1846 in style of a baroque under the project of architect K.A.Ton. The fact, that in 1863 grand duke Nikolay Aleksandrovich during the travel across Russia, having visited village Ivanovo, stopped in house Zoubkov where solemn reception was given to him, is interesting.
From August, 1918 till December, 1919 the building of the commissariat of the Yaroslavl military district was placed.
Its establishments have been transferred from Yaroslavl to Ivanovo - Voznesensk after suppression of the Yaroslavl White Guard uprising. From August, 1918 till January, 1919 the Yaroslavl military commissariat was headed M.V.Frounze.
The building is a monument of the state construction and M.V.Frounze's military activity.  

Center is a complex profile museum. It combines theme and collection exhibitions of various types.
It is placed in a building specially built in 1980 under the individual project of architects A.I.Tolstopjatov and V.M.Shahmatov for an exposition, devoted to revolutionary events in 1905, closed in 1992.
Works at exhibitions,it has no constant exposition.
Display area more than 2000 sq.m, a conferencence hall for 180 places, equipped with a film projector and modern technical means. The souvenir booth works, there is a bar,a parking place.  

Building of former petty-bourgeois town council in Ivanovo-Voznesensk. It has been constructed in 1904 under the project of engineer P.D.Afanasjev. In May, 1905 sessions of all town Soviet of working deputies created during general political strike of Ivanovo-Voznesenski workers were held there. Since 1919 various establishments, then municipal apartments were placed here.In 1967 the building has been transferred{handed} to regional management of culture and on November, 4, 1967 the museum devoted to the First Soviet of working deputies is open.
In 1981 re-exposition of the museum has been carried out and memorial conditions of a building of petty-bourgeois council of the beginning of XX century which has existed till 1990 is restored.
In 2005 100 anniversary of the events of the First Russian revolution and the First All Russia Soviet of working deputies in Ivanovo-Voznesensk is held. General political strike of Ivanovo-Voznesenski workers, creation and activity of the First Soviet are bright revolutionary events. A reconstruction of a museum of the First Soviet, after 15 years of oblivion, is a natural process socially claimed. The museum is socially significant and actual today, necessary for an objective reconstruction of historical process. Historical event in a historical place, objective interpretation of events from the point of view of the contemporary, preservation in memory of all historical details, without withdrawals and denominations, without irony and aplomb, preservation of historical memory as display of the supreme form of tolerance of a society that is the basis of the concept of the Museum of the First Soviet. 

It was opened on May, 18, 1995 after the reconstruction that continued of several years.
The Tsvetayev family museum is located in 3 km from Ivanovo in Novo-Talitsy village in the house where several generations of the famous Russian Tsvetayev family. The interior restores the traditions of Russian home, a family nest. The large collection of memorial things introduces visitors to the life and inner world of the Tsvetayevs, their services to their fatherland.
The house-museum is recreated on the place of the old house of the priest V.V.Tsvetaev who was serving in a temple of Nikolay the Thaumaturge. It is the beautiful Russian house with a yard for house-hold work and a penthouse, standing on a high bank of the river Vergouza near the old church in Talitsy where the Tsvetaev lived until 1928.
This patrimonial family that gave the country professor-philologist Ivan Vladimirovich Tsvetaev, the founder of the Museum of the fine arts in Moscow, professors of a history Dmitry Vladimirovich Tsvetaev, poet Marina Ivanovnu Tsvetaeva, writer Anastasy Ivanovna Tsvetaeva, a patrimonial family whence the roots of ancient and famous Tsvetaev family appear.
The museum of the family Tsvetaev is still young, but already known and loved by many admirers of the talent of the representatives of this remarkable family.