Location: Yaroslavl
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The 10 Best Things to do Good for a Rainy Day in Yaroslavl, Central Russia
Bordered by the Kotorosl and Volga rivers, the historic city center of Yaroslavl is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The religious architecture is breathtaking and surreal, especially the emerald-domed Church of Elijah the Prophet and the gilded towers of the Assumption Cathedral. Numerous theaters, a philharmonic, a planetarium and a permanent circus round out the city’s art scene. Keep an eye on the time: Every hour on the hour, the proud namesake of the Monument to Bear statue gives a triumphant roar.
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1. Metropolitan Chambers Museum of Old Russian Art
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 52 reviews
Reviewed By withpanamahaton - Stockholm, Sweden
This is a real gem of a museum with one of the finest collections of restored icons in Russia. The best examples of the famous Yaroslavl school of icon painting. Early works, masters who moved here from Novgorod and lavish later icons commissioned by the wealthy merchants of this town. Information in English is very scarce. It’s such a pity! There are also temporary exhibitions. When I was here it was an exhibition about Peter the Great’s ban on beards and the conflicts that followed. Great multimedia exhibition in Russian. This is a great example of how to show Russian history in a modern way. I hope the next step will be to make this more accessible for foreign tourists as well.
2. Vvedenskiy Tolga Convent
3. My Lovely Teddy Bear Private Museum
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5.0 based on 47 reviews
4. Museum named after Vadim Orlov
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5.0 based on 22 reviews
Private museum in historical mansion displaying old porcelain (mostly Russian and Soviet), art iron casting pieces, silver pieces.
5. Yaroslavl Museum of Photography
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5.0 based on 15 reviews
In the museum the collection of daguerreotypes, ambrotip, tintayp, photos, devices for a photo printing, from albumin prints to color golografiya is presented. big collection of photographic devices: a photo and movie cameras, photographic enlargers and film projectors and all this works and allows to conduct visually lessons of physics, chemistry, history. retrophotographer's studio.
6. The Church of Ilya the Prophet
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4.5 based on 634 reviews
Reviewed By ukienomad - Fleming Island, United States
Beautiful Yaroslavl style church with perfectly preserved colorful frescoes depicting the life of Elijah the prophet and the life during the 17th century. Has 5 blue green domes and a bell tower. Frescoes have scenes of weddings, animals and every day work. Also, there are pretty gardens around the church. Definitely must see church.
7. Transfiguration Cathedral
8. Spassky (St Saviour) Monastery
9. Epiphany Church
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4.5 based on 91 reviews
10. The Russian State Academic Drama Theater
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 158 reviews
