Location: Yaroslavl
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What to do and see in Yaroslavl, Central Russia: The Best Museums
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
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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. My Lovely Teddy Bear Private Museum
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5.0 based on 47 reviews
3. Gingerbread History Museum
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5.0 based on 22 reviews
The unique chamber Museum, which presents the history of the whole Russian gingerbread business - technologies, recipes, legends, gingerbreads from many regions - from the Far North to the southern regions of Russia. Master classes on painting gingerbread. In the "Museum of the history of the carrot" there is a shop with Souvenirs and cakes.
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. Exhibition Hall of the Yaroslavl Union of Artists
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
7. Multimedia Museum of New Chronology
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5.0 based on 3 reviews
8. Yaroslavl Architectural Historical and Art Museum Preserve
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4.5 based on 436 reviews
Reviewed By Moskvichka12 - Moscow, Russia
The Kremlin in itself is a lovely place to walk or sit in the sunshine (40r), but there are also lots of museums to investigate. The history of Yaroslavl region is small but interesting, and the 'Yaroslavl Food' exhibition - a display of how Russians ate in the past - is very good. You can see the bear tey saved after her mother was killed, and even feed her seeds or fruit. But the best is climbing the bell tower for a fabulous view of the town. It's quite manageable for most people to climb. Each exhibition has a separate charge so you choose what you want to do. There are other exhibitions, souvenir shops and a cafe.
9. Private Museum Music and Time
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4.5 based on 714 reviews
10. Kriko Art Gallery
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4.5 based on 3 reviews
