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There are 9 item(s) tagged with the keyword "museum".

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1. A Crackdown of Another Kind

The State Historical Museum is getting stricter about the use of Russia's most iconic building.

Tags: museum, Moscow, St. Basil's Cathedral
2. Cats: An Unofficial Symbol of Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg is a magical place, in part thanks to its feline denizens.

Tags: travel, museum, st. petersburg, hermitage cats, cats
3. Akhmatova's Cat Goes Missing

After a brief scare, the oldest cat at the poet Anna Akhmatova's museum in St. Petersburg has returned safely back home. 

Tags: Petersburg, museums, museum, Akhmatova, cat rescue, cats, cat
4. Tanks a Lot

The world's largest museum of tanks opens up in the Moscow region. 

Tags: great patriotic war, military, patriotism, museum, tanks, tank, Moscow
5. Astronaut Food, Monsieur Tussauds, and a Four-Day Workweek

In this week's Odder News, Russia goes wild for Yuri Gagarin, a new law against potty mouths backfires, and a four-day workweek may be imminent.

Tags: duma, social media, social media, scuba diving, museum, Moscow, cosmonaut, gagarin
6. First Sunday: Free Museum Admission and Craft

Enjoy free admission all day, courtesy of the Nypro Foundation. Explore the exhibition Wrestling with Angels and head downstairs to the auditorium to make your own angel-inspired craft.

Tags: icons, art, free, museum
7. Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day

Museum Day is an annual celebration of boundless curiosity hosted by Smithsonian magazine. The Museum of Russian Icons, participating museums, and cultural institutions across the country provide free entry to anyone presenting a Museum Day ticket.

Tags: museum
8. Why wrestle angels?

Wrestling with Angels explores how God relates to man and how man wrestles with God in order to understand life's meaning. In this curator's talk, discover the unspoken assumptions behind the icons, how the iconographer communicates these assumptions artistically and why they matter.

Tags: religion, museum, icons
9. The Museum of Freedom

On St. Petersburg’s Revolution Highway there is a museum devoted to collecting and preserving the elusive and controversial art forms of graffiti and street art.

Tags: st. petersburg, art, museum

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