Museum Museum of the Belarusian Book-Printing
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About the museum
Museum of the Belarusian Book-Printing is one of the branches of Polotsk National Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve. It is located in a former living residence of Polotsk Epiphany Monastery which is an architectural monument of the 18th century.
Museum opened its doors for visitors on September 8, 1990 during the celebration of the 500th anniversary of Belarusian and East Slavonic printing pioneer and the famous citizen of Polotsk - Francysk Skaryna. Museum exposition occupies 920 sq.m. in 15 halls on 2 floors, where 1537 museum object are displayed...
About the museum
Museum of the Belarusian Book-Printing is one of the branches of Polotsk National Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve. It is located in a former living residence of Polotsk Epiphany Monastery which is an architectural monument of the 18th century.
Museum opened its doors for visitors on September 8, 1990 during the celebration of the 500th anniversary of Belarusian and East Slavonic printing pioneer and the famous citizen of Polotsk - Francysk Skaryna. Museum exposition occupies 920 sq.m. in 15 halls on 2 floors, where 1537 museum object are displayed.
Museum is dedicated to the book in all its forms from the manuscript scrolls to the modern editions. The exposition shows the history of writing, book illustration, polygraphy. Museum of the Book-Printing is one of a kind in our country.
The biggest part of the exposition is occupied by books: manuscripts, old printed books and modern editions. Among them there are rarities like “Didactic Gospel” (Vilno, The Mamonich’s Printing House, 1558), “General Menaion” (Moscow, 1628) and others. Modern editions are presented by the best books – winners of the Art of Books contest.
Beside books there are other printed products: magazines and newspapers of different times, postcards, leaflets, calendars, booklets. Here one can see the process of book creation in the workshop of a scribe or at the printing house. Various materials and instruments for writing are also on display.
Plan your visit
- Museum-library of Simeon of Polotsk, 22, Ніжне-Пакроўская вуліца, Вялікі пасад, Цэнтр, Polatsk, Polatsk District, Vitsebsk Region, 211400, Belarus
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- Today:
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- 10:00 - 17:00
- Wed
- 10:00 - 17:00
- Thu
- 10:00 - 17:00
- Fri
- 10:00 - 17:00
- Sat
- 10:00 - 17:00
- Sun
- 10:00 - 17:00
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Exhibits
Exhibits featured with audio
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Hall 1. Part 1. General information about the Museum
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Hall 1. Part 2. Museum building
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Hall 1. Part 3. Belarusian Enlighteners
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Hall 2. Part 1. Materials for writing. Ancient book forms
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Hall 2. Part 2. Cyrillic script. Written artifacts of Eastern Slaves
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Hall 3. Part 1. Producing of paper
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Hall 3. Part 2. Watermarks
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Hall 3. Part 3. Stages of a book-codex creation
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Hall 3. Part 4. Book size
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Hall 4. Part 1. Ancient Belarusian manuscripts
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Hall 4. Part 2. The Scriptorium
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Hall 6. Francysk Skaryna
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Hall 7. The Printing House of the 17th Century
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Hall 8. Francysk Skaryna’s followers
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Hall 9. Brotherhood Book-printing
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Hall 10. Skaryniana
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Hall 11. Francysk Skaryna’s Artistic Traditions
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Hall 12. Artist and Book
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Hall 13. Belarusian editions of the end of the 19th - 20th centuries
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Hall 14. Printing Machinery
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Hall 15, “The Art of Book” Contest
Reviews
6 reviews
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05-18-2022
Спасибо. Очень интересно и приятно слушать Славину))).
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10-16-2021
Дзякуй. Даступна і цікава.
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04-10-2020
Хороший голос, спасибо!
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04-10-2020
Озвучено женским живым голосом, слушать приятно
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04-10-2020
Озвучено женским живым голосом, приятно слушать
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