Description of the attraction
The Mogilev Museum of Ethnography is a branch of the Mogilev Museum of Local Lore, opened in 1981. The branch was created with the aim of studying the Belarusian peasant life, customs, traditions, costumes and rituals. In 1999, the Museum of Ethnography moved from a small wooden house to the spacious premises of the former Museum of the Decembrists.
The museum attaches particular importance to folk traditions and rituals, as well as clothing and ritual objects related to rituals. The Museum of Ethnography has the largest collection of traditional Belarusian costumes from different regions and villages.
Much attention in the museum is paid to Belarusian folk crafts, traditional for peasant villages and Belarusian cities at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.
The museum carries out a lot of scientific work, which makes it possible to study the distant pagan roots of modern Belarusians through the peasant rituals of the agricultural cycle. Wedding ceremonies speak eloquently about the customs of their ancestors. The museum contains a large collection of Belarusian wedding traditions and ceremonial clothes typical for a folk wedding ceremony.
The main exposition of the museum shows the life of a Belarusian family, the interior of the hut, clothes, tools, household items.
In addition to the main exposition, the museum hosts thematic exhibitions of works of folk artists. The Mogilev Museum of Ethnography participates in the European action "Night of Museums", presenting its ethnic festival program, understandable and interesting both to the indigenous inhabitants of Mogilev and to tourists of any gender and age.
