On February 2, at 16:00 in the space of the museum’s small exhibition hall (3rd floor of the permanent exhibition), the exhibition «Museum during the War» will open, timed to two dates at once – the 90th anniversary of the museum and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Voronezh from the Nazi invaders.

In the difficult years 1941 – 1942 for the country, the rescue of cultural values was a difficult and dangerous task. Experiencing grief together with everyone, the staff of the art museum during the war years did everything possible to save their collections – the cultural and scientific heritage of the country. Fortunately, our generation is familiar with the Great Patriotic War only from books, history textbooks and photographs. We didn’t experience it and didn’t see it, so we can’t judge what the people who worked at the museum felt at that time. Their records describing the events of those terrible days speak most eloquently about this. Priceless records of people with whom we are united by a place – our museum.

At the exhibition dedicated to two anniversaries, visitors will be able to see firsthand the feat of people who, without sparing their health and lives, saved unique works of art. Using the example of photographs, documents and memories of eyewitnesses and participants of those tragic events, everyone will be able to lift the veil of time separating us from those terrible years. Special attention will be paid to those parts of the collections that could not be saved. The lost objects, the meager information about which has reached us only in the form of a few lines on the worn pages of pre-war documents or general black-and-white photos of exhibition halls, could become the pearls of modern museum collections.

The exhibition-a story about how the museum survived the war – is a reminder that the hardest historical experience continues to influence us today, makes us think about a lot and can teach us a lot.

The exhibition will last until March 12, 2023.

Ticket price:
Single entrance ticket – 150 rubles.
Photography: mobile devices, camera (without flash) – free of charge.
Members of the Union of Artists (upon presentation of a certificate) – free of charge.
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