On this day museum workers around the world celebrate their professional holiday, Peter I captured Swedish warships at the mouth of the Neva River, and the Cossack Fyodor Nefedov used a machine-gun cart for the first time.

Every year on May 18, museum workers around the world celebrate their professional holiday - International Museum Day. It appeared on the calendar in 1977, when at a regular meeting of the International Council of Museums, ICOM (International Council of Museums, ICOM), a proposal from a Russian organization to establish this cultural holiday was adopted. Since 1978, International Museum Day has been celebrated in more than 150 countries. Currently, more than 20,000 museums around the world celebrate this holiday. Often, thematic festivals are timed to coincide with this important cultural event, the most famous of which is the Night of Museums, which has become last years very popular.

How is the celebration going? Profile and narrow departmental museums (dedicated to the history of enterprises, educational institutions, military units, museums of public organizations, exhibition halls), art galleries and other cultural institutions present interesting exhibitions and excursions that can be visited for free; thematic lectures and debates are held.

Since another large-scale cultural event "Night at the Museum" in 2018 falls on May 18, it turns out that the doors of museums for free visits or visits with a reduced ticket will be open from 10-00 to 24-00. In this regard, free admission on May 19th (third Sunday of the month) is cancelled.

On May 18, the world will celebrate International Museum Day. Moscow will not stand aside: many events have been prepared for the holiday, and, in addition, admission to most Moscow museums will be free.

Since another large-scale cultural event "Night at the Museum" in 2013 falls on May 18, it turns out that the doors of museums for free visits or visits with a reduced ticket will be open from 10-00 to 24-00.

Day and Night of Museums will also open their doors for free or preferential entry and many institutions of federal subordination - everyone can visit the Tretyakov Gallery, the territory and temples of the Moscow Kremlin, the Pushkin Museum im. A.S. Pushkin and many other interesting places.

On this day, the doors of museums open to everyone, showing new exhibits and halls absolutely free of charge. Employees tell and educate in the spirit of the slogan: "Museums are an important means of enriching cultures, cultural exchange and development of cooperation, mutual understanding and peace among peoples." The opening of festivals, various exhibitions are timed to coincide with the holiday, thematic lectures, scientific readings, excursions, classes with children are held.

On May 18, it is especially emphasized that it is extremely important that museums are not closed custodians of exhibits. It is necessary that they go towards society. Love for museum culture must be instilled from childhood, so that everyone can contribute to the repository historical heritage humanity.

  • Moscow Zoo - Bolshaya Gruzinskaya street, building 1, from 10-00 to 20-00
  • State Historical Museum - Red Square, building 1/2, from 11-00 to 20-00
  • St. Basil's Cathedral - Red Square, house 2, from 11-00 to 17-00
  • State Tretyakov Gallery - Lavrushinsky lane, building 10, from 10-00 to 20-00
  • State Tretyakov Gallery - Krymsky Val, building 10, from 10-00 to 18-30
  • Museum fine arts them. A.S. Pushkin - Volkhonka street, house 12, from 10-00 to 21-00
  • Gallery of European and American Art of the 19th-20th Centuries. - Volkhonka street, house 14, from 10-00 to 21-00
  • Department of private collections - Volkhonka street, house 10, from 10-00 to 21-00
  • Museum Patriotic War 1812 - Revolution Square, house 2/3, from 10-00 to 17-30
  • Museum of Oriental Art - Nikitsky Boulevard, 12-a, from 12-00 to 21-00
  • Chambers of the Romanov boyars - Varvarka street, house 9, from 10-00 to 17-00
  • House of V.M. Vasnetsova - Vasnetsova lane, house 13, from 10-00 to 16-00
  • Museum modern history Russia - Moscow, st. Tverskaya, house 21, from 12-00 to 21-00
  • Underground printing house 1905-1906 - Lesnaya street, house 55, from 10-00 to 18-00
  • Museum of Architecture named after A.V. Shchuseva - Vozdvizhenka street, 5, from 10-00 to 20-00
  • Central Museum of the Armed Forces Russian Federation- the outside Soviet army, building 2, from 10-00 to 16-30
  • Mineralogical Museum. A.E. Fersman RAS - Leninsky Prospect, Building 18, Building 2, from 11-00 to 20-00
  • Museum "Gems" - street of the People's Militia, house 29/1, from 11-00 to 20-00
  • Zoological Museum of Moscow State University named after Ros-Registr. M. V. Lomonosov - Bolshaya Nikitskaya street, house 6, from 10-00 to 17-00
  • Museum of vintage cars - Rogozhsky Val, house 9/2, from 10-00 to 19-00
  • Public Museum named after Nicholas Roerich - Maly Znamensky lane, house 3/5, from 11-00 to 19-00
  • Museum "Lights of Moscow" - Armenian lane, house 3-5 building 1, from 11-00 to 18-00
  • Museum of the history of vodka in the Izmailovsky Kremlin - Izmailovskoye highway, house 73 Zh, from 10-00 to 20-00
  • Museum "Russian felt boots" - 2nd Kozhevnichesky lane, house 12, from 11-00 to 17-00
  • Moscow Museum of Animation - All-Russian Exhibition Center, building 84 a, from 11-00 to 18-00
  • Museum of ancient Russian culture and art. Andrey Rublev - Andronievskaya Square, 10, from 14-00 to 21-00
  • Museum of Decorative, Applied and Folk Art - Delegatskaya street, house 3, from 10-00 to 21-00
  • Memorial estate of F.I. Chaliapin - Novinsky Boulevard, 25, from 12-00 to 21-00
  • Moscow Art Theater Museum - Kamergersky lane, building 3a, from 11-00 to 17-00
  • Theater Museum. A.A. Bakhrushina - Bakhrushina street, house 31/12, from 12-00 to 19-00
  • Museum of the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945 - Brothers Fonchenko street, house 10, from 10-00 to 20-00
  • Center contemporary art– Zoologicheskaya street, house 13, building 2, from 11-00 to 21-00
  • Museum of Culinary Arts of the Moscow Culinary Association of the Department of Trade and Services of the City of Moscow - Bolshoi Rogozhsky lane, 17, from 12-00 to 20-00
  • People's Museum of the History of the Moscow Metro - Khamovnichesky Val, Building 36, from 9-00 to 16-00
  • Museum and Exhibition Complex of the Russian Academy of Arts - Prechistenka street, houses 19-21, from 12-00 to 20-00
  • Museum of Industrial Culture - Zarechye street, property 3A, from 11-00 to 19-00
  • Exhibition Hall of the Union of Artists of Russia - Pokrovka street, house 37, from 11-00 to 20-00
  • Exhibition Hall of the Moscow Union of Artists - Kuznetsky Most Street, 20, from 12-00 to 20-00
  • Exhibition Hall of the Moscow Union of Artists - Starosadsky lane, building 5, from 12-00 to 20-00

International Museum Day is also popular in our country. A large cultural program is being prepared for it in Moscow, where there are more than 400 private and state museums and their branches, in St. Petersburg, where there are over 200 museums that offer visitors a varied program, and other cities.

On the night from Saturday to Sunday, closest to the Day of the Museum Worker, various thematic festivals are held, the most famous of which - "Night of Museums" - attracts great attention of visitors.

International Museum Day has been celebrated around the world since the 11th conference of the International Council of Museums, held in Leningrad and Moscow, at the suggestion of the Russian delegation, decided to establish an annual professional museum day. Note that this proposal belongs to I.A. Antonova, director of the Museum. A.S. Pushkin.

In 2018, the Night of Museums event will be held in Russia for the twelfth time. On the night of May 19-20, museums and art galleries countries will invite visitors to special programs: exhibitions and concerts, quests and creative activities. This year's theme is "Masterpieces from the Vaults".

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On May 18, museum workers around the world celebrate their professional holiday. International Museum Day(International Museum Day) appeared on the calendar in 1977, when at the next meeting of ICOM (International Council of Museums - International Council of Museums) the proposal of the Russian organization to establish this holiday was adopted. And since 1978, this day has been celebrated annually in more than 150 countries.

On this day, museums open their doors to everyone, completely free of charge and happily showing their exhibition halls, new exhibits, tell, educate and work in the spirit of the motto "Museums are an important means of cultural exchange, enrichment of cultures and development of mutual understanding, cooperation and peace different peoples"The opening of new exhibitions, festivals is timed to coincide with the holiday, thematic lectures, excursions, scientific readings, special classes for children, museum and theater performances are organized in museums.

In the late 90s. a tradition has appeared within the framework of the holiday to hold a special cultural event "Night of Museums", which, as a rule, is postponed to the next weekend, in 2012 it will take place on the night of May 19-20. On this night, many museums close very late or work all night. Entrance to museums is free. In 2005, this annual event acquired a pan-European character and began to take place under the auspices of the Council of Europe. The campaign aims to bring cultural heritage to the viewer, to show through non-traditional acquaintance with museums and galleries the importance of museums in the life of society, as well as the diversity of the world museum community. Openness for spectators is the main motto of "museum night" all over the world.

Museums are our history, they are the places where the most valuable things ever invented and created by man are stored. Therefore, museums should be closer to society and fully open to it.

The world community should develop and maintain the state of museums and all objects stored in them.
That's why International Museum Day was established with the aim of attracting the attention of the powerful of this world to the state of museum values, the expansion of museums. In order to make this a reality, museums must correspond to reality, work in the style of the new time and accept the innovations that appear in the world.

Everyone has it international day Museums have their own theme, and the International Committee of Museums always provides an overview of events related to this theme, making them accessible to everyone. The themes of the International Museum Day are devoted to various issues, such as the responsibility of museums to society, the illegal export of cultural property, museums for a peaceful and harmonious life in society, and others. So the theme of 1997-1998. was "The fight against the illegal movement of cultural property", the theme of 2005 - "Museum - a bridge between cultures", 2008 - "Museums as a factor of social change and development", 2009 - "Museums and tourism", 2010 - "Museums for social harmony", 2011 - "Museums and Memory. An exhibit tells your story", 2012 - Museums in a changing world. New challenges, new inspiration.

There are many wonderful buildings on the planet, which, thanks to their architecture, are museums. This is the Louvre and the Hermitage, and the Eiffel Tower and many other wonderful buildings.

Famous museums:

  • State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg (Russia)
  • Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Russia
  • State Tretyakov Gallery in Russia
  • Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in London
  • Prado Museum in Spain
  • Solomon Guggenheim Museum USA
  • Dali Theater Museum in Spain
  • Louvre Museum in Paris (France)

Congratulations on International Museum Day

Congratulations on Museum Day in verse

Always the people of the relics shore,
Treasures from the eyes of strangers
In churches, cathedrals and monasteries,
And he knew about them only in words.
But Peter the Great strictly ordered
So that the Russian people see the treasures,
And a museum was opened in St. Petersburg
In front of everyone ordinary people.
That century has been replaced by more than one century,
But everything that was created by man,
Now stored in museums throughout the country
Connoisseurs of antiquity.
They are focused and strict
In laboratories, archives, like gods,
And the audience is friendly, smart,
Revealing the secrets of antiquity to us.
We wish them Happy Museum Day
We respect their work and skill.
Keepers of relics, antiquities,
We need your experience and knowledge!

Culture and history heritage, -
All that humanity is proud of
All the best for centuries
In the silence of museums is carefully stored,
This is where people find inspiration.
And get a lot of impressions
Bright moments come alive here
From the life of previous generations.
We want to wish in our age of rapid
Museums do not give up their positions,
Let there be many visitors in the halls
And new interesting exhibits!

International Museum Day-
Keepers of bygone years
events, life and ideas,
Great memorable victories.
May your business prosper
Let the memory keep
What life has given us
And what's next.

In the museum you are servants and gods:
In laboratories, archives are very strict,
And in the halls with the public are friendly, smart,
Revealing the secrets of antiquity to us

Years fly, century after century passes,
Everything created in the world by man
Keep, loving humanity, -
Much is alive, thanks to you.

Guardians of ancient times
Connoisseurs of museum silence
We want to congratulate you on the Day of Museums:
The museum, no doubt, everyone needs.
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Congratulations on Museum Day in prose

Today we congratulate on the international holiday those who, by the nature of their professional activity or by the call of the soul, in one way or another, are connected with museums. Museum Day is celebrated around the world. Thanks to museums, cultural and material values ​​become accessible. Masterpieces of painting, archaeological finds, unique items - thanks to museums, all this becomes available to everyone. We wish all museum workers that the halls will never be empty, and the rest - that a trip to the museum will always be part of the cultural program.
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Dear colleagues! Today, on International Museum Day, please accept our congratulations on your professional holiday. The museum is a valuable repository of historical monuments, as well as a place of spiritual treasure, the custodians of which are you, dear colleagues. I wish you boundless joy, inspiration in the professional field. After all, thanks to the painstaking work of each of you, the people have the opportunity to constantly learn the boundless power of the country's culture. I wish you good health, well-being, good luck in implementing your creative plans and new achievements in the development of museum business!
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Happy Museum Day! Let the collections replenish and fragile exhibits be peacefully stored in the bins, let the visitors be numerous and polite! May the legacy of our ancestors, no matter what time and corner of the Earth they come from, help us live today with dignity and create a better future!
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SMS congratulations on Museum Day

Short congratulations on Museum Day

Louvre, Hermitage, Vienna museums, -
They are known all over the world!
And on Museum Day I confess
That you are my angel, my idol!
In the museum - as in your apartment,
You know everything and everything!
And I'm ready to wander for hours
Through the halls, only with you alone!

Museum heritage preserves culture,
And our population, of course, educates.
I wish you to work with zeal, continuing
Good mood, meeting the day with a smile.

Your work and deep knowledge about native land allow thousands of people from Russia and other countries of the world to get acquainted with the unique culture and folk art Don land. I congratulate you on Museum Day and wish you creative energy, health and prosperity!

I want to wish you on Museum Day
Good luck, happiness, joy, love,
So that all ideas can be realized,
And they saved their approach to work.

On International Museum Day
I want, colleague, to wish you
To have fewer mouths
Went for a walk in the museum.
Only art lovers
Let them be your guests
Let it go lofty feelings
They stay with you at work!

Voice congratulations on Museum Day

Congratulations on the Day of Museums on the phone you can listen to and send what you like to the recipient as a musical or voice greeting on a mobile or smartphone. You can order and send congratulations on the International Museum Day to your phone either immediately or by specifying the date and time of delivery of the audio postcard. Sound congratulations on the Day of Museums on your phone will be guaranteed to be delivered to your mobile, smartphone or landline phone, which you can personally verify by tracking the status of receiving the congratulations by clicking on the received link in the SMS message after payment.

Cool congratulations on Museum Day

Tour guide, our bow to you!
Living in a museum day after day
And you enlighten us, guests, -
A crowd of adults and children.

Epics, fairy tales, myths, true,
There is a lot of magic in the museum
Tour guide, you reveal secrets
In the window of an old canvas.

And year after year tirelessly
Living in captivity of history
You lead tirelessly, bravely
Nice work, love.

Thank you for keeping the memory of what happened in the old years, and that you are always ready to answer the most stupid questions of visitors. I wish you all the originals and true happiness, dear curators of museum rarities. Just don't be a fossil yourself, on this wonderful day - International Museum Day!

There is nothing more beautiful than museum exhibits -
They have so many secrets, mysteries of wondrous cobwebs.
Here miracles happen from dawn to dusk,
And the world is hidden in long museum corridors.

And we wish that time did not rush headlong,
And the dust did not hide miracles. And without regret
Let the relics shine. And today we congratulate
Happy International Museum Day!
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Museums are a mirror that reflects the attitude of society to its culture and history, so it is simply necessary to promote their development. Don't forget to send to colleagues, friends and family congratulations on Museum Day in verse or prose for the international holiday, which is celebrated annually on May 18.

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The museum is the "temple of the Muses". Every year on May 18, 150 countries around the world celebrate a holiday dedicated to these institutions of history and culture. The event is widely supported by all segments of the population. Every year the number of states that decide to join the celebration is increasing.

history of the holiday

Back in 1946, an international organization was created - ICOM, whose main task is to provide effective assistance the most interesting museums peace. It was at the 12th meeting, held in Moscow, that a unanimous decision was made to establish a holiday dedicated to the “Temples of the Muses”. The proposal for regular holding was put forward by the Russian delegation, it was warmly supported. A landmark event took place in 1977, and it was from that moment that a new “special” date appeared on the calendar.

The number of countries annually participating in events dedicated to this date is constantly increasing. This should not be surprising, because there are more and more educated people in the world who are sincerely interested in world history and archeology. The holiday also has an interesting addition - the Night of Museums. The action provides a unique opportunity to view the exposition at night.

For the first time it was held in Germany, the event interested a huge number of young people. This did not surprise the organizers, because a night trip to the gallery is something special. In Russia, the action was first supported by the museum workers of Krasnoyarsk, who opened night access to the exhibition halls of the "Temples of the Muses" for visitors. The event is traditionally held on the night from Saturday to Sunday in mid-May.

Museum Day is celebrated on different corners planets annually on May 18th. And despite the fact that this day is not an official holiday, many people around the world come to exhibitions and museums.

This significant day has its own traditions in celebration. One of them is the “open door day”, when the entrance to the museum is absolutely free for all people, informs the website. Also, the “night of museums” is timed to coincide with the holiday, which will be held from May 18 to 19 in most cities around the world, including the Russian Federation.

Museum Day history of the holiday and congratulations: the history of the celebration of World Museum Day

International Museum Day was founded in 1978. It was then, on May 18, exactly 40 years ago, that the first festivities in honor of Museum Day took place. Now, in 2018, this significant day will be celebrated by about 200 states around the world.
Until 1991, this holiday was not in demand among society. It was celebrated exclusively by museum workers. Over time, archaeologists, art historians and historians began to join them.

In 1992, a proposal was put forward to celebrate the day of museums on a specific theme and under a specific motto. This action attracted public around the world to celebrate. As a result, funding for the event from patrons and statesmen of foreign countries has increased.
Already in 2008, the International Museum Day was celebrated in 90 countries around the world. And the number of museums that made their debut in the event exceeded 20 thousand. In 2015, this World holiday was celebrated by more than 150 countries of the world.

Museum Day holiday history and congratulations: congratulations on World Museum Day in verse

Today I want to congratulate those
Who daily invests in strength
In the cause of education in the country
In keeping history true.
We know them as employees of museums.
It is their hands that keep history.
Today is their professional holiday.
So let's congratulate them all together, friends!
***
They keep the moments of antiquity.
They bring the spirit of enlightenment to the masses.
Day after day, year after year
They keep what they have created before.
They work in museums
which are scattered throughout the country.
Shake hands with them, friends!
Congratulations on the holiday, we will not be on the sidelines!

***
Only the best and rare items
In the collections of museums around the world.
After all, even in ancient world mouseion
For skillful muses it was like a father's house.
And so we traveled through time
Enthusiastic, sincere feelings,
We are celebrating Museum Day today
And congratulations to all art workers.

Museums - Mecca of history,
Museums keep secrets.
museum workers
Their secrets are not told.
They just do tours
Showing rarity.
Museum workers are aware
What is the exhibit's secret?
Work and enjoy
Great and undiscovered.
We congratulate you on the holiday
For you big, unforgettable!!!
***
Secrets and mysteries are kept in museums,
Discoveries, hundreds of random finds,
Pieces of manuscripts, ancient armor,
Ceramics, once advanced,
Canvases and books, skeletons and maps
And even, imagine, medicine prescriptions,
Bracelets and earrings, swords and crowns,
Beetles, sarcophagi, costumes, columns…
Today is a special day - Museum Day,
Let's congratulate them all!

There is one day in May that all art lovers look forward to. On this day, the doors of many museums around the world are completely free of charge, and anyone can bring joy to themselves by visiting them. On this day, exhibitions, new expositions are opened, museum workers give lectures and excursions. Presenting the gifts of cultural and historical heritage to the society, the museum conducts a great educational work.

Among the many museums in the world Russian museums are distinguished by the fact that they store countless world-class cultural treasures, so when the Russian delegation proposed to draw public attention to the promotion of museums, the 11th General Conference of the International Council of Museums supported this initiative and designated May 18 as International Museum Day. Every year this holiday has its own theme dedicated to museum activities, such as the illegal export of museum valuables, the role of museums in raising the culture of society, and many others.

On the day of museums of all museum
Congratulations from the bottom of our hearts,
To stay for a long time
You are all good too!

So that your museum expands,
Glory grew with him
So that the work is interesting
And she was desired!

So that in personal life too
Everything was on top
For you to serve honestly
Beauty and kindness!

Happy international museum day
I want to congratulate today.
May joy certainly give
This bright path is for you.

Let the tourists rush to you,
Let the exhibit impress
May your museum flourish
For decades more.

Happy International Museum Day! I wish people to crowd around the museum exhibits, being interested in all kinds of expositions, replenishing their culture and spirituality. Let there always be sponsors and grants, visitors and frequent guests. Prosper, develop and always be open to new admiring glances!

May eighteenth day
Marked with beauty and warmth.
A riot of colors, rays, lilac
And museums art forever.

Happy Museum Day words fly
Telegrams and congratulations.
After all, museum life
Save a single moment.

We say thank you to everyone
Who saves history.
Memory honors and who is faithful to her,
And opens it to others.

Museum Day is not just a day
This holiday is immortalized.
Congratulations to everyone,
Beauty will be in fashion forever!

In the silence of museum halls
Time is counting down
Measuring life in centuries
This is where history lives.

I wish on the day of museums
We all appreciate the past,
All that has been created over the centuries
Save for posterity.

Treasure workers of antiquity
On the international day of museums,
We say you are worthy of praise,
And there is no more worthy and more important work!

A story hidden through the ages
Keep you safe and forever,
All the best is in diligent hands...
Let us congratulate you heartily!

And wish you health and wellness,
Warmth, love, great success,
So that fate always leads you to happiness,
And there was a lot of joyful laughter!

Be a museum worker
The work is honorable, difficult.
Forces and time not sparing,
Exhibits putting in order.

I congratulate you cordially -
Happiness, light, kindness.
May health be forever
Let dreams come true!

Hooray! Today it happened
It's day in the museum - the doors are open,
All the best that has accumulated
You can see, be sure!

May the life of the museum be eternal,
Let our memory protect
Carries through the years and time
The history that the people create!

Happy International Museum Day
My congratulations,
I wish you a nice job
Good luck, success, inspiration.

Let the visitors go
Always to you in the halls with interest,
From curious people
The museum will always be crowded.

May the time be kind
Stopping my run for the day
Make us look into the eyes of all people,
Days, years and centuries keeping his shadow.
Excavations of amazing discoveries,
Or maybe the king's pin,
Centuries of other paintings and events
They are kept for me to see.
Valuable and large treasures!

Various exhibits and awards!
Good luck, let all your days fly by!