Togliatti Art Museum: history, events, location

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Each museum owns a unique collection of exhibits: many of them are presented in a single copy and are not found anywhere else. This is not about reproductions, but about real works of artists, sculptors, masters of various types of creativity. Each of them in his work embodies his vision of what is happening around - events, nature, people, relationships between them. That is why the museum in any city is the most visited place.

The Togliatti Art Museum is very popular among the local population, visiting tourists and travelers. Togliatti is a fairly large city, many tourists come, despite the presence of a large number of major attractions, the art museum is one of the most visited.

A bit of history

One of the significant events in the Samara region was the opening of an art museum in the city of Togliatti. This event was timed to the 250th anniversary of the city. Five years later (in 1992) the institution becamecalled an art gallery and was a municipal institution of the Ministry of Culture. And after 5 years it received the status - Togliatti Art Museum.

Today, the funds of the institution store almost 10,000 exhibits. These are not simple works of art, but valuable masterpieces of the second half of the 20th century. and earlier period. There are also exhibits of contemporary art, the Soviet and post-Soviet era. There are also works by local artists, children's drawings, Chinese graphics and many other works. The value of the collection is quite high, so now the issue of providing the institution with another building, larger in volume, is being considered in order to expand the possibilities for the exhibition of exhibits and improve their storage conditions.

Museum work

The institution constantly conducts cultural and educational activities. Preschoolers, elementary school students, families with children can attend various educational programs by subscription:

1. "Lessons in Mastery".
2. "Let's draw."
3. “Today I am an artist.”

The goal of each program is to form and develop the creative thinking of both children and their parents, to arouse interest in art, the desire to create real masterpieces with their own hands. To do this, the museum administration cooperates with other museums of the city and the country, with schools, universities, and various public institutions. In other words, the employees are doing everything to make the Togliatti Art Museum not only the most visited institution, but also a cultural one.downtown.

Also, many other important events take place here. What else can you see in the museum? In addition to permanent exhibitions, there are short-term ones.

Wonderland

That was the name of the exhibition presenting dolls and toys of different masters. The event took place in early autumn 2016. This is not the first time the Togliatti Art Museum has given the halls of the museum under the kingdom of a fairy tale, created by the Volga puppet masters. Each product presented is a real work of art, worthy of the best collections.

A special place at the exhibition was taken by several important specimens. These are antique dolls released at the beginning of the last century. They were made by the best craftsmen in Germany and France and have been kept in a private collection until now.

Original bears and dogs, bunnies, and many other products made in a variety of techniques delighted every visitor of the exhibition. With genuine interest, everyone from young to old moved from one copy to another, enjoying their beauty.

On the sunny side

That was the name of the exhibition of works by the artist from Samara N. Shepeleva. The works of the artist - interior paintings, decorative panels and many paintings on the theme of urban landscapes, associative composition, portrait, plein air - this is always a success and the attention of visitors. Many people came to the Togliatti Art Museum to see Natalia's works filled with sunlight, children andflowers.

Critics note that the paintings of N. Shepeleva are distinguished by their special brightness, rich colors, liveliness of the brushstroke, and the richness of the color palette. Their contemplation causes a positive infusion, a desire to make others happy, to make the world brighter and sunnier.

Philosophy of Silence

That was the name of the exhibition where Japanese artists presented their works to the Togliatti Art Museum. A photo of images of printed graphics allows residents and tourists coming to the city to understand the subtlety of the Eastern worldview. And also try to look into the mysterious spiritual world of Japanese masters. The neighborhood of the present and the eternal, a special compositional flair, a heightened sense of color - all this is present in the works of leading Japanese artists Keiko, Kitamura and others.

The central place of the exhibition was occupied by the works of K. Khamanisi. The execution technique, new to the institution, is mezzotint. Refined, exceptionally expressive, labor-intensive and very rare engravings on copper caused such a stir that many travelers came to visit the Togliatti Art Museum. Visitors' reviews are full of such words as "incredible beauty", "impossible to take your eyes off", "I want to visit this exhibition again", "I will definitely come back here with my friends". And this is the best proof that the museum administration is working in the right direction.

Location

The establishment is locatedon the ground floor of a modern residential building. The total area of the establishment is over 860 meters. Of these, more than half are expositions. There is also a lecture hall where everyone who visits the Togliatti Art Museum can listen to lectures on the topic of fine arts.

Address of the establishment: 22 Lenin Boulevard. You can get to it by taxi. You can also get to the Gorsad stop by trolleybus number 18 or 19 or to the Dom Byta stop by city bus.