Visiting different cities of Russia, travelers tend to visit unusual places. Including in non-traditional thematic museums. Museums dedicate to different animals: frogs and dogs, and Tver has its own thematic museum. And he is dedicated to the goat. It is a goat, not a goat.
There are a lot of attractions in the city, but it’s the goat museum in Tver that can optimize any traveler and resident of the city with its optimistic exhibits. The museum’s logo is also interesting, it is designed in such a way that you can read the name of the city of Tver in the image of a goat.
History of creation
This unusual museum was created in 2008. The creators chose the goat as an exhibit of the museum for a reason. Historically, in the city of Tver, from ancient times, there was a trade in goods from goatskins.
But this does not mean that in the museum of the goat in Tver, you can see exhibits only from the Tver region. Here are collected figurines, figurines and souvenirs from different cities of Russia and countries of the world. All exhibits are directly or indirectly dedicated to goats.
Museum exhibits are presented by visitors or the museum administration replenishes their collection.
How to get to the Goat Museum
Getting to the museum is easy, it is located in the central part of the city in a residential building on the ground floor. Museum of the goat in Tver, whose address is Zhigareva street, 5, will be interesting to both adults and children.
You can visit the museum on all days except Monday. This day is a day off. The Museum of the Goat in Tver is open at convenient hours:
- from Tuesday to Saturday from 10.00 to 18.00;
- Sunday from 12.00 to 19.00.
It is interesting that for visitors with the surname Kozlov, the visit is free. At the entrance to the museum, guests are greeted by an employee who happily talks about all the exhibits and the history of the museum.
Exhibits
The museum has over 5,000 exhibits. All of them, with the exception of one, are dedicated to the goat. And only one figurine is a goat with kids. But this is an exception.
In the three rooms of the museum are collected all kinds of figures, goat toys, souvenirs, badges, figurines from various materials: porcelain, wood, metal and stone.
The museum presents a thematic collection of dishes with the image of a goat: plates, cups, beer clay mugs. There is a small collection of magnets. These are magnets, which depict the goat in the photo, with the image of goats under the Gzhel, with a realistic and animated image of the animal.
There is a wonderful collection of bells made of various metal with goats in the form of handles of bells. Elegant and delicate metal work will attract the attention of museum visitors.
Statuettes of goats "boys" and "men" are interesting. Many exhibits are dressed in clothes symbolizing a particular profession. Goats - musicians, policemen, geographers, doctors, detectives and others.
The museum also presents statuettes of goat families, which also have goats, but you will not find independent goat exhibits here.
And for those who want to take pictures with a goat, there are animals in full human height in suits and hats.
Of course, this is not all in the museum of a goat in Tver exhibits. There are also humorous images of a goat in paintings and other collections.
Museum Popularization
The Goat Museum does not stand still and is trying to keep up to date. For its popularization, pages on social networks are being conducted. In addition, television reporters visited the museum several times. Films about travels around Russian cities and places that will be interesting to visit were filmed, the list of which included the goat museum in Tver.
The museum is happy to welcome all visitors. If a guest wishes to present a figurine or other exhibit to the museum, he will certainly fall into the history and news of the museum. A visitor is photographed with a gift as a keepsake. A goat whose photo was taken with the donor can be seen by everyone.
At the same time, the museum administration is attentive to the history of the gift and accepts both simple figurines from home collections and antique specimens. The main requirement is this: the heroes of the exhibits must be positive.
What is unusual in the museum
An interesting book is being kept at the goat museum in Tver. It is called the “Book of Honored Visitors,” visitors leave notes in it. It is particularly interesting that the museum is often visited by people with the surname Kozlov. Entire families come here with joy, after which they leave memorable notes in the visitors' book.
The museum is often visited by foreigners who also leave positive reviews in this book.
The museum organizes excursions with fascinating programs, after which, especially children, unforgettable emotions remain. Of particular interest is the fact that this museum is, in fact, partially interactive. Here, not all exhibits are closed behind glass. You can touch part of the collection, and still watch informative filmstrips about goats and take memorable photos.
The museum maintains lists of benefactors. Anyone who has presented exhibits to the museum’s collection is entered into these lists with the name, surname and city where the visitor came from.
Excursions
The administration of the goat museum is not only a museum activity. Under their leadership, you can order a variety of city tours. Duration of excursions from 2 to 8 hours, depending on the route.
Guided tours may include ticket prices to the Goat Museum. But if you do not want to visit the museum, you can choose a tour with visits only to attractions or interesting places.
It is possible to go to explore the city both on your own transport and on the transport of a travel company. By the number of people from 1 to 45 people.
The program of excursions that can be ordered through the museum includes:
- city tour of Tver;
- tour of the Orthodox church of the city;
- sightseeing tours with visiting exhibitions and tea drinking;
- excursion to the Italian farm;
- visit to Torzhok and Bernovo;
- excursion to Seliger and others.
The choice is quite large, you can immediately visit the museum of the goat and go see and listen to the sights of Tver and other places.
Mugs and workshops in the museum
Another area of the museum is organized circles and workshops for visitors. Classes are paid, but the cost is acceptable - 300 rubles for 1 lesson in 45 minutes. Groups of 5 to 10 people.
Courses consist of 10 classes in educational and enlightening programs. By attending the courses you can learn about numismatics, bionistics, heraldry, onomastics, space, writing. The range of topics is very diverse.
Lectures are taught by V. Lavrenov, Candidate of Historical Sciences. In his lectures, he talks about the history of writing from different nations, symbolism in history, the history of award signs, the world history of flags and emblems, the origin of coins and paper money.
Courses are held for both teenagers and students. If the topics of the listeners are of interest, you can take an advanced course on heraldic signs.
Kozlov Festival
The museum’s activities are associated not only with exhibits and lectures, the organizers of the museum have been holding the international festival “Goats of all countries, unite!” For several years in a row. Spend it in Tver, May 20. The festival program includes all kinds of entertainment and festivities.
It all starts at noon, with the opening. Creative groups perform on the street, visitors are registered with the surname Kozlov and co-root surnames.
Further, a fair of souvenirs and handicrafts opens, and fun sports competitions are held. For example, jumping over a stuffed goat. In addition, a few more hours you can participate in various contests dedicated to the goat.
A fun festival is supported by the city of Tver. This event has repeatedly appeared in the local news feed.
The Tver Goat Museum is open to all comers, and accepts the help of visitors with gratitude. Anyone who wishes can come to the museum as a volunteer. There are also open doors for students who need to practice in such institutions. Since the Goat Museum is a private enterprise, they are happy to receive any financial assistance and accept exhibits that visitors give.
The convenient location of the museum makes it accessible both for independent visits and as part of organized groups. Over the 10 years of the goat’s museum’s existence, regular visitors and fans have come who visit the exhibits more than once or take part in the festival. This is a place that should be included in the route of your trip.