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Volkhov Art Museum, the


Subject / Museums

The Volkhov Art Museum (Volkhov Town, 28a Lomonosov Street) is a branch of the Museum of the Local History of Volkhov Town. It was founded on May 18, 2004. The museum is placed in the Culture and Information Centre named after A.S. Pushkin. The museum does not have a constant exhibition. It regularly holds temporary exhibitions dedicated to the local history and этнография, exhibitions from the funds of the Volkhov Town History Museum, personal exhobitions of local painters and photographers, folk artists. During 2004-2006 the museum with the help of "The Museum Agency" organized joint exhibitions with museums of the North-West Reion.

Authors
Karpenko, Irina Aleksandrovna

Geography
Leningrad Oblast, the/Volkhov District/Volkhov Town/Lomonosov Street

Subject Index
"The Museum Agency", a State Culture institution


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