The estate "Abramtsevo" is located 60 kilometers northeast of Moscow. Each of her corner breathes history. Once the owner was the writer Aksaki, then she bought her famous sawva mammoth patron. With it, Vasily Polenov came to Abramtsevo, Victor Vasnetsov, Mikhail Vrubel and other artists, musicians and actors. People are active, they soon organized the Abramtsevsky artistic circle. The participants of the circle created works of architecture, visual and decorative and applied arts, and also collected the objects of the peasant life, which were preserved to this day. Based in Abramtsev, joinery-residue and ceramic workshops marked the beginning of the revival of vintage crafts - carving wood and the production of Maitolika. But in 1917, after the October Revolution, the manor was nationalized and became a museum.
What to see:
The territory of the Abramtsevo Museum-Reserve occupies an impressive area of about 50 hectares and includes monuments of architecture of the XVIII and XIX centuries. Here you can walk through the park, which is located on the banks of the River Vori. In the meeting of the Museum-Reserve, more than 25 thousand exhibits are stored - painting, graphics, sculpture, works of decorative and applied and folk art. There are here and archives of the former estate owners. There are many buildings on the territory.
In Abramtsev, you can arrange a birthday of your children, for them even invented the program "Travel by train" - games, contests, creative task. On the art master class, the guys can make a festive gift for relatives or friends.
Ticket price:
Varies depending on where you want to get. Entrance to the park - 60 rubles. Polenovskaya cottage or bath teremok - already 400 rubles. Every last medium of the month is a free entrance for students, large families and retirees for certificates.
What to buy:
In the Museum - estate you can purchase historical books and reproductions of pictures of famous artists. Magnetic postcards, magnetic diaries, bookmarks, souvenir notepads, stands for mugs and other souvenirs. Also selling products of peavlovoposad boobs manufactory.
How to get there:
Electric train
From the Yaroslavl railway station (from the Metro station "Komsomolskaya") towards Sergiev Posad or Alexandrov to the station Khotkovo, then by bus number 55.
Buses
To get to Sergiyeva Posad by bus number 388 from the metro station "VDNH". Next - by bus or bus number 55 to the Abramtsevo Museum-Reserve. All the way will take 15 minutes longer than on the train.
On a personal car
Leave to Yaroslavl highway, to turn on Leshkovo and Radonezh. Then get to Khotkova and turn to Abramtsevo. The museum is at the end of the main road. You can get without traffic jams in about an hour.