We invite You to the State Museum of A. S. Pushkin 06.06.2015 to the exhibition " The exhibition "Russia is reading "
The exhibition will be opened for visitors since 06.06.2015 till 15.11.2015 year.
A main hero of exhibition of the year of literature – Homo legens (people reading). That is, we are with you. The exhibition is opened a new legends, destroyed an old patterns and dismantle the myths! What did I read in a different era, where they took books, what books were banned, and some Vice versa, as writers have gained popularity why Russia is "The most reading country" and other details of our literature centricity. In the spotlight – historical images of reading, ways of interaction of writers and readers, types and methods of reading, particularly the formation of reader Canon and reading as a cultural practice of everyday life.
We have prepared more than 700 exhibits. A contains books, from first to newest first popular prints and mass media publications, book illustrations, rare caricature, books with a reader's history (from lyrical observations to censorship edits), photographs and manuscripts (diaries, albums, notes writers), rare posters, and many other curious objects are waited for You. For younger visitors, created a separate "children's interactive area, where you can take a trip on the time machine in the worlds created by some of the most popular books of many generations: "AJBOLIT" by Chukovskii, "The humpbacked Horse" by P. P. Ershov, "The adventures of Tom Sawyer", "Forest newspaper" by V. Biancki and fantastic novels by Kir Bulychev about "The adventures of Alice Selezneva".
Artistic concept of the exposition: M. N. Korosteleva, O. R. Nikolaev (Bureau Arterra").
