State Museum-Reserve Tsaritsyno

The pearl of the Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve is the largest pseudo-gothic palace of the 18th century in Europe by architects V. Bazhenov and M. Kazakov. It is surrounded by a unique park complex. Cultural and leisure activities are constantly held in the reserve. To make a museum on the vast territory of the Tsaritsyn conceived in the 60s of XX century. An important task was the restoration of the gradually collapsing buildings of the authorship of the most famous architects of their time V. Bazhenov and M. Kazakov. The concept of the museum as an integral ensemble and a multi-profile historical and cultural complex appeared in the years of restructuring. By 2001, the restoration work of almost all the buildings of V. Bazhenov was completed, and by 2007 the Bread House and the Grand Palace were restored. They housed the main part of the museum collections. The exhibition "Tsaritsyn antiquities" introduces numerous archaeological finds. A special section is devoted to the history of the Tsaritsyno architectural ensemble. The Bread House has a collection of folk and decorative art of Slavic peoples, as well as professional arts and crafts of the 20th century. There are tours of greenhouses. The cascade of three ponds is one of the most poetic corners of the Tsaritsyn Park. A light-dynamic fountain with music was built on the Middle Tsaritsyn pond.