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International Guild of Masters. Museum of microminiature art "Russian Levsha"

Phone: (812) 915-2172, (812) 717-6039

Address: Saint-Petersburg,

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Internet:
    www.russianmuseums.info/M3113 - official web page
    International Guild of Masters - W1411, official web site www.russian-master.com

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Description:
    In 2006 the first museum of microminiature art in Russia "Russian Levsha" was founded by the International Guild of Masters in Saint-Petersburg. Levsha is a hero of a Russian folktale. The story is about a peasant named Levsha who is such a craftsman that he is able to shoe a dancing flea.

    The all exhibits of the unique collection are smaller than 1 mm. To see the art objects on the microscopic scale is possible only by means of magnifier embedded in display glass cases. The author Vladimir Aniskin (Novosibirsk) uses different trades of art and craft, such as blacksmithing, foundry, manufacturing glass, handling birch bark, jeweler's art. It is possible to see in collection of museum the classic of the genre of microminiature: the shoed flea, the camels in an eye of a needle, the text of 2 typing pages on a poppy seed, the rose on a cut of horsehair etc.



Museum has :
   theartre, folk group


for museum professionals

Administrative phone:
    (812) 764-1155, Fax: (812) 764-1155



Foundation and opening day:
    founded: 21.09.2005
    opened: 23.03.2006

Organisation status:
   Society org.

Organization form:
   non-for-profit

Organisation type:
    culture for society

Classification:
    Historical,Painting art


Squares:
    permament show rooms 167ì2

Employee number:
    77

Average visitors per year:
    30 015


Specific departments:
    experts team

Collections volume:
    42, rare collection's items: 35



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