Every Russian person is familiar with the words from the songs «Here comes the mail troika», «Coachman, do not drive horses», «The bell is ringing monotonously». But what do we know about the transport of the past? Let’s put together the alphabet of Russian non-motorized transport!
At the opening you will help the blacksmith make a horseshoe, see tar in action, sniff tar, harness a horse, and take pictures in a beautiful snow-white carriage! And of course you will find out how the chaise differed from the rest of the carts, what it consisted of, and why we still use the expressions «you can’t see one zig», «the harness fell under the tail» and how «the fly in the ointment was in the ointment»?
The exhibition features about 300 authentic exhibits telling about the «Chariot Route»: from a lumberjack to a carpenter, a horse carriage, a blacksmith, a saddler and other specialists who made and equipped the crew. Among them: harness parts, bridle bells, tools of a blacksmith, joiner, carpenter, lumberjack; reconstruction of the resinous production of Tomsk province of the 19th century and the secrets of tar, tar and turpentine manufacture (and most importantly – why all this is vital for the cart?); the tea, traveling in the 19th century along the Siberian Highway from China to Moscow; unique exhibits, such as Charles Louis Chevalier binoculars (Paris, XVIII century), for watching the races at the Tomsk hippodrome; merchandise and commerce items, the atmosphere of a city teahouse and a clerk’s shop, will allow everyone to plunge into the era of the triumph of “horse-drawn carriages”.
Each visitor will admire a real cart. Children will be interested in the magnetic models for assembling the cart, the coloring. The opportunities to activate the exhibits, «ride» on a horse, play shadow theater made the exhibition truly interactive, open and very understandable to people of any age.
The place: The First Museum of Slavic Mythology
Opening hours: from July 5 to December 1, 2019, Mon – Sun. 10.00-19.00.
Every weekend there is a special offer for group tours «Buy a ticket – get a free tour!»
Prices:
150 rubles – schoolchildren, students, senior citizens
200 rubles – adults
300 rubles – for groups of less than 10 people
For groups of more than 10 people excursion service is free of charge
The general partner of the project is the Tomsk wooden horse.