The Museum of the History of the city of Minsk

The history of the Museum of the History of the city of Minsk is closely intertwined with the celebration of the Great Victory. On May 8, 2010, the museum opened its doors to visitors, presenting the first exhibition "The Artist. Citizen. Hero", dedicated to the 65th anniversary of the Victory and showing the works of the legendary Mikhail Savitsky, Hero of Belarus, People's Artist of the USSR and Belarus. The exposition is located in the historical center of Minsk, in a 19th-century building on Revolyutsionnaya Street, 10.

In 2011, the museum expanded its holdings to include an outbuilding of the Loshitsky Manor and Park Complex in its structure. In September 2011, the Wheel of Time project was opened here, telling the story of urban and rural culture of the late XIX - mid XX century.

On May 8, 2012, the Mikhail Savitsky Art Gallery opened in the historical building of the XVIII century at 15 Svobody Square. On September 7 of the same year, the grand opening of the gallery took place with the participation of the President of the Republic of Belarus A.G. Lukashenko.

In 2012, the museum received the premises of the Minsk City Hall. In September of the same year, the exposition "Belarusian Book — History and Modernity" dedicated to the Year of the Book was opened in the town Hall. In 2013, the permanent exhibition "Minsk in the historical space. The cartographic cabinet". Currently, the work on the museification of the town hall space continues.

The structure of the museum:

• Art living room "High place" (Minsk, 2a Herzen str.)
• Minsk City Hall (Minsk, 2a Svobody Square)
• Mikhail Savitsky Art Gallery (Minsk, Svobody Square, 15)
• The City Art Gallery of L. D. Shchemelev's works (Minsk, Revolyutsionnaya str., 10)
• Workshop-Museum of the National Artist of Belarus Ivan Misko (Minsk, 11a Internatsionalnaya str.)
• The Loshitsky Manor Museum and the outbuilding in the Loshitsky Manor and Park complex (Minsk, Chizhevsky passage, 8-2, 10)
• The Karetnaya exposition (8 Cyril and Methodius str., Minsk)
• Archaeological Museum (6 Cyril and Methodius str., Minsk)
• The exposition "Minsk Horse Tram" (6a Cyril and Methodius str., Minsk)

Minsk City Hall is the main decoration of Freedom Square and a symbol of the historical memory of Minsk residents. The building was restored in 2002-2004 in the place and in the form in which the city remembered it in the middle of the XIX century. Since 2012, the town hall has become accessible to the public, although it continues to serve as an administrative building. Two long-term exhibition projects are working in the town Hall - the exposition "Minsk in the historical space. Cartographic cabinet" and the exposition "Minsk among friends. The twin cities of the capital of Belarus". 

The Art Gallery of the Hero of Belarus, People's Artist of Belarus and the USSR, honorary citizen of Minsk Mikhail Andreevich Savitsky opened on September 7, 2012, is part of the Museum of the History of the city of Minsk.

The gallery is located in a building on the territory of the Upper Town at 15 Svobody Square, a former 18th-century city estate with an annex. The location of the gallery was chosen by the artist himself during his lifetime. The building of the former city estate was reconstructed as a dual-purpose museum object, combining the actual art gallery and an exhibition related to the history of this architectural monument.

The High Place Art Lounge was opened in September 2015. It is located in the historical center of Minsk on the territory of the Upper Town. The building in which the Art Lounge is located is an architectural monument of the XIX century.

The art lounge works as an exhibition space. Temporary thematic exhibitions, including international ones, are held in the exhibition halls based on collections of artists, photographers, collectors, various organizations and institutions.

The exhibition is dedicated to the work of the People's Artist of Belarus Leonid Dmitrievich Shchemelev (1923-2021). There are more than 60 paintings by the artist.

It is located in the historical center of Minsk on the territory of the Upper City in a building - a monument of architecture of the XIX century.

Visitors to the gallery will get acquainted with all the genres of painting in which the master worked, will be able to appreciate his bright palette, feel the unique style of L.D. Shchemelev.

The Loshitskaya Manor Museum is located in the buildings of the former manor house and the infield wing - architectural monuments of the second half of the XVIII – XIX centuries. on the territory of the Loshitskaya manor and park complex.

In 2014, the restoration of the manor house was completed: architectural elements, fragments of picturesque decor, stucco molding were restored, unique tiled stoves and a fireplace were reconstructed.

The Karetnaya exposition, together with the Verkhny Gorod Archaeological Museum and the Minsk Conca Museum, is part of the museum complex on the territory of the former Bernardine Monastery.

In addition to the opportunity to see authentic museum objects, visitors will plunge into the world of sounds of Minsk street at the end of the XIX century, will be able to look into the "window of time" and be transported to the old city.

The archaeological Museum "Verkhny Gorod", together with the expositions "Karetnaya" and "Minsk Horse-drawn carriage", is part of the museum complex on the territory of the former Bernardine monastery.

The exposition "Minsk. Upper town. The Archaeological Museum" is located in a building designed over the archaeological excavation of 2007-2008. with arched foundations of the economic buildings of the Bernardine monks of the early XVIII century.

The Minsk Horse Tram exposition, together with the Verkhny Gorod Archaeological Museum and the Karetnaya Exposition, is part of the museum complex on the territory of the former Bernardine Monastery.

The permanent exhibition "Minsk Horse-drawn Railway" opened to visitors in 2017 on the day of the 950th anniversary of the first chronicle mention of Minsk - March 3.

The exhibition is dedicated to the work of the National Artist of Belarus Ivan Yakimovich Misko. The museum is located in the historical center of Minsk, in a building of the XIX century, where an outstanding Belarusian sculptor has been working for almost 50 years.

Visitors will be able to visit the workshop, get acquainted with the exposition and observe the process of creating a sculpture.