Without leaving Moscow, visit a traditional Vologda household with engaging quests, riddles and stories. Excursions around the Vologda House Museum are fun and easy-going, with lots of exhibits allowed to be touched, photographed, and tried on.
You will learn about the Vologda Region, its large and important cities and their history. Be sure to talk about Veliky Ustyug, the homeland of Father Frost, Russian Santa Claus. Further on, you will find yourself in a traditional Russian hut, with interior decorations and the masterpieces of the famous Vologda lace. Here you will get acquainted with household items and customs of old Russian province.
The tour will be crowned with a master class on Russian folk dolls and tea drinking with delicious Vologda treats!
Where: the Vologda House Museum at the address 29, Bldg 1, Molodogvardeiskaya Street, next to Molodezhnaya metro station, Moscow.
Author: Vera Ivanova