General Director of the Grodekovsky Museum visited the Republic of Tatarstan
At the end of April, Ivan Kryukov visited Kazan to participate in the Project Analysis Session of the All-Russian project "Museum Routes of Russia". As part of his business trip, the Director General also met with colleagues from museums across the country to discuss the possibility of business cooperation and the organization of joint exhibition projects.
The first session of the All-Russian project "Museum Routes of Russia" in 2024 started in the Republic of Tatarstan. It takes place from April 24 to 27 in Kazan. The project includes: key experts of the museum community, new initiatives, experience of Russia's leading museums, and the region's event calendar.
Within the framework of the stratsession "Museum Routes" Ivan Kryukov took part in the plenary session on the theme: "New life of memorial museums" and visited:
- Open lecture "From the First Person" by D. P. Bak, Director of the V.I. Dahl State Museum of the History of Russian Literature
- lectures by Z. M. Kolovsky, Director of the ROSPHOTO State Museum of Fine Arts, "Photography in our lives" as part of the "Museum Routes" stratsession
During his business trip Ivan Kryukov signed a cooperation agreement with the National Museum of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Yelabuga State Historical, Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve.
Meetings were also held with colleagues from museums around the country:
- with S.A. Kutegina, Director of the Chukotka Heritage Museum Center, discussed exhibition plans for 2025;
- with I.V. Rozina, head of the "Service of Educational Activities and Regional Programs" of the All-Russian Pushkin Museum, discussed the holding of a tablet exhibition dedicated to A.S. Pushkin in 2024;
- with Y. A. Butovchenko, head of MMK's exhibition department, solved organizational issues of the exhibition "Gold!";
- with the General Director of the National Museum of the Republic of Tatarstan A.L. Vyatkina discussed the exchange exhibition projects of 2025;
- A. A. Degotkov, Deputy Director General of the Elabuga State Historical-Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve, and R. R. Ziganshin, Director of the Bulgarian State Historical-Architectural Museum-Reserve, discussed issues of inter-museum cooperation;
- with L. Bazhenova, Director of the Cinema Museum, discussed the exhibition plan for 2024 and the exhibition for the 210th anniversary of the birth of M. Y. Lermontov;
- with S. M. Gracheva, Director of the Moscow Art Theatre Museum, discussed joint plans for 2025-2026;
- with S. V. Yesipov, Director of the Yuri Gagarin Museum-Reserve, discussed joint plans for 2024.
The Director-General also visited museums in the Republic of Tatarstan.
During Ivan Kryukov's business trip, an agreement was reached:
- on holding an exhibition project from the collection of the National Museum of the Republic of Tatarstan as part of the Days of Cultural Exchange with Kazan in 2025;
- about holding a tablet exhibition from the collection of the Cinema Museum dedicated to the 210th anniversary of M. Y. Lermontov's birth;
- on holding a tablet exhibition from the collection of the All-Russian Pushkin Museum;
- the internship of the winners of the "Point of Attraction - Museum 2.0" contest in the National Museum of the Republic of Tatarstan, Elabuga State Historical, Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve, Sviyazhsk Island-Grad Museum-Reserve, as well as in the Bulgarian State Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve.