Tea Museum to open in September

The new museum will open soon on the territory of the historical and architectural complex "House of Europe" in Irkutsk. It will be located in a restored building built in the 40s of the XIX century. The administration of the city of Irkutsk for the complete reconstruction of the old house sent almost 25 million rubles.

The exposition of the Irkutsk Tea Museum presents four sections: "History of the Irkutsk Tea Trade", "Irkutsk Tea Factory", "Tea in Irkutsk" and "Modern Tea Merchants, the project "Tea Way". The museum presents exhibits of the middle and end of the XIX century from the funds of the Museum of the History of Irkutsk. Of great interest are the items reflecting the history of the tea trade, the press service of the city hall reports.

In the section "History of the Irkutsk tea trade" you can get acquainted with the map, which depicts tea transportation routes, photos telling about Irkutsk merchants-tea traders and tea producers, samples of tea and tea packages of the late XIX - early XX centuries.

You can learn all about samovars, get acquainted with the recipes of tea preparation and traditions of its use in the section "Tea in Irkutsk". Here are samples of tea dishes, packaging from sweets.

In the Soviet era, in 1933, in Irkutsk, a tea-making factory was created, one of the largest in the country. During the first year of its operation, the company produced 127 tons of baikh tea. In the 1950s, the output of the Irkutsk factory was equal to half of all tea produced in the USSR. You can find out more about this and many other things in the section "Irkutsk Tea Shapping Factory".

The section "Modern tea merchants, the project "Tea Way" introduces modern samples of tea products, tells about modern tea merchants, contains information about tourist sites of the route "Tea Way".

In addition to the expositions, the museum will have a tea room where you can not just drink a cup of tea, but participate in the ceremony of the Siberian tea party.

The presentation of the Tea Museum took place on June 4 on City Day. It will open for visitors in September this year.

Source: http://bus-lunch.irktorgnews.ru