Museum of the History of Russian Head scarf and shawls

A unique museum dedicated to the history of the Russian scarf and shawl, opened in the city, which for more than 150 years is famous for silk, semi-silk and wool stuffed scarves and shawls. The basis of the museum funds is a private collection of headscarves, shawls, women's headgear and household items of the 18-20th century. Among the exhibits are unique handkerchiefs of gold embroidery, Nizhny Novgorod headscarves made of silk taffeta, wool stuffed and woven scarves and shawls of various famous manufactories of Moscow and the central provinces of Russia with characteristic artistic styles; silk and semi-silk (repse) headscarves of manufactories of Bogorodsky and Kolomna districts of Mosk lips are shown. Presented are cotton sitcenabial headscarves produced by Prokhorovskaya Trekhgornaya Manufactory and sitcenabive f-kami of the Vladimir Bay. The presented items were popular among women of the noble, merchant, philistine and peasant estates. Interesting handkerchiefs printed in honor of the most important historical events of the Russian state. One of the tasks of the museum is to show the headscarf in all its diversity: according to the types of fabric, methods of decoration, as an integral part of Russian traditional costume; to convey to the visitors an interesting story of the emergence and spread of the Russian headscarf, which became a reflection of the soul of the people.