Architectural and ethnographic museum "Semenkovo"
Russia, Vologda district, May rural settlement, Semenkovo village
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In the Architectural and Ethnographic Museum of the Vologda region, a picture of a Russian village of the late 19th – early 20th centuries has been recreated. Here visitors are invited to get acquainted with the traditions of their ancestors, the origins of the culture of the Russian people. The ensemble includes 16 old manors, St. George’s Church of the 18th century, as well as an agricultural complex with a field, grain barns, vines, humm, windmills and fairgrounds.
The museum was opened in 1979 and is a monument of federal significance. On the territory of 12.7 hectares there are monuments of Russian wooden architecture of the 19th century, which were transported from Nyuksen, Tarnog, Totem districts of the Vologda region. The architectural and ethnographic museum actively cooperates with educational institutions, conducts educational activities, is engaged in research and restoration work.