Lace museum

The idea of the Governor of the Vologda region Vyacheslav Pozgalyov to create a museum of lace was supported by the government, and in 2010 the museum of lace was opened to visitors.

The area of the museum is 1500 m2 Each room presents samples of the art craft of Vologda and the whole world from the late XIX - early XXI centuries. Also in the museum there are author’s lace works of famous masters of Vologda and samples of works of French, Belgian, German, Austrian and Polish lace centers.

The museum conducts exhibition, educational, fund and publishing work. Famous exhibitions: “The charm of European lace”, “Vologda lace – royal lace”, as well as presentations of annual new arrivals of samples of works from lace. In 2011, the museum held an international festival of lace, which was attended by craftsmen from 18 countries and 36 regions of Russia. This year, there was an action of the most mass lacemaking, in which 570 craftsmen worked 2 hours in a row. The action was included in the Book of Records of Russia.