The Folk Graphics Museum, Moscow was founded in the year 1992 after the initiative taken by the artist Viktor Penzin. The Museum is situated in a building which was formerly was the occupation of the art and publishing center. The Folk Graphics Museum, Moscow is dedicated to a traditional form of Russian engraving, called the LUBOK, which originated in the 18th century. The history of LUBOK is an important aspect of the Russian visual arts history.
The permanent exhibition at Folk Graphics Museum, Moscow presents early Russian engravings which dates back from the 18th century. The highlights which are included are the only LUBOK copy of the bible and there are engravings by the famous artists like Venetsianov and Makevich.
One has to visit the Folk Graphics Museum, Moscow by invitation only. Moscow has other museums as well to visit and these are the Decorative and Folk Arts Museum, Folk Art Museum, State Tretyakov Art Gallery, State Tretyakov Gallery on Krimsky Val. The others are Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts and Roerich International Museum of Old Russian Art.
Apart from Folk Graphics Museum, Moscow, you will find here in Moscow legions of other attraction sites to visit and some of these are Great Kremlin Palace, Tretiakov Gallery, Red Square, Monument to Peter the Great, Gorky Park, Olympic Sports Complex, Ostankino, Victory Park, Moscow Zoo, Hermitage Gardens, Tolstoi House-Museum, Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics, Moskovskii Tsirk, Tsar Bell, The Art of Ancient Civilization, Kolomenskoe, Arkhangelskoe, Russian State Library, Alexander Gardens, Dostoevskii Museum, Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Izmailovo Park, Glinka Museum of Musical Culture, Lenin's Mausoleum, Gertsev Gallery and Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception.
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