Project
Exhibition “Slantsy: Five Lives of One Land” at Slantsy Historical and Local History Museum
Category
Best Implemented Project of Temporary or Permanent Museum Exposition
About the project (provided by the applicant)
The new exhibition at the Slantsy Historical and Local History Museum, “Slantsy: Five Lives of One Land,” opened in 2025 following a major renovation of the museum. The renewal project marked the beginning of the museum’s new mission: to present local history within the context of global historical processes, connecting past, present, and future.
The exhibition is dialogical, engaging visitors in envisioning the future based on understanding the past of the specific territory — the city of Slantsy and the Slantsy District of Leningrad Region. Of the five “lives” (thematic-chronological periods), four are already history, while the fifth is just beginning. Its outcome depends on those who visit the museum today. Architectural and design solutions create an industrial aesthetic — reflecting the city’s industrial identity — while maintaining a welcoming and open environment where visitors feel confident and safe.
Location
Exhibition Hall “Slantsy Historical and Local History Museum,” 14 Kirova St., Slantsy, Leningrad Region, Russia
Project implementation year
2025
Project website
https://vk.com/video-92545056_456239470
Extra visual materials
Video about the exhibition: https://vk.com/video-92545056_456239470
Channel One story on the exhibition opening: https://vk.com/video-212768473_456241606
Museum digital communications expert Anna Mikhaylova on visiting the Slantsy Museum: https://vk.com/clip-92545056_456239506
Photo gallery by Alisa Gil: https://disk.yandex.ru/d/Dva7acUTXDU0hQ
Applicant
State Budget Institution of Leningrad Region “Museum Agency”
The Museum Agency is a state organization uniting 24 museums across Leningrad Region: local history, literary, military-historical, art, and memorial museums, manor museums, and fortress museums. Its collections hold over 360,000 items, including archaeological artifacts, iconography, decorative arts, everyday objects, and memorial items related to figures of Russian culture such as Pushkin, Olenin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Roerich, and Bilibin.
Authors of the project
Director of the Museum Agency Lesya Kolesnikova; creative team: Alexander Volkov, Leonid Kopylov, Yegor Larichev, Anna Rapoport, Ivan Grinko, Nikita Sazonov; architect Dmitry Mukhin
Photo
Alisa Gil, Irina Yedoshina
Customer
Government of Leningrad Region
Status of the project
Implemented
