Ding-ding and don-dong - that's how musical, withsounds of the old church bell for the first time in its centuries-old history The Volgograd Regional Museum of Local Lore opened an exhibition of valuable pre-revolutionary from its storerooms.
At the same time,collections of bells of private owners and whole Volgograd collectives. The largest collection has more than a thousand voiced and iridescent artifacts. The collection of medium size is somewhere around 400-500 melodic copies. Among the owners are famous people, for example Volgograd politician Sergei Gornyakov, teacher of the Volgograd Technical University Anna Zarudneva. The Volgograd Lyceum No. 5 has been replenishing its vocal collection for many years. One of the most deserved school bells announced the beginning of the school year to generations of graduates.
The collector of bells can not be asked,in which ear he rings, because it rings everywhere, especially if the mini-bells are assembled by hundreds, or even a couple of thousand. Campanophilia, as it is called this hobby, has actively entered the Russian fashion from around the 90's, with the flourishing of the tourist business.
Bells are divided into ecclesiastical,they were hung up under the arc of a horse drawn from here, hence the name), for animals, ritual, sea, table (for calling), musical, and finally just decorative.
Sound collections are stored not only at home, but also inoffices, because these bell-shaped galleries are really beautiful, often it's not just souvenir consumer goods, but artwork. Or rarities - the bells of ancient bronze casting.
Eyes run up! .. Hundreds of bells of imaginable and inconceivable shapes and sizes, with bright drawings and funny inscriptions on "skirts" - ceramic bells from the Caucasus, porcelain from Moscow region, the finest author's color glass work from Venice, bells with Christmas wishes - from Germany, brass shipyard from Odessa , and from the Alpine meadows - rattles in embossed leather cases that hang on the neck of a grazing cow (in Russia, such ringing things called "cow botanas").
A bell-like bell is a symbol of peace. And it is understandable why a heavy leap year began with such an exhibition - it is the wish of good and consent to all-all.
The exhibition "Melodies of the Bells of the World" will last until March 15
At the exhibition you can see more than 50 pre-revolutionary bells.
Address of the museum: Lenin Prospekt, 7. Entrance fee for the general ticket to the museum: 100 rub. adult, 60 rubles. child. On them you can see other expositions.
