Visiting Old English Court

In the Upper Chambers you will see how the life of English merchants and entrepreneurs of the 16th–17th centuries was structured, what they imported and exported from Russia and how trade was organized.
The exhibition “ALEXANDER DEINEKA. Kursk anomaly." An exhibition dedicated to the memory of two outstanding figures of Russian culture: the artist Alexander Deineka and the writer Nikolai Gogol, whose anniversaries are celebrated this year.

Exhibition “ALEXANDER DEINEKA. Kursk Anomaly” is an exhibition of one painting. The main subject was the work “Troika”, written by Alexander Deineka in 1952 for the 100th anniversary of the death of Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol, from the collection of the Kursk State Art Gallery. For the first time in 30 years, the painting can be seen live.

“The image of the Troika, created by the brilliant genius of the writer and embodied by the talented brush of the artist in a large-scale painting, will become a bridge between the two titans of Russian culture,” says exhibition curator Anastasia Zhukova.

The work, measuring 3.0 x 1.25 m, was presented at the exhibition “Gogol” in Moscow in 1952, as well as at personal exhibitions of Alexander Deineka in Kursk, Kiev and Riga in 1966-1967, in Kursk in 1974- 1975, 1989 and in Moscow in 1980 and 1990. And now, 30 years later, guests of the Old English Courtyard museum will be able to see it again.

At the exhibition, viewers will see not only the painting, but also a copy of the book “The Works of N.V. Gogol. Volume three. The Adventures of Chichikov or Dead Souls: A Poem,” 1889. The publication is interesting because the design of the book uses a drawing created by Gogol personally for the first edition of the poem “Dead Souls” in 1846. The writer depicted a troika rushing at full speed. The exhibit was provided by the Rare Books Department of the Scientific Library of the Presidential Academy (RANEPA).

In addition, in the multimedia collection of the #PODKLET project, viewers will be able to familiarize themselves with the biographies of the writer and artist, a story about the image of the Russian troika in art, as well as a curatorial analysis of the elements of the exhibited painting, which gives a complete picture of all the plans of Alexander Deineka. You can expand your understanding of the artist’s work by watching interviews with experts from the Kursk State Art Gallery named after A.A. Deineka: Igor Aleksandrovich Pripachkin - director of the gallery, Marina Sergeevna Tarasova - deputy director for science and Mikhail Evgenievich Denisov - restoration artist, gallery employee, member Creative Union of Artists. The curatorial group specially visited the museum in Kursk to shoot video materials right in the artist’s small homeland.

And the visual design of the White Stone Podklet was created by the artist Nikita Lukinsky, the author of the telegram channel “Unease the Soul” and a permanent co-curator of exhibitions of the #PODKLET project, as well as neuro-artist Valeria Titova, the author of the telegram channel “AiILera”, who animated the elements of the canvas on large mirror exposure screens.

Age: 0+
Recommended inspection time: 45-60 minutes
Maximum number of visitors: 15 people.

Monday is a sanitary day.

Weekday and weekend tickets
Adults over 18 years old – 350 ₽
Visitors from 7 to 18 years old – 175 ₽
Students, large families, Heroes of Socialist Labor, Heroes of Labor of the Russian Federation, full holders of the Order of Labor Glory, labor veterans, veterans of military service, disabled people of groups I, II, III, pensioners – 175 ₽
Full-time students of specialized educational institutions in the specialty “Museum Studies”, “Archival Studies”, “Cultural Studies”, “History”, “Archaeology”, “Art History”, “Architecture”, “Design”, “Painting”, employees of museums of the Russian Federation , members of ICOM, members of the Union of Artists, Architects of the Russian Federation, Creative Union of Artists of Russia - free with a ticket, can be purchased at https://welcome.zaryadyepark.ru/#visiting_the_old_english_court
Orphans and children left without parental care, students and orphans and children left without parental care, disabled children accompanying a disabled child, children under seven years of age, veterans of the Great Patriotic War, including including home front workers, participants in the defense of Moscow, persons awarded the medal “For the Defense of Leningrad” or the badge “Resident of Siege Leningrad”, disabled people of the Great Patriotic War, combat veterans, disabled combat veterans, Heroes of the Soviet Union, Heroes of the Russian Federation, full holders of the Order of Glory , as well as military personnel undergoing military service upon conscription - free with a ticket, can be purchased on the page https://welcome.zaryadyepark.ru/#visiting_the_old_english_court

As part of the “Moscow Museum Week”, on Monday of the third week of the month, entry to the Old English Courtyard with a free ticket. You must first register on the event page.

Ticket return
If you return your ticket online less than two hours before the scheduled visit time, you will receive 50% of its full cost. No refunds will be given once the session has started. Before purchasing tickets, please read the conditions for purchasing and returning tickets.

The event participates in the “Museums for Children” campaign.
Moscow schoolchildren and college students can visit the museum for free using a social card, a Mosvenok card, or by presenting a certificate of education. More details on the project page.

The event participates in the “Pushkin Card” campaign
Tickets purchased using the Pushkin Card must be presented at the information desk for verification with an identity document. The full list of programs can be found on the promotion page.