Museum of Russian National Writing
Yaroslavl Oblast
Contact information
Yaroslavl, Trefoleva ul., building 11
E-mail: arutcev@yandex.ru
Phone number:
+7 (960) 526-88-23 (Tretyakova Larisa Ivanovna)
+7 (930) 112-68-60 (Svetlana Vitalievna Rudenko)
Operating hours
Mon – Thurs: 11:00 – 19:00,
Sat – Sun: 14:00 – 19:00
(The last guided tour starts at 5:30 PM)
Fri: closed
(Please pre-register for the guided tour)
Ticket price
One-hour guided tour
Groups of up to 15 people – 2000 RUB
Groups of up to 30 people – 3000 RUB
One-hour workshop for up to 15 people – 3000 RUB
Family tour and workshop – 250RUB/person
Disabled people and preschoolers – free entrance.
Museum Founder
Arutsev Yuri Ivanovich
Museum Founder
Tretyakova Larisa Ivanovna
Museum Founder
Arutseva Liubov Yurievna
Founded
2020
The Museum of Russian National Writing was opened on the basis of the operating author’s school of Yu. I. Arutsev « Russian calligraphy and Vyaz» following the School Board decision. Among the first displayed artifacts were writing tools from earlier centuries, Orgtechnika Yaroslavl Museum pointed pens and penholders, school copybooks from the 20th century, rare books, and original calligraphy works of the school calligraphers. Currently there are more than 500 exhibits.
The collection is organized into several sections:
A. Official Writing. Presenting more than 200 calligraphy pieces by students and masters of the school.
B. Monogram Art. Presenting about 50 artworks by the school’s calligraphy masters.
C. Calligraphy on Photos. New movement in hand-lettering art. Presenting 5 artworks by the school founder.
D. Yaroslavl Vyaz. New movement in the Russian Vyaz art, started in the 1990s. Presenting 25 original artworks by the school masters.
E. My Golden Signature. New movement in the art of developing a personal signature. Presenting about a hundred original signature designs by people from Russia and abroad.
F. Calligrapher Library. Collection of books on lettering and calligraphy, its history and evolution, including rare editions, penmanship and calligraphy original teaching methods developed by the school alumni.
