Hrodna State Historical and Archaeological Museum Collections

The Virtual gallery features 500 museum objects that are stored in the exhibitions and collections of the Establishment of Culture “Hrodna State Historical and Archaeological Museum” and reflect the historical and literary heritage of Hrodna region in the late XIX-early XX centuries. The listed items belong to 24 museum collections, such as rare books, rare periodicals, greeting cards, household items and personal household goods, photographic prints, manuscripts, documents, posters and play-bills, maps and plans, objects of mass culture and souvenirs, musical instruments , arts and crafts, icons and other.

Undeniably interesting are the documents, manuscripts, books, family photos of the Bahdanovichy family, their relatives and friends. The first picture of Maxim and his mother made ​​in Hrodna in the photo studio of  I.I.Sadowsky-L.M.Kazlowsky,  metrics of  baptism of the Bahdanovichy children, an envelope from the main depot of musical instruments in St. Petersburg, addressed to Maria Apanasawna Bahdanovich, personal belongings, poet Maxim Bogdanovich’s  picture frame and  silver teaspoon, a collection of poems by M. Bahdanovich “Wreath” (1913), autographed by Adam Bahdanovich (father of  Maxim), by Anna Valasovych-Hraznova and Yanka Bryldrawvisitors’ attention.

In the collection “Rare books” you can find descriptions of original publications of the end of the XIX-th–the beginning of the XX-th centuries:  works by E.Azheshka, A. Mickievich, V.Syrakomlia, F. Bahushevich, Tsiotka,  Y.Kupala, Y.Kolas, K.Buyla, A.Pawlovich, M.Haretsky, B.Tarashkevich et al. The collection “Rare periodicals” is presented by the periodicals of the early twentieth century:  newspapers “Nasha Dolya”(Our Destiny) and “Nasha Niva” (Our Cornfield), magazines “Zhyttio Belarusa” (Life of a Belarusian), “Zhanotskaya Sprava” (Female Business), “Saha”(Wooden Plough), “Kryvich.”

The collection “Household Items and Goods” is noted by specification  of the interior items, housekeeping goods of the XIX-th—beginning of the XX-th centuries:a cupboard, a floor clock, a tea table, a chest of drawers, a sofa, a bookcase.

Porcelain vessels produced by “Brothers KuzniatsovySociety”, a paper cutter owned by Adam Mickievich (XIX c.), a badge “For Beauty” (1919, Hrodna), a folder-logger “Ideal” made at the   Niomanskaya factory of  bookbinding products (early twentieth century, Hrodna), the sign “Sofia Brotherhood of Hrodna” (1907, St.Petersburg), a playbill  “Butrim Niamira”  and “Dear Kiss” (1920, Hrodna ) printed on  dark red silkare of  considerable interest.

The collection “Postcards” have the descriptions of postcardsfrom different publishers  with images of landscapes and architectural monuments of Hrodna, Minsk, Vilnius, Yaroslavl and other cities.