Exhibition «Hymn to Glass» of 300 exhibits opened in Gus-Khrustalny

"Hymn to glass" is sung in Gus-Khrustalny. An exhibition of three hundred exhibits opened there. Their authors are Gusev masters who worked in the city of glassmakers in the 19th and 20th centuries. The new exposition was dedicated to their talent, as well as to the anniversary of the Maltsov Crystal Museum. This year he is forty years old. The project of the Vladimir-Suzdal Museum-Reserve introduces glass samples, photographs and documents.

- I love the Maltsov Museum and idolize it for a long time, It is our pride and beauty!

Expressive poetry - in spectacular scenery. This is the Maltsov Crystal Museum. In Gus-Khrustalny - the most visited attraction. Today they sing "Hymn to Glass" here - through three hundred exhibits.

Alexey Sokolov, head of Gus-Khrustalny

The history of how technology has changed, how crystal has changed, how the products that the factory produces have changed - we can see it all here.

Exhibition at the turn of the century. "Hymn to Glass" is a project that united two centuries. 19-20 century - the period of the highest technological progress. Masters of the Gusev factory create unique things. Bold. Bright. Copyright. All thanks to the technology that is still in demand. And the masters, and customers.

Vladimir Chertorogov, General Director of the Gusevsky Crystal Factory

Therefore, there are a number of partners, a number of their own stores - in Gus, in Vladimir and in Moscow. And thanks to this, a start was given to develop further, yes.

The exhibition is full house. Among the guests are students of the local college. For them, they also created such an exposition. This is the equipment without which it is impossible to imagine the production of glass in the new millennium. And young people also want to engage in this craft.

Alexey Sokolov, head of Gus-Khrustalny

It is also important that not so long ago a glassblowing workshop was opened on the basis of the college, where the guys now receive the main specialty - the same related to glass, but as part of an additional program they learn how furnaces work, how master blowers work and it is important to prepare their shift.

Both masters with experience and young glassmakers are united by one thing - originality. The facets of talent shine brighter and brighter - in color, forms, ideas. Such exhibits replenish the museum's collection - one of the best in the world. Now it consists of 12 thousand items. Some of them are in display cases for the first time. You can see them until June 18 at the Maltsov Crystal Museum.

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