Jewelry art is a distinctive cultural focus in Krasnoye-on-the-Volga. The Museum of Jewelry and Applied Arts hosts temporary exhibitions featuring crafts, painting, and graphic art by artists from Krasnoye and Kostroma. This brings craftsmanship and fine art together, offering different ways to engage with the exhibition themes.
Exhibition titles include “The History of Krasnoye Jewelry Craftsmanship,” “Krasnoye Filigree,” and “I w risach obraza” (“And in the Robes of the Icon”). As these are temporary exhibitions, it is advisable to check the current selection before your trip.
Culture and Landscapes in Kostroma Oblast
Kostroma Oblast has other distinctive cultural and natural attractions. Shchelykovo is the estate of Russian playwright Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky. Guided tours of the park and house take place at 10:00, 11:30, 13:00, 14:30, and 15:30. They are available to groups of five or more, or for a fee covering five people. Check the current times and conditions before planning your visit.
At the Susanino Local History Museum, exhibits in five halls tell the story of the Susanino region in sequence, covering nature, archaeology, history, culture, and everyday life. The renewed exhibition “At the Crossroads of History and Legend” preserves Ivan Susanin and Savrasov’s “The Rooks Have Arrived” as motifs of importance to the region. The museum also offers walking and bus excursions to places associated with Ivan Susanin, including the Isupovo Marsh and the villages of Derevenki and Domnino. Check the availability of excursions in advance.
In Kostroma, also in Kostroma Oblast, “Kostromskaya Sloboda” features historic wooden houses and churches, as well as ethnographic exhibitions about the lives of peasants in the Kostroma region. The Kostroma Museum of Nature’s permanent exhibition places present-day animals, birds, insects, and fungi alongside the paleontological past of the Kostroma region. The two museums explore cultural history in different ways: one through historic buildings and insights into peasant life, the other through natural history from the present to paleontology.
The Museum of Dreams in Nerekhta tells the city’s story through the lives of people who dared to dream big. Their stories are conveyed through original memorabilia. This personal approach offers a contrast to the thematically arranged halls in Susanino and the craft exhibitions in Krasnoye-on-the-Volga.
For nature enthusiasts, the Kologrivsky Les State Nature Reserve comprises two separate areas that preserve different landscapes of the southern taiga, with zonal and provincial physical-geographical characteristics. The reserve’s “Journey into the Protected Forest” tour includes a visit to the ecological trail of the same name. The trail passes through a section of old-growth southern taiga forest. Check the tour’s operating conditions before your trip.
Discover more destinations: Kostroma, Lipki, Drenevo, Sukhonogovo, Sharya, Sudislavl, Nerekhta, Gustomesovo
For the overview of the wider region: Kostroma Oblast.
