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Museums' Night  

 
   15-16 May 2010, The Suvorov Memorial Museum together with many other museum institutions of St. Petersburg participated in the festivity “Museums' Night”. Despite the name of this very popular feast, the “Night” celebration started at the Suvorov Museum much earlier, at noon. This was done for young visitors, who enjoyed a fascinating presentation and theater show on the invincible Russian historic commander - Alexander Suvorov. Children and parents also attended the performance of the old famous film “Suvorov”, after which all of them took a quiz. Every boy and girl - rightly answering questions on Russian history, military, and culture - gained a present.

    The night festivity, as such, consisted of a few amusing parts. First of all - “Evening at Suvorov's”, when guests of the museum were given a warm reception and treated to traditional “Suvorov's soldierly cuisine”, including a shot of vodka and a turnip sandwich. After this, all the museum visitors had a very informative guided tour, followed by a brilliant concert of classical music.

    The beginning of the outdoor program “May Thunder of Victory Sound!” was marked by a six-volley artillery salute. People, attracted by the canon shooting, as well as by music and drumming, turned out to see girl-drummers show; performance of a military band, and  tremendous firework in the fashion of the 18th century. Reenactors in historical Russian and French uniforms revived episodes of the drilling of soldiers from the Napoleonic Age.
The “Museums' Night” ended with the film program “History in Fiction”.
It was more than two thousand guests, who took part in the celebration. Many of them signed the museum's guest book, “The program for children was extremely interesting ... My son, I believe, will remember this museum forever... Many thanks to the organizers of this show, fascinating both for kids and grown-ups. It is really nice that we were given such a regal reception”.
“Great! Not a single minute here was boring!”
“Good Night! Excellent exhibition! Unforgettable atmosphere! Thank you very much! I will come to see this museum again with my friends”.