Ministry of Culture
Overview
Main functions of the ministry:
- regulation of relations in the sphere of culture (art, cinema, protection and usage of historical and cultural heritage);
- support of museums, culture, art and national artistic trades institutions;
- preservation, revival and development of traditional crafts of the Vologda Region;
- management of service of libraries.
One of the primary functions of the Ministry of Culture is the preservation of the archives of Government Ministries and Departments and related administrative units, and this involves the selection of those records having permanent value, the arrangement and description of archives, and the provision of a reference service to scholars, to Government Ministries and Departments and to the general public. As the government's recordkeeping authority, the Ministry works to ensure effective information management and acts as the official guardian of Vologda Oblast's public archives.
The holdings of the archives and records service comprise records in a variety of media. This includes paper-based textual records, electronic records as well as audio-visual, photographic and cartographic material. Governmental bodies produce vast amounts of administrative records.
As an executive body with diverse functions, the Ministry carries out its mission through a number of subordinate offices and institutions. There are state and municipal archives in the Vologda Oblast.
The main functions of the Ministry and its subordinate institutions in the sphere of records activities include:
- to collect material in or about the Vologda Oblast;
- to preserve the archival heritage of the Vologda Oblast;
- to make the archival heritage accessible to people.
News
The fact is, most of us are going to be spending a lot of time at home. There are numerous cultural experiences at your fingertips to make your time indoors more artful and imaginative.
The Vologda Lace Museum, one of the most-visited museums in the Vologda Region, offers a peek at its wonderful treasures with free multimedia guide with augmented reality in the ARTEFACT application.
As homebound residents of the Vologda Region scramble for activities to fill their waking hours, cultural institutions are looking for ways to keep eyes pointed their way.
The International Lace Festival VITA LACE announced it would postpone until June 2021, taking into account the adverse epidemiological situation.
Gates to the North announced it would postpone until September 2020, a decision "aligned with the recent Volodga Region Government recommendations aimed at containing the spread of the coronavirus."
Gates to the North is an inter-regional event, show and exhibition for the tourism industry. The exhibition is an event with a long tradition. This year it will be held for the 19th time.
The 15th International Trade Fair for Travel and Tourism, co-organized with the Russian Federal Agency for Tourism will be held at Expocentre, Russia, Moscow, on March 12-14. This year it will gather representatives from 143 countries.
Vologda City will host IV International Lace Festival VITA LACE on June 25-28, 2020. The International Lace Festival VITA LACE collects everything related to the world of linen industry: fabrics, clothes, textile, souvenirs, as well as looms, spinning machines and accessories.
Held annually, Gates to the North is one of the top travel exhibitions in Russia’s North-West and is highly valued by the interregional tourism community.
The famous Italian architect Elisabetta Fabbri arrived in the Vologda Region to give a course of lectures on architectural restoration at the Vologda State University. Specialists from Russia and Italy exchanged experience in preserving the world's cultural heritage.