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
Vologda will become home to XVI International Theatre Festival “Voices of History" from June 19 throughout 27. The festival has long been a hallmark of the Vologda Region, it is a favourite festival of all theatre-goers.
This summer Vologda will host several inter-regional and international events - International Drama Festival Voices of History, International Folk Crafts Festival “City of Crafts” and VOICES Festival (VOlogda Independent Cinema from European Screens).
An agreement on holding the International Forum "Wood in Architecture" in Vologda was signed within the framework of XXХI International Festival Zodchestvo 2023 held at Gostiny Dvor, Moscow from October 31 until November 02, 2023. This year, for the first time in history, the Wood in Architecture forum will not be held in Moscow.
Vologda will host the International Folk Crafts Festival “City of Crafts” on June 27-30, 2024. Applications for participation in the festival can be sent by May 20 at gorod_remesel@mail.ru.
13.05.2024
Free museum day on May 15.
On May 15th, many of the region's museums and galleries offer free entry in order to have a more diverse range of visitors.
Since 2010 the VOICES (Vologda Independent Cinema from European Screens) Festival has been held in Vologda, an old Russian city in northwestern Russia.
The festival "Voices of History", which emerged in 1991 as a review of the performances of professional theatres in the historical and architectural ensemble of the unique environment of the Vologda Kremlin has long been a hallmark of the Vologda Region, a favourite festival of all theatre-goers.
Vologda’s museums will take part in the annual international campaign Night of Museums.
On April 12, the first large-scale exhibition in Vologda dedicated to the art of Japanese graphic stories opened in Vologda. It will last till June 9.
Vologda will host the International Folk Crafts Festival “City of Crafts” on June 27-30, 2024.