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
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).
X International Folk Crafts Festival “City of Crafts” will be held in Vologda on June 27-30.
The festival has been staged in the Kirillo-Belozersky museum for several years. Clubs from different Russian cities will take part in it. This festival is one of the most spectacular summer events in Kirillov.
The International Forum "Wood in Architecture" will take place on July 18-20. It focuses on the wooden architecture and constructions in the future perspective.
The festival has long been a hallmark of the Vologda Region, it is a favourite festival of all theatre-goers.
Intermuseum, an international museum festival initiated by Russia's Ministry of Culture and the Government of Moscow in 1999, took place on May 23-25 in Moscow.
Kirillo-Belozersky Museum and Vologda State Meseum-Reserve rank among the top most visited museums in Russia.
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).
On April 12, the first large-scale exhibition dedicated to the art of Japanese graphic stories opened at the Shalamov Memorial House, Vologda.
Vologda’s museums will take part in the annual international campaign Night of Museums.