Lecture Hall from the Branches of the Museum of Moscow

The historians of the branches of the Museum of Moscow will tell about Pancake Week traditions in Russia and abroad:

- at 15:30 - a lecture on the game culture of pre-Petrine Moscow “Games on the brink of spring”, which will be held by the head of the Old English Court Museum Alexander Sotin.

- 16:15 - lecture "Old Russian Musical Instruments" from Alexander Afanasyev, head of the department of scientific and educational work of the Museum of Archeology. Listeners will learn what musical instruments were made of and hear how they sounded.

- 17:10 - lecture "Shrovetide in the German style." Dmitry Beziev, head of the research and educational sector of the Lefortovo History Museum, will talk about Pancake week traditions in Russia, Pancake week carnivals in Europe and the customs of winter farewell in Russia and Germany.

- 18:00 - Sergey Shpakovsky, a book columnist, a lover of Moscow walks and city stories, co-author of the series “Walking with Gilyarovsky” at the Gilyarovsky Center will hold a lecture “Shrovetide in books and stories”.