Valery Rubtsov Cinema Museum

Two film clubs operate in the museum’s new STARGOROD screening room. “Visiting a Fairy Tale” is a family club showing classic Soviet animation in high quality on Saturdays at 13:00 and 15:00. “Soviet Screen” brings favorite films back to the big screen, with optional discussion and background stories; screenings are on Saturdays at 17:00. Permanent exhibitions explore film history. “Black and White of the Great Silent Era” recreates cinema of the first half of the 20th century, from antique magic lanterns to cameras and projectors, with sets evoking black-and-white film, color-film production, an old electric theater, the avant-garde of the 1920s, a front-line cameraman and Soviet Novgorod newsreels. “I Am an Amateur Filmmaker” covers Soviet amateur cinema, including a 1960s enthusiast’s room, a Soviet film-goods shop, a hands-on editing table, a real movie camera and a children’s corner with film toys and filmstrips. “Stars in Kiosks” presents postcards of Soviet film actors from the 1930s to the 1980s. “Made in the USSR” gives a short history of Soviet photographic equipment, with dozens of cameras and the full process from film and developing to photographic paper and printing. The museum also displays film posters, books and magazines, stamps, matchbox labels and other cinema memorabilia.