Ձիաբուծության թանգարան, Horse Breeding Museum in Moscow, Russia.
This museum holds a collection of around 3,000 artworks including paintings, prints, and sculptures that depict various horse breeds and their roles in daily life and work. The displays also feature historical carriages, saddles, and preserved remains of influential breeding stallions.
The building opened as a museum in 1929, housed in the former Imperial Racing Society structure, and incorporated the art collection from horse breeder Yakov Butovich. This established a space dedicated to recording the development of Russian horse breeding through visual documentation.
The collection illustrates how horses shaped Russian life through art depicting riders, farm work, and daily activities across different social classes. Visitors can see how deeply these animals were woven into the fabric of Russian society across many generations.
The museum is located at 44 Timiryazevskaya Street and welcomes individual visitors on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00 to 16:00. Guided group tours can be arranged by advance request at other times or days.
The collection includes a vast archive of 55,000 photographic negatives, video materials, and publications that record the evolution of Russian horse breeding practices. This extensive documentation is often overlooked by visitors but offers rare insight into the animal husbandry history behind the artworks on display.
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