Museum of the Belarusian book printing in Polack, Printing history museum in Polack, Belarus.
The Museum of the Belarusian Book Printing occupies the former Brotherhood School of the Polotsk Epiphany Monastery, an 18th-century architectural monument. Its 15 halls on two floors cover 928 m² and display 2,500 exhibits, most of them books. Among the old printed rarities are the 1595 Vilnius Mamonichey edition of the Didactic Gospel, Hieronim Faletski's 1558 Twelve Speeches from the Aldine press in Venice, and a 1628 Moscow General Menaion.
The museum opened on 8 September 1990, during celebrations of the 500th anniversary of Francysk Skaryna's birth. It occupies the former Brotherhood School of the Polotsk Epiphany Monastery, an 18th-century architectural monument. On 25 March 1994, several of its exhibition halls became the Simeon of Polotsk Museum-Library.
The museum opened on 8 September 1990, during celebrations of the 500th anniversary of Francysk Skaryna's birth. On 25 March 1994, several of its exhibition halls became the Simeon of Polotsk Museum-Library, named after the Polotsk-born poet and scholar. The building itself is the former Brotherhood School of the Polotsk Epiphany Monastery, an 18th-century architectural monument.
The museum occupies the former Brotherhood School of the Polotsk Epiphany Monastery, an 18th-century building. Its 2,500 exhibits are arranged across 15 halls on two floors, covering 928 m², so allow time to move between the two levels. The building is a listed architectural monument in Polotsk.
The museum displays both historical manuscripts and modern printed materials within a single institution. This dual approach is uncommon in Belarus and shows how printing evolved from early handwritten texts to contemporary works.
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