Guded tours around the museum
Museum Tour
During the tour around the museum you discover the peculiarities of hand weaving of the late 19th - early 20th centuries in Polotsk, Glubokoye, Miory, Sharkovshchina, Verkhnedvinsk, Postavy, Dokshitsky Rayons of Vitebsk Oblast from planting flax to the finished product through the calendar cycle of nature’s change.
Themed tour "Flax and Cloth: Myth and Reality"
The tour presents the flax and flax products as important part of Belarusian traditional culture, it reveals their sacred meaning and uncovers the secrets of craftsmanship.
Master classes
Master class on painting a shopping bag with acrylic paints
Shopping bags with various prints are always relevant and always in trend!
DIY shopping bag? Easily! We offer you to decorate your bag with ornaments of traditional Belarusian textiles from the collection of the Polotsk National Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve.
(Bag is provided)
Herb weaving master-class (* available in July-August)
Walking through the summer meadow you can either assemble or bouquet or weave a tapestry, which will remind you of summer on a winter evening. Herb Weaving has a long tradition in Belarus. We offre you to weave a wondeerful decorative panel using a variety of herbs, leaves, flowers that grow along the road, in the meadow and in the forest.
Master-classes "Magic Felt Boots" or "Mittens for Christmas Miracles" (* available in December-January)
Christmas and New Year ... Both adults and children are looking forward to these magical holidays, choosing gifts for family and friends. And there is no better gift than a gift made with warmth and love by your own hands. It can be decorative felt boots and mittens for storing surprises, which will become a wonderful festive decoration for the interior!
Wedding ceremony "Yak zilisya dzve rechanki ..."
Photo session in the museum
A photo session in the Museum of Weaving, filled with light and warmth, will forever keep the most important moments in your memory.