Museum Tula Samovar In 1990 in the building

Museum «Tula Samovar»

In 1990 in the building in 8 Mendeleyevskaya Street the museum «Tula Samovar» was opened. It᾽s one of the youngest museums of our town.

The Lisitsyns brothers Ivan and Nazar maked the beginning of the samovrs᾽ production in Tula by opening in 1778 the first samovar workshop in Shtykovaya street.

The shapes and models of the samovars worked out by Tula masters during the XIX and the beginning of the XX century are multiformed.

The ballshaped samovar

The vase -shaped samovar

The pear – shaped samovar

The kerosene samovar The electric samovar

The differentiation of samovars according to the purpose was very wide: samovars for boiling water, samovars- coffee-pots, portable samovars

At the post-war time the production of samovars in Tula was concentrated at the plant «Stamp»

Many wares of Tula samovar masters were presented at the largest exhibitions in Russia and abroad. More than once they were marked with the greatest rewards.

Tula Honey Cake Museum

Tula Honey Cake Museum is of is one the youngest museums of Tula. It became very popular not only in Tula but also in many other towns of our country. The exposition presents the smallest gingerbread (a bit larger than a coin, and a giant one – one pood in weight).

You will be told about the ancient traditions and ceremonies, you will see the modern productions of gingerbread and the way they were cooked in old – time forms.

Modern productions of gingerbread

Complete the following sentences: When we speak about Tula, we remember the famous Tula…. One of the first Tula samovar made in the. . . workshop. The tourists will have the opportunity to taste the … with the tea. The true fame to the samovar was created by Tula ….