Vitoslavlitsy Museum of Wooden Architecture
Музей деревянного зодчества «Витославлицы»
An open-air museum where wooden churches, farmhouses, mills and bell towers moved from across Novgorod Oblast are set among woodland and lakes.
The museum has collected about 20 wooden buildings from the 16th to 19th centuries. The most striking are the 1531 Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos and the St Nicholas Church with its tiered spire. Inside the farmhouses, life for northern Russian peasants has been recreated. In summer, there are folk crafts, bell-ringing and festival performances. Admission costs about 5 euros' worth of roubles. The museum is about 5 km from the city centre, right next to the Yuriev Monastery, and the two sites can be visited on foot together.
Opening hours
Approx. 10:00–18:00 (shorter in winter)
Nearby sights
- Yuriev Monastery
- Peryn Skete
- Rurikovo Gorodishche
- Kokui Tower
- Novgorod Museum-Reserve (Main Building)
- Novgorod Detinets (Kremlin)
- Millennium of Russia Monument
- Yaroslav's Court