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Sometimes the heroes of fairy tales become so real that they feel cramped between the bookshelves. They leave the pages of their favorite books, turn into monuments, walk the streets of cities and even make cozy homes for themselves. Then museums dedicated to fairy-tale characters appear all over the world, where children and adults flock as if on wings. After all, who doesn’t dream of being in a fairy tale at least for a moment?

“Fairy tales are like old friends, you need to visit them from time to time,”- American writer George Martin once said. Don't waste a minute!

Moominvalley, Finland

On Kailo Island, off the coast Finnish city Naantali hides between the dense crowns of trees the magical Land of the Moomins. The museum was opened in 2003, and since then it has been a favorite vacation spot for local children. You will also enjoy looking into Moomin houses, climbing the tower, and running around on unusual bridges and stairs. There is a blue Moomin's house from the book, a yellow Hemulen house with a collection of butterflies, a witch's hut, and a bathhouse.

Friendly characters from popular books by writer Tove Janson walk around the museum's surroundings, delighting young visitors. You may meet Little My or Sniff, Moominpappa or Moominmama.

The summer theater regularly hosts performances and shows. The museum occupies an entire island and is connected to the old part of Naantali by a bridge. And you can get here by a special Moomin train.

Little Prince Museum, Japan

Surprisingly, the museum of a little hero with a big soul, created by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, is located not at all in Paris or Provence, where the writer is from, but in... the Japanese village of Hakone.

Cozy French houses and cafes will transport you to France even thousands of kilometers from the author’s homeland, and bright thematic paintings will immerse you in magical world works.

In the museum you will see not only exhibits dedicated to the Little Prince, but also to his creator. Original photographs, letters and diaries will reveal new facts from the writer’s biography.

Baron Munchausen Museum, Latvia

Do you know, dear friend, that the most truthful storyteller in the world - Baron Munchausen - is not a fictional character, but a real person. He lived in the 18th century and even visited Ukraine.

The Baron Munchausen Museum is located in the Latvian manor Dunte. The owners of the estate claim that it was here that the best years of the life of the baron and his wife passed. Here he pulled himself out of the swamp, planted a cherry tree between the antlers of a deer and flew to the Moon riding on the cannonball. It was here that I found my soul mate - the daughter of the owner of the estate.

A five-kilometer path with bizarre wooden monuments leads from Munchausen’s house to the sea: a hare with eight legs, flying fish, etc. The atmosphere of his time is created in the baron’s museum. The house is filled with hunting trophies, and at the entrance guests are greeted by the owner of the house himself, albeit in the form of a wax figure. But who knows, maybe she comes to life at night?

Harry Potter Museum, England

Miracles make your eyes widen. Fans of Harry Potter can spend hours wandering among the mysterious scenery of the film: stroll through Diagon Alley with a bunch of shops, sit at the dining tables Great Hall, see Mr. Weasley's flying car, and also learn how the portraits on the walls come to life in the frame.

The highlight of the museum is the Hogwarts school castle, or rather its model, 2.5 m high. Torches burn on the castle towers, and special lighting changes night to day every 4 minutes.

After walking through the halls of the film studio, you can have a snack in the “Sweet Kingdom” and buy a broom, a magic wand or a robe as a souvenir.

Mary Poppins Museum, Australia

If you love the work of Pamela Travers, visit the Australian city of Maryborough. It was there, in the writer’s homeland, that a house-museum dedicated to her work was opened. In front of the house you can see a monument to the author famous story about Mary Poppins. And not far from the estate is a coastal park, very similar to the one described in the books about the sorceress nanny.

If you arrive here on time summer holidays, be sure to visit the Mary Poppins Festival. During the holiday, races for local nannies are held here, steam locomotives are launched, and competitions are held kites and drawings on the asphalt. It will be fun!

Among the first books that parents read to their children, there are always fairy tales - funny, kind, scary, magical, instructive. Children read about Kolobok and Ryaba the Hen, older children read about Cinderella and the Steadfast Tin Soldier, Ivan Tsarevich and Vasilisa the Wise, Pinocchio and Mary Poppins. The heroes of fairy-tale books, cartoons and films are so loved by children that they migrate into their games and even become role models. Since the fairy tale often visits children, why not pay the fairy tale a return visit?

Kidpassage has prepared for you a selection of information about interesting museums fairy tales and storytellers. By including any of these museums in your excursion route, you will delight your children and together with them you will be able to immerse yourself in fairy world childhood.

House of Fairy Tales “Once Upon a Time” (Moscow, Russia)

You only have to say two words - “Once upon a time ...” - and the children will already prick up their ears, preparing to hear the fairy tale. And in the House of Fairy Tales you can also become a fairy-tale character yourself by trying on his costume during theatrical excursions. Such excursions are dedicated to Russian and Western European folk tales, epics and mythology, and author's fairy tales. Participate in the development of the plot, change it, fill it with new adventures and victories, create an old fairy tale in a new way - children will be able to do all this in the House of Fairy Tales. And besides, where else will you have the opportunity to feed the Serpent Gorynych or climb into the stove with Baba Yaga?

Note that excursion programs prepared specifically for children of different ages. The creators of the House plan to open a network fabulous museums. There is already a Pinocchio-Pinocchio Museum. Children with bated breath follow in the footsteps of the heroes of the fairy tale about the golden key, finding themselves either in Papa Carlo's closet, then by the pond where Tortilla lives, or in Malvina's cozy house. And soon the Museum of Russian Fairy Tales will start operating.

Museum website, photo: http://www.domskazok.ru/

“Fairy Tale House” (St. Petersburg, Russia)

If you look closely, the “Fairy Tale House” is not a house at all, but a whole fairy-tale country in which Ole Lukoye and the Golden Fish, Koschey the Immortal and Karabas-Barabas, the Three Bears and Puss-in-Boots live side by side. In this country there is also a place for little lovers of fairy tales: after all, they too can overcome all dangers, solve tricky riddles, complete tasks and make sure that the fairy tale ends happily. Traveling through the fantastic halls of the “Fairytale House”, the children will end up in Koshchei’s cave, listen to the steps of the scientist’s Cat, sit on the beds of Mikhail Ivanovich, Nastasya Petrovna and Mishutka, and master the control of Baba Yaga’s stupa. And actors in the guise of fairy-tale characters will help them get used to the fairy tale. Now there are two “Fairy Tale Houses” in St. Petersburg (on Gorkovskaya and on Pionerskaya).

“Glade of Fairy Tales” (Yalta, Ukraine)

No matter how good the scenery is, we still remember how many times fairy-tale heroes wandered through fields and dense forests. Therefore the museum is under open air The “Glade of Fairy Tales” has settled under the canopy of trees, and how can one not believe that this is a real fairy-tale forest. Here are collected sculptures of characters from various fairy tales: the mighty hero Svyatogor and the resourceful Zaporozhye Cossacks, the wretched Old Man with his Old Woman and the cheerful Khoja Nasreddin, Ellie with her faithful friends - the Scarecrow, the Woodcutter and the Brave Lion, a bunch of inhabitants of Teremok and many other characters from folk tales , fairy tales by Russian and foreign writers. For advice or help, as usual in fairy tales, here you need to go to Baba Yaga - she lives in a traditional hut on chicken legs. Maybe Yaga will first ask a tricky riddle - but since Ivan Tsarevich coped with her tasks, then the children will cope too. The summer theater also hosts fabulous performances.

Museum website, photo: http://polyana-skazok.org.ua

"Junibacken" (Stockholm, Sweden)

If, hearing the name Astrid Lindgren, you remember Carlson and Pippi Longstocking, then after visiting this museum you will probably want to read other books by this writer with your children. Lindgren's characters - mischievous inventors and dreamers - inhabit the museum. There are also characters from books by other Scandinavian writers - museum visitors meet them on Fairy Tale Square. On the playground, you can visit Pippi at the Chicken Villa to have fun with the mischievous red-haired inventor, and visit the houses of other fairy-tale characters. And the Fairytale Train will take you to visit the girl Madiken, to Emil from Lenneberga and suddenly soar into the air to turn onto the roof of Carlson, pick up Nils and the geese and go together to Roni, the robber’s daughter, and the Lionheart brothers. During the trip, you can listen to stories about all these heroes in Russian. The museum also hosts theatrical performances and game exhibitions.

Moomin Valley Museum (Tampere, Finland)

In the cozy twilight that reigned in the Moomintrolls’ home when it was time to hibernate, there is a museum where illustrations for Tove Jansson’s books about these well-fed handsome men and their friends are collected, as well as models of episodes from fairy tales about Moomintroll, Sniff , Snusmumrik and others. But the main attraction is the five-story Moomin house, 2.5 meters high, and you can look into every corner of it. And there is something to see there - there is even a treasure hidden in one of the nooks. Based on the museum collection, a multimedia program “Primordial Moominvalley” has been created, which allows you to wander through the fabulous Moominvalley and meet its inhabitants.

Museum website, photo: http://muumilaakso.tampere.fi/ru/

Moomin Park (Naantale, Finland)

Kailo Island is no different from the other islands off the coast of Finland, except that on its shore you can meet Moomintroll collecting shells for his mother. Here is located theme park, which is inhabited by the heroes of fairy tales by Tove Jansson. The Moomin house in the park is huge, you can visit all the rooms, even look into the kitchen for a treat. There are also the homes of other fairy-tale heroes here - Snusmumrik’s camp, Hemulen’s house and even Morra’s icy house. Friendly characters - Little My, Hemulen and, of course, the entire Moomin family - meet visitors and take pictures with them. In summer, guests have at their disposal a swimming pool and a children's beach, and in winter there is ample space for skiing and sledding.

Museum website, photo: http://www.muumimaailma.fi

Andersen Museum (Copenhagen, Denmark)

The famous children's storyteller, sitting down at the entrance to the house and looking at the fun in Tivoli Park - this is what the monument to Andersen looks like at the entrance to the museum. In the attic of the house where this wise and sad writer lived, his office has been recreated, Andersen himself sits at the table, and the view from his window is almost the same as it was several centuries ago. Surprises and surprises await visitors in the museum - a meeting with Thumbelina, a difficult journey following Tin soldier and mocking observation of the Naked King, who, showing off in front of the mirror, seems to be fully dressed. Thanks to 3D animation, you can find yourself in the atmosphere of Andersen's fairy tales.

Breteuil Castle (Rambouillet, France)

The Breteuil family is very famous in France, but its castle, built at the beginning of the 17th century, attracts many tourists not so much because of the history of the ancient noble family, but because of the fabulous atmosphere: the castle houses a museum of fairy tales by Charles Perrault. And it is inhabited by wax figures of characters from fairy tales beloved from childhood: Puss-in-Boots, who is plotting a new trick (there are more than 20 cats here - the fairy-tale cat, we remember, was omnipresent), Sleeping Beauty waiting for her prince, Cinderella dressed up for the ball, the villain Bluebeard and many others. In addition, the castle depicts scenes of important historical events for the French. In the castle park you can wander through the boxwood labyrinth, relax by the pond or have a picnic on the lawn. On Sundays, scenes from various fairy tales are performed here. The castle is especially beautiful during the Christmas and Easter holidays.

Museum website, photo: http://www.breteuil.fr/en/Perrault-Fairy-Tales/seven-fairy-tales.html

Brothers Grimm House Museum (Steinau an der Strasse, Germany)

Typical German half-timbered buildings - white walls, brown beams; near the house there is a tree in the shade of which there are wooden benches. This is the house where the Brothers Grimm, world-famous storytellers, lived. More precisely, two of them were storytellers, and the third, a musician and engraver, created many illustrations for his brothers’ fairy tales. His works, as well as drawings by other artists, are presented in the museum. And also old and new books in different languages, the plots of which are familiar from childhood: “The Town Musicians of Bremen”, “Hansel and Gretel”, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” and many others. The house combines the simple life of the Grimm family with modern interiors, also inhabited by characters from their favorite fairy tales. Even the wolf who threatened Little Red Riding Hood bares his teeth, but does no harm.

Museum website, photo: http://www.brueder-grimm-haus.de

Let us mention in passing that we have developed an entire route - “ German road fairy tales", passing from Bremen, where the cat, dog, donkey and rooster gained fame, to Hanau, hometown Brothers Grimm. The 600 km long road connecting the magical medieval cities goes past the castles of Cinderella, Snow White and Rapunzel, past the domain of Lady Blizzard, through Hamelin, where the Pied Piper lived, and Bodenwerder - the estate of Baron Munchausen.

We think that a visit to one of these museums will result in your bookcase or film collection being replenished with new good fairy tales!

REMEMBER WHOSE NAME IS
(LITERARY QUIZ)

What is the name of the boy who had to live out the word “eternity” from pieces of ice?
(Kai. G. H. Andersen. Snow Queen)
Who are Bosse and Bethan, in which book do we meet them?
(Brother and sister of the Kid from the book by A. Lindgren “The Kid and Carlson, who lives on the roof”)
What name sounded in the song called by the bells of the magic pot in H. C. Andersen's fairy tale "The Swineherd"?
("Ah, my dear, Augustine, Augustine, Augustine...")
What is the name of the girl who asked Lewis Carroll to write a fairy tale with “more nonsense”?
(Alice)
Name two friends, heroes of V. Dragunsky’s stories.
(Misha and Deniska)
What was the name of the wizard who carried two umbrellas with him: one colorful and elegant, and the second - ordinary, black?
(Ole Lukoje from the fairy tale by H. C. Andersen)
In the title of which fairy tale by A. Lindgren the boy's name is repeated twice?
("Mao, my Mio")
Name the two restless brothers from A. Gaidar's story.
(Chuk and Gek)
The name of this boy is included in the title of N. Nosov’s story, which ends with the words: “...weeding out weeds is not a difficult task at all. Much easier than cooking porridge!”
("Mishkina porridge")
What are the names of Pippi Longstocking's closest friends?
(Tommy and Aniika)
Remember Pippi's full name.
(Peppilotta-Victualina-Rolgardina)
Who is Yalo and in what fairy tale do we meet her?
(Olya is the heroine of V. Gubarev’s fairy tale “The Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors”)
What is the name of the evil sister of the good doctor Aibolit from the fairy tale by K.I. Chukovsky?
(Varvara)
What are the names of Ivan’s older brothers from P. P. Ershov’s fairy tale “The Little Humpbacked Horse”?
(Danila and Gavrilo)
Mark Twain and A. Gaidar's heroes have the same names. How?
(Huck)
Name three rivals of Ruslan from A. S. Pushkin’s poem “Ruslan and Lyudmila”.
(Rogdai, Ratmir, Farlaf)
What is the name of the poet in A. Tolstoy’s fairy tale “The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Pinocchio”?
(Pierrot)
What is the name of the heroine of V. Kataev’s fairy tale “Tsvetik-Semitsvetik”?
(Zhenya)
What were the names of the heroes who were not brothers, but were surprisingly similar?
(Tom Canty and Edward, Prince of Wales - heroes of M. Twain's story "The Prince and the Pauper")
What was the name of the boy who, thanks to the magic hemp seed, always answered the given lesson perfectly, although he was not taught?
(Alyosha in Antony Pogorelsky’s fairy tale “The Black Hen, or Underground inhabitants")
What was the name of the boy who was friends with the bell boys, who met with the hammer men and Princess Spring?
(Misha in V. Odoevsky’s fairy tale “Town in a Snuffbox”)
In which two works by A. S. Pushkin the heroines have the same name - Lisa?
("Queen of Spades", "Peasant Young Lady")
What is the name of the heroine arguing:
"...I won't eat, I won't listen, I'll die among your gardens!" I thought and began to eat...
(Lyudmila in A. S. Pushkin’s poem “Ruslan and Lyudmila”)
In which works by A. S. Pushkin the heroines are called Maria, Masha?
("Dubrovsky", "Blizzard", "Shot", "Poltava", "Bakhchisarai Fountain", "The Captain's Daughter")
What is the name of nanny Tatyana Larina’s husband?
("My Vanya was younger than me, my light...")
What are the names of the heroes of the fairy tale who, together with Professor Enotov, made a journey into the world of plants and insects, which they saw as if through a magnifying glass?
(Karik and Valya. Ya. Larry. The extraordinary adventures of Karik and Valya)
What is the full name of the hero of the fairy tale by A. S. Pushkin - Gwi-don.
(Prince Guidon Saltanovich)
What was the name of Dad's friend Carlo, the carpenter who brought him the log from which he carved Pinocchio?
(Giuseppe)
The Louvre, thanks to its three most famous artistic monuments, is called the museum of three women. Say their names.
(Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, Venus de Milo, Nike of Samothrace)
Which Pushkin heroine is the dress style named after?
(Tatyana - "Tatyanka")
During Christmas fortune-telling for the name of her betrothed in A. S. Pushkin’s poem “Eugene Onegin,” Tatyana Larina dreams of hearing the desired name “Eugene,” but... What name does she hear?
(Agathon)
One of the months of the year is named after the goddess of the earth, the mother of Hermes. Which?
(Maya, hence “May”)
What Russian female name does the wooden toy, invented by the artist Malyutin, bear?
(Matryona - "matryoshka")
Which banknote with the image of the empress began to bear her name?
(The image of Catherine II was on the hundred-ruble banknote; it was called “Katenka”)
In Hebrew this name means “Merciful”, “grace”. That was the name... of Austria,... Ioannovna.
(Anna)
What was the name of the heroine of the famous play by A. N. Ostrovsky, whose name means “seagull” in ancient Greek?
(Larissa is the heroine of A. N. Ostrovsky’s play “Dowry”)
“Pure” - in Greek, and in Russia it is also Great. Who is she?
(Catherine)
“Blooming” - in Greek, and in Russia - a cartoon heroine, a friend of the girl Vera (based on a fairy tale by E. Uspensky). Who is this?