The Museum of Flax and Birch Bark in Kostroma owes its existence to local resident Natalya Pavlovna Zabavina. It was she who in 2005 created an unusual museum in a little terem-style house on Tereshkovoy Street, which was immediately loved by Kostroma residents and the city's guests. The building of the museum-estate seems to have stepped straight out of the pages of a Russian folk tale, parts of the roof above the windows are styled like domes, and the inner courtyard is dotted with green lawns and flower beds.
At the Museum of Flax and Birch Bark, the exhibitions are divided into several themed halls, where you will be accompanied by a guide who will tell you in detail about all the displays.
In the flax hall, you will be able to see with your own eyes how finished products are made from this material - traditional peasant shirts. The equipment presented here includes both hand-weaving techniques and factory-made examples from different historical eras.
The birch bark hall will surprise you with its variety of exhibits. It is hard to believe that so many useful things can be made from this material: baskets, wicker baskets, toys, and other antique items, made, it should be noted, with extraordinary skill. They were collected over a long period during ethnographic research across Kostroma Oblast.
