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Kizhi: meet the people who preserve heritage

An announced museum programme introduced visitors to the craft of conservator Alexander Tikhonov.

Kizhi Pogost, Karelia
Kizhi Pogost, Karelia. Sergei Gussev · CC BY 2.0 · 2019-06-21. Archive illustration; not a photograph of a recent event.

The Kizhi museum announced a programme introducing conservation through a session with Alexander Tikhonov and visits to exhibitions and open storage.

This account is based on the museum’s announcement, not attendance. The 2019 photograph shows Kizhi Pogost, not the workshop. Behind the buildings are skills passed from one careful pair of hands to another.

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