A 10-meter panorama model of the 19th-century Rybinsk river and embankment is being prepared for opening.
According to Mikhail Evraev, Governor of the Yaroslavl Region, it will be presented in the Rybinsk Museum-Reserve.
– A large-scale interactive exhibition "Rybinsk Aquatoria" is being prepared for opening. It will be a unique 10-meter model of the panorama of the river and the embankment of Rybinsk of the 19th century. The panel will occupy two halls of the museum-reserve and will tell the history of the city from the first mention to the heyday of the merchant class," explained Mikhail Evraev, Governor of the Yaroslavl Region. – There is already one mock-up dedicated to Mologa in Rybinsk. The exposition is popular with both residents and tourists. The Rybinsk Water Area project will expand the topic of Volga navigation, it is supported by the Presidential Foundation for Cultural Initiatives as a bright event with tourist and educational potential.
Visitors will see hundreds of miniature replicas of ancient ships, including barges, sewers, unzhaks, cargo barges and the first steamships made on a scale of 1:100. Each vessel was created using 3D modeling, printed on a 3D printer, and hand-painted by artists, including students from the children's art school.
The authors paid special attention to conveying the atmosphere of the past. The entrance to the exhibition will be decorated with figures of iconic characters of the 19th century – the teacher Konstantin Ushinsky and the writer Vladimir Gilyarovsky, created by the famous illustrator Andrei Balukov. The impression will be complemented by a large-scale animated projection (3 × 9 meters), which will show how the appearance of Rybinsk has changed over the course of four centuries.
–The Rybinsk Aquatoria project will become a bright event in the cultural life of the Yaroslavl Region and a new tourist attraction that reveals the rich heritage of Volga shipping," said Dmitry Dobrynin, Acting Minister of Tourism of the Yaroslavl Region.
Visitors will see how houses, exchanges and temples were built, how the embankment came to life, filling with citizens and workers. The animation, which includes the movement of clouds, water and birds, will create the effect of total immersion in the story. Admission to the exhibition will be free for schoolchildren.
The Rybinsk Aquatoria project was the result of the joint work of the State Museum-Reserve and the private Rybinsk Fish Museum. The historical authenticity of the exhibition was provided by Oksana Gozhalimova, Deputy director of the museum-Reserve, who acted as a consultant.
