The program of the Museum-Institute of the Roerichs will be held in two grounds:

Ground 1:

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1) Interactive excursion "Mysteries of Botkin’s House" (from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.).

2) City orienteering "Secrets of Vasilievsky Island" (from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.).

The first full-scale exhibition "Seven Bravest. World Trip 2012" timed to the start of the world expedition "Following in the great Russian travelers’ footsteps”, which starts at the legendary wooden barge "Sedov" on May, 20 in St. Petersburg, will be opened on May, 17 at 4 p.m. in the multimedia information and service center and Press Salon on the Fontanka river embankment under the Central city public library named after V.V. Mayakovsky. A press conference of a traveler Leonid Kruglov will also be held.

The program included folk and Orthodox songs.

Formed in 1998, the band made music that is close to the country folk models. The founders of the ensemble made a number of expeditions, adopting the old song tradition bearers’ vocal techniques. They kept the authentic sound for a long time, but later began to use the instruments and the melodies of other Slavic peoples, had created their own, original music, Russian and Serbian songs became the basis of this new music.

April 15, 2012 is the day of 77th aniversary of the first "Treaty on Protection of Artistic and Scientific Institutions and Historic Monuments" - "Roerich Pact" in the history of mankind, Banner of Peace - The Banner of Culture became a symbol of the Pact. This day is celebrated in many cities around the world as a Day of Culture. The St. Petersburg Museum-institute of the Roerichs is the initiator of the Day of Culture every year, this day is dedicated to the children and youth by tradition.

The confiscated values of culture were transferred to the St. Petersburg State Museum-institute of the Roerichs, they are a few prints of the late 19th century and icons. Exposition and funds of the Roerichs Museum, which received the status of the state not so long ago, are only being formed and to get such gifts was a big happiness for the museum stuff.

Museum-institute of the Roerichs announces the beginning of registration of applications for participation in the V International Festival "Sitar in St. Petersburg", which will be held in two stages:
Concert within the bounds of the I (preparatory) phase of the Festival will be held within the bounds of a citywide action “Museums Night” of 19-20 of May: classical and modern Indian music, dance and cinema. The event will be held at the House of Youth of Vasileostrovsky district (Bolshoy prospekt, 65) from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m.

XII International Scientific and Practical Conference "Roerich Heritage" will be held at the St. Petersburg State University, the State Hermitage Museum and the Museum-institute of the Roerichs in 2012. The Conference will be held in the year of 110th anniversary of the birth of G.N.Roerich and during the celebration of 138 th anniversary of the birth of N.K. Roerich.

"Let’s protect St. Petersburg", "The future is in our hands," "Beauty is the food of the spirit" - these and many other statements in defense of the culture became the slogans for the works of the participants of the contest, which started in October last year. For a few months those, who wished to participate the contest, attend the introductory studies at the Museum of Roerich and received the tasks of the competition.

This day 92 years ago Roerichs met their spiritual mentor. We remember this date today because this meeting had given the beginning of working on the great paper, known around the world under the title Teaching of Living Ethics or Agni Yoga.

Director of the St. Petersburg State Museum-institute of the Roerichs Alexey Bondarenko was a guest at the RMC-Radio, (recording studio RMCRecords http://www.rmcrecords.com/English/Home.html/) together with the journalist of "Radio Russia" Elena Medvedeva.