Museums lowered national flags as a sign of grief and solidarity with the victims

Head of the Department of Culture Alexey Fursin will support the victims with rubles

Even before Vladimir Putin’s address in connection with the tract at Crocus City Hall, the Hermitage lowered the flag on the main building as a sign of grief for the victims. A couple of hours later, after the president’s address, the Russian Museum followed his example, lowering the flag over the Mikhailovsky Palace. The head of the capital’s department of culture also got involved in the situation after the appeal: he ordered all proceeds from the sale of tickets by Moscow museums and the zoo to be used to help the victims.

On Friday evening, some museums changed their avatars on their official social networks to black and white as a sign of grief for those killed at Crocus City Hall. And on Saturday, March 23, the State Hermitage was the first to react to the events – the flag was lowered over the main building. At the same time, the museum’s sites continue to operate, but all events have been cancelled.

Many Moscow museums, also, guided by the order of the Moscow mayor, canceled events, but continued to work. The head of the Moscow Department of Culture, Alexei Fursin, ordered that all proceeds from tickets sold by Moscow museums and the capital’s zoo this weekend be donated to help those affected by the terrorist attack.

The Pushkin Museum has postponed the opening of the exhibition of Vladimir Weisberg, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the artist and based on the fundamental monograph “From Color to Light” by Anna Chudetskaya. Preliminarily, for a week (on April 2). The Tretyakov Gallery is going to open an exhibition of Yuri Zlotnikov on this day, its press preview is scheduled for Monday. The museum has now confirmed that the opening will take place.