On the island of Krivaya Cat near Arkhangelsk opened "Karbas Museum"

In the village of Kalcino, Primorsky District, a museum dedicated to the people's boat was opened. This was reported by the press service of the Governor and the government of the Arkhangelsk region.

The new exhibition space “Karbas Museum” on the island of Krivaya Koshka created the Association of Pomor Shipbuilding, which is engaged in the preservation and revival of the traditions of wooden shipbuilding of the Russian North. The project is part of the Museum Without Borders program.

- Thank you to the masters and everyone who invested in this project strength, knowledge and soul, wrote in social networks the Governor of the Arkhangelsk region Alexander Tsybulsky. The project was implemented with the support of the Vladimir Potanin Charitable Foundation and the Governor’s Center “Together we are stronger”. Thanks to enthusiastic people, the ancient craft continues to live: the boats again go to the water, and the knowledge and experience of Pomeranian shipbuilders find their successors.

The building of the museum on the banks of the Kalchinyanka River was created in the image of wooden port facilities of the XIX century. Its sites include three zones. The exposition presents a carbass made without nails according to old-mannered technology - sewn vice. It is a copy of the ship from the village of Lopshengi. There is also an exhibition about the traditional boats of Pomorie and the technologies of their creation, among the exhibits are the tools of masters, many of which were transferred to the museum by local residents. The village of Kalcino is the birthplace of many generations of pilots and sailors.

In the second zone there is a workshop where carbs are stored and repaired. In the third, created in the image of a cabin company, there is a training audience for classes on the theory of maritime affairs and meetings of participants of the Carbass Club.

- It is important not only to preserve knowledge and skills, but also to form communities that can carry them further, said the head of the Association of Pomor Shipbuilding, the organizer of the museum Evgeny Shkaruba. The tradition of making carbass is more than 500 years old, and this is still alive, there are still masters who sew them. And it's very important to maintain that.