Museum of Vladimir Vysotsky in Koszalin


The Museum of Vladimir Vysotsky in Koszalin is a private museum dedicated to Russian singer and actor Vladimir Vysotsky in Koszalin, Poland.

History

The museum was started by enthusiast, author, and publicist Marlena Zimna in May 1994 in her apartment. The base collection is Marlena's, which she began to collect in 1984. The initial collection had 300 exhibits, and has since grown to over 19,500 exhibits from different countries.

Collection

The collection holds poet's personal items, autographs, drawings, drafts, letters, photographs, unique film footage, vinyl records, CDs, DVD, a large library, a video library, artistic productions dedicated to Vysotsky, posters, playbills, theater pamphlets, documents, bookplates, postal stamps, and even items made in accordance with the well-known principle of "three K" : dolls matryoshkas "Vysotsky", matchboxes with a portrait of the poet, stereo greeting card, calendars, and even plastic bags.

Poem on guitar

A special place in the collection takes guitar, on which Vysotsky played at a concert in Casablanca in April 1976. It was stored by Moroccan journalist Hassan El-Sayed, to whom Vladimir presented it together with an autograph, a paraphrase of Vysotski's song "What Happened in Africa", written on the guitar:
;Original Russian text
;English translation

Activities

Among the activities of the museum - dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the death of Vysotsky's concert in Koszalin with participation polish stars, including Daniel Olbrychski, the annual International Festival of Documentary Films about Vladimir Vysotsky "Pasje według świętego Włodzimierza" with participation film directors, screenwriters, the bibliographers by Vladimir Vysotsky, musicians, singers, actors from different countries, International project of translations by Vysotsky poems in languages of the world.
On May 29, 2014, the 20th anniversary, a private Vladimir Vysotsky Institute was established based on the museum.