{"id":1031,"date":"2021-03-04T10:52:51","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T07:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/polenovo.ru\/estate-and-park\/fahverk\/"},"modified":"2024-06-04T17:04:31","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T14:04:31","slug":"fachwerk-exhibition-hall","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/polenovo.ru\/en\/estate-and-park\/fachwerk-exhibition-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"Fachwerk Exhibition Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"

Half-timbered buildings were common in medieval Western Europe. (In the Polenov estate, almost all farm buildings were half-timbered. The half-timbered structure, the building\u2019s frame, was usually wooden and consisted of horizontal elements and braces, with the free space between them filled with stone. The half-timbering was not only a structural element but also a decorative one, dividing the facade into panels of various shapes and giving the building a distinctive appearance.) The half-timbered barn was built in 1895 from limestone, known as \u201cTarusa marble.\u201d During the estate\u2019s operational period, it housed garden tools on the end side, while the largest room on the facade was Ivan Mikhailovich Nikishin\u2019s carpentry workshop, where, according to Polenov\u2019s drawings, boats were made for the Polenov fleet. The eastern end served as a granary where horse feed was stored. The barn was referred to as \u201cUncle Ivan\u2019s barn.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the half-timbered barn, a full cycle of restoration and repair work was carried out in the 1980s and early 1990s. Today, the half-timbered barn serves as an exhibition hall, hosting exhibitions from the museum\u2019s collections related to significant events in the lives and work of the Polenov family and the estate.<\/p>\n