Museum-Library of Simeon of Polotsk

In the same building as Museum of Belarusian Book-Printing there is another museum — Museum-Library of Simeon of Polotsk. Museum exposition was opened on March 25, 1994 and is dedicated to a prominent Polotsk citizen — a writer, a translator, a book publisher and a teacher. Museum's interior is decorated in the style of the 17th century West European library — there are books placed in two tiers, busts of philosophers, a reading-room and a globe. Exposition reflects different periods of Simeon's of Polotsk life and activity. His original books are set in the showcases: Testament (1680), Vecherya dushevnaya (1683), Zhezl pravleniya (1753), copies of manuscripts, figured 'virshy' in Baroque style. There is also a sensor monitor where one can turn the pages of the electronic copy of the handwritten Lexikon by Simeon of Polotsk.