october 23, 1991, the founding day of the marc chagall museum in vitevsk, the museum consists of two branches, a house museum and an art center of marc chagall. the first one was opened... in a historical building built by the master's father in 1900. the future great artist spent his childhood and youth there. the exhibition includes household items of the 21st-20th centuries, copies of archival documents and works by chagall telling about his life in vitebsk. the ardt center marc chagall hosts exhibitions of his graphic works, lithographs, and woodcuts. etchings: the museum houses a series of illustrations for gogol’s poem dead souls, lithographs on the bible and other works by marc chagall. throughout the year , scientific conferences, vernissages, lectures, concerts, performances of theater and circus groups, plein airs and exhibitions. on october 25, 1933 in polotsk, the extraordinary belarusian artist ninel happy was born. as a child, she redrew engravings from the books “byron, shakespeare, schiller. nelo’s first teacher in the palace of pioneers was the famous artist, sergei katkov.” in 1971, her first personal exhibi