State institution "Grodno City Culture Center"

Director - Satsyuk Vladimir Nikolaevich.
Deputy directors - Svetlana Pavlovna Polchenkova, Andrey Petrovich Yanchenyuk, Natalya Aleksandrovna Mazepa.

Contact numbers: 68-20-20, 68-25-73, 68-38-20.
Postal address: 230024, Grodno, Popovicha str., 50.
Email address: [email protected]

The Grodno City Culture Center performs the following functions: informational, educational, educational, educational, entertainment, etc.

The Grodno City Culture Center is represented by the following branches:
- branch No. 1 “Concert Hall” (Dzerzhinsky St., 1), t. 62-00-93;
- branch No. 2 “Heritage Center” (Reymonta St., 12), 68-38-20;
- branch No. 3 “Palace of Culture” (Sovetskaya square, 6), 72-14-17;
- Branch No. 4 “Cultural and Entertainment Center” (Lidskaya St., 1), 68-64-26;
- Cultural Center "Festival" (Telmana St., 4), 71-85-37;
- Exhibition hall (Ozheshko street, 38), 72-07-42.

The institution has 51 club formations with a total number of participants of about 1,200 people. Of these, 10 are groups for children. With the honorary title “national” - 18, “exemplary” - 2, “honored amateur team of the Republic of Belarus” - 2, amateur associations - 14.

The work of the Grodno City Culture Center is aimed at positioning a positive image of the Grodno region in the field of culture and art, as well as promoting the best examples of domestic and world culture.

More detailed information about the institution can be found on the website: http://ckg.by.

State cultural institution "Centralized library system of Grodno"

Director - Rositsan Ekaterina Romanovna.
Deputy Director - Svirido Natalya Grigorievna.
Contact numbers: 69-68-96, 69-70-35, 68-40-63.
Postal address: 230011, Grodno, st. Soviet Border Guards, 51/2.
Email address: [email protected]

The state cultural institution "Centralized Library System of Grodno" is a structure consisting of 12 branch libraries, headed by the Grodno City Central Library. A. Makaenka. Among them are 4 children's branches, 6 branches for adult readers and 2 special libraries (for the visually impaired and Polish literature). Residents of new microdistricts are served by 3 library points in the Folyush, Devyatovka, and Olshanka microdistricts.

Structure of the State Institution "Centralized Library System of Grodno"

About 50,000 citizens are users of the libraries of the centralized library system of the city of Grodno. More than 1,000,000 documents are issued to them annually. The activities of libraries extend to all user groups. In the center of increased attention of libraries are children and adults with disabilities, pensioners, veterans of the Great Patriotic War, and youth. Therefore, the acquisition of funds, the organization of services, and the development of socially oriented programs of mass information work are carried out taking into account the interests of these categories of users.

The information resource of the library system is more than 500,000 copies of books, periodicals, and documents on electronic media.

For library users, plans for mass information activities have been developed jointly with institutions, public organizations, and creative unions of the city: “We will be together” - to organize a partnership in serving the elderly with the Centers for Social Services for the Population of the Oktyabrsky and Leninsky Districts of Grodno, “National Mosaic” - on working with national and cultural public associations of Poles, Tatars, Jews, “We and Special Children” - on working with disabled children in special educational institutions, “Library - Territory of Health” - on the prevention of alcoholism, drug addiction, smoking, HIV/AIDS with the Grodno Zonal Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology and the Grodno Central City Clinic, etc.

Every year, more than 1,000 events are held, more than 300 exhibitions are organized, which reveal to city residents the contents of library collections, inform them about significant events in public life, anniversaries that contribute to the revival and preservation of national culture, the preservation of historical and cultural heritage, and the formation of a healthy lifestyle. The system operates 19 interest clubs (7 for children, 12 for adults), which host more than 150 events annually. At library branch No. 9 there is a center for socio-cultural adaptation of labor veterans “Inspiration”.

All libraries of the centralized library system of Grodno are computerized and have an Internet connection. In the Grodno City Central Library named after. A. Makaenka reader service is carried out in an automated mode, there is an electronic catalogue. Public legal information centers have been created at libraries for adult readers, where library visitors can access any legal act of the Republic of Belarus using the Etalon information retrieval system of the National Center for Legal Information, and take advantage of the service of monthly free legal consultation by legal practitioners in the Grodno City Central Library. A. Makaenka.

Libraries are engaged in publishing activities; more than 100 bibliographic, script-methodological and advertising documents are published annually. An advertising and information bulletin on the social media activities of libraries “Library Kaleidoscope” is published quarterly, bibliographic lists of literature from the local history series “Personalities and Events of Grodno”, etc. are published.

The State Institution "Centralized Library System of Grodno" has its own website, where, in addition to the news feed and announcements of events, quarterly bulletins of new acquisitions of book collections, lists of periodicals subscribed to the population, a list of services provided by libraries are posted, publishing products, advertising videos and book trailers. The library system is working to create a virtual museum of the life and work of famous figures of culture, art, literature and an electronic local history library “Grodno - information for everyone”.

More detailed information about the State Institution "Centralized Library System of Grodno" can be found on the website.

At the end of August, by decision of the Grodno City Executive Committee, a new enterprise was established in Grodno. The structure of the new institution included the building of the Galaktika youth entertainment center and the Grodno exhibition hall on the street. Ozheshko, called the State Institution “Grodno Cultural, Entertainment and Exhibition Center”. The created center will carry out effective activities aimed at positioning the cultural image of the Grodno region in the field of culture and art of countries near and far abroad.

The staff has expanded and a new department has appeared special projects and cultural work, the function of which will be the organization of such large-scale events as the Festival national cultures, Street Art Festival, City Day celebrations, etc. The cultural, entertainment and exhibition center will organize and host many concerts and variety show programs, and circus performances are planned. The first event in which the Grodno Cultural, Entertainment and Exhibition Center will take part will be City Day, which will be held on September 23, 2017.

The young and promising director of the center, Alesya Aleksandrovna Polubyatko, told us about some plans. The new features of the center will be the Billiards and Bowling Championships. On this moment Work is actively underway to organize a children's playroom for children's parties, with labyrinths, a play area and interactive activities. The center will soon have its own sports bar, where fans will be able to enjoy matches broadcast on a huge projector. Several options for children's themed matinees are already under development, which will be held on a large scale.

The basis of any successful project is relevant ideas and a team that can implement these ideas. Therefore, we congratulate the Grodno cultural, entertainment and exhibition center on the start of new activities! We wish you the fulfillment of all the creative and modern plans that were conceived!