Kotovasia
328 reviews
January 20
Delight!!! Admiration!!! Astonishment!!! It is difficult to express all the emotions and feelings that I experienced during my visit to the Kotovasia art Gallery!!!
The WORLD's largest collection of the most diverse cats and cats!!! Wonderful and bright hostess, wonderful curators of the museum! Wonderful, bizarre exhibits, interesting stories... Oh, there's so much to write! It's better to see it once!)) There is also a souvenir shop "Kotobaza N1", in which everything is dedicated to cats!!!
It is very important that the owners spend almost all their income on cats!! They have more than 120 animals in their care!!! It is worthy of admiration and respect!!
A cozy, comfortable room, there is a place for master classes. The gallery itself is located next to the metro, there is a large parking lot. Convenient access/approach.
Soooo much recommend you to visit!!! Especially for those who love cats! Here you will get unforgettable impressions and only positive emotions!!!
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March 29
A kind place for kind people. ))) It doesn't matter how old you are, if you are a good person and you love animals, you will love it here. There are several halls with exhibits on the cat theme. Some are beautiful, some are interesting. There are some funny ones. The more closely you look, the more interesting you will see. ))) There are some things I would like to have at home. )) It's a pity, it's not for sale. ))) There are several places for photos. A very polite girl and a live cat meet you at the entrance. There are several live seals there, some can be petted, which is important for children. And sometimes not only for them. )) But the most important thing is that help for homeless animals is organized here! You are doing a good deed, thank you so much for that!!!
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March 24
Impressed! I highly recommend it to everyone, both adults and children. There are many different exhibits, interior items, and household items. Different topics and materials. They conduct excursions for schoolchildren. The cats are alive, they walk, you can pet them, you won't regret it.
If you don't like noise from children, please call ahead to see if there are any children.groups))
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January 28
It's a very cool place. A museum with hundreds of cats of different sizes, types, and many exclusive kittens. There is a shop nearby where you can buy things in the form of cute seals, with the image of seals, as well as enjoy communicating with live seals, residents of the museum and the store. I highly recommend you to visit!!!
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February 2
The place is fire. A colossal collection on the theme of cats: figurines made of a variety of materials and different styles, clocks, calendars, books, lamps and much more. It's just impossible to view it at once, there are too many interesting things, everyone will find something to their liking, I really liked the steampunk and origami figurines. I definitely INSIST on visiting =)
Nearby there is a shop with products on the theme... cats! I also advise you to take a look. As I understand it, the expansion of the museum is planned, it will be even more interesting soon =)
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March 30
The exhibits are very different, cool, and there are a lot of them. Personally, I would like to have more live seals in it, but there are always cats in my dreams). This gallery is worth a look, I've never seen anything like it anywhere else. But then I really want to take it home, there are so many cool things. The cat supply store is located at the end of the location. It can be visited separately from the exhibition or after it. Beware, cat lovers, you'll want to buy something again. Cats walk around the gallery, they can be petted
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March 6
A fantastically interesting place! - a very unusual and lovingly and tastefully assembled collection dedicated to cats) there are musician cats, gangster cats, rockers, actors and actresses, kings and queens, big and small, funny and sad, and many more things) come, you will not regret!
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March 31
A stunningly soulful place not only for cat lovers. Cats and cats for every taste, and exhibits, and live ones. It is doubly gratifying that the money earned in the gallery goes to charity. In their hospital, completely hopeless animals are literally collected piece by piece.
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April 20
For seal lovers, this place in Minsk is a must-visit! Malinovka metro station, 7 minutes walk from it and you will find yourself in a magical world dedicated to these magical creatures.
We were met and accompanied by one of the three guardians, Yasha. There are many exhibits, different and interesting. Thanks to Vasily Vasilyevich and his team for the idea and its implementation.
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February 15
It's a very interesting museum. If you are a seal lover, then I definitely recommend visiting this place. The museum is combined with a medical center and a shelter for seals. I went to get one, but took two. Throughout the entire process, the support was at the highest level: advice, passport, assistance in transportation, constant advice.
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January 4
A wonderful museum, the perfect place for a cotomagnacoa! Cats even hang from the ceiling! Figurines of cats from all over the world, cats with money, on bottles of alcohol, rocker cats, newlywed cats, cats in boots, swimsuits and without... There are so many cats that after half an hour you even get tired of them, but then the cats living in the museum come to the rescue: they purr, drag, Someone begs for their hands, someone runs in a cot, someone sleeps in an embrace on a couch. A very friendly place!
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November 17, 2024
An unexpectedly large collection. An excellent educational tour. Live cats just run around the hall and are not afraid of people. There is a store nearby - you can buy something, and everything with a cat theme.
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December 30, 2024
This is a great place to visit if you are not indifferent to kittens! A huge collection of exhibits from all over the world and three furry guides will make your visit unique and unforgettable!
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January 12
Great place! Live cats) pleasant staff, and a huge number of all kinds of handicrafts depicting cats from all over the world. We were with the children, very satisfied. We recommend it.
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December 10, 2024
This is amazing! I didn't even expect it to be so interesting. The collection is so huge - seven and a half thousand copies - that it is impossible to see everything at one time. You can stand endlessly near each showcase, near each exhibit. I'll be back for sure. And there are three beautiful cats who greet the guests. Yasha was really asking for "pens", I even waved my hand at my black dress. And then they gave me a Velcro brush to clean my clothes. A wonderful gallery!
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November 15, 2024
I had a wonderful time looking at a huge number of exhibits with seals and in the warm embrace of Yasha I bought various products with the image of seals
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March 28
It's just a beautiful place, there are a lot of different figures, paintings, etc. There are also real cats inside, in general, I definitely recommend it to cat lovers.
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June 3, 2024
A cool atmospheric place. It will appeal to both lovers of cats and people with children. There are many unusual and interesting things. There are several seals walking around inside, they allow themselves to be petted. They also have a store there with a lot of products with seals, you can buy something for yourself or as a gift. The ticket price is 15 rubles. Go, you will not regret the proven time and money spent!
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October 21, 2024
I really liked the exhibition. I advise everyone to visit. There are many beautiful and interesting exhibits. A hospitable hostess. She can tell you interesting things about anything that interests you. The three cats living there just fascinated me. They are quite tame
and calm. In short, only positive emotions...
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April 16
It is a very interesting museum, we spent 2 hours there, examined all 7000 exhibits with interest, talked with live cats, and were lucky enough to meet the owner of a unique collection.
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January 20
It fills you with a good mood for the whole day. A pleasant hostess, in love with her job. The museum helps the animal shelter - it's very cool!
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August 18, 2024
An amazing place for seal lovers! A huge gallery dedicated to fluffy little friends! It seems there is everything from spoons and figurines to poplar down paintings! And all this is dedicated to cats. I definitely recommend you to visit
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November 26, 2024
It's just a masterpiece place, the cats are friendly, the exhibits are cool, the staff is very kind, all the money goes to charity for cats with difficult situations, I advise everyone to go there
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November 13, 2024
A large collection. Unusual, children will like it, friendly staff. Cats and people. Cats from all continents. Interesting.
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January 6
Excellent museum, Excellent Excursions,polite staff, good impressions, you can buy souvenirs, I recommend it!
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May 31, 2024
Very warm impressions of the museum. I have already visited this wonderful place twice with my children and still pulls there like a magnet. The girl guide is at home (she knows all the exhibits, their history), conducts a conversation as if we have known her for a long time)))) Clever girl!!!!!
A cozy, home museum for those who love or want to love cats 😺😽👍🏻
Count on 2-3 hours spent with interest. And the main highlight of this place is the live cats that you can pet, squeeze, hug!!!!!!
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February 2
It's a great place, the collection is incredible, and the atmosphere is wonderful. The staff is wonderful (especially the seals).
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February 6
It's a cool place, I recommend it to everyone, with or without children. There is something to see. You can pet the real cats that walk there)
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March 26
It's a gorgeous collection, and it inspires respect for the organizers. And, of course, very friendly cats. Thank you, we will definitely be back.
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February 8
A museum of everything that has a cat in the composition. Plus live cats (just keep an eye on the children so they don't get too much attention). It's a cool collection, I just wanted everything for myself) The non-guided tour took about 1 hour
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July 31, 2024
A great place for seal lovers! There are many different, amazing, interesting exhibits. Affectionate, contented cats are the keepers of the museum. The staff is friendly and courteous
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February 13, 2024
A great place for a leisurely pastime. The collection of exhibits is very large and diverse. You will have a pleasant company of three live cats that can walk around the museum. These cute creatures contribute and create a unique atmosphere
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March 25
Tickets are not expensive, but there are plenty of impressions) I have never seen such an exhibition before! There's everything here that was hard to even think about. And it looks like a seal) And the cat-the subway - is just amazing)
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December 29, 2024
A great place for children and adults.It's good to show visitors how Minsk is respected.Live cats❤️❤You can go more than once.
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January 16, 2024
A wonderful place for adults and children: such a large and unusual collection of exhibits; wonderful staff who will be happy to tell you about the collection and about the seals in their care; and three charming, fluffy, purring and squishy cats - the keepers of the gallery.
A must-visit for everyone who loves cats 😍
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February 3
An unexpected find is an amazing and fascinating collection. I want to go back and watch it, because 7.5thousand copies at a time is difficult to capture
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March 1
It's a very interesting place. Sooo many exhibits. It takes a lot of time to inspect everything thoroughly. Recommend
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May 9, 2023
My wife Irina and I went to Kotovasia after reading the rating of Minsk attractions in Tripadvisor, and we were very glad that we visited this wonderful museum! Special thanks to the very friendly girl Ekaterina, the manager of the museum, and the cat Poco, who honored us with his affectionate presence! Ekaterina told us about the Japanese orchestra of cats, which the director of the museum managed to buy with great difficulty at an auction in Japan, and a separate story about a harpist from this orchestra! I think that each of the 7,500 exhibits in this museum has its own unique history. Thanks to the founders of this unique museum! I am especially pleased that the money for the tickets goes to the maintenance of a shelter for lonely and homeless cats and cats. There is a cat-themed store nearby. Trinity: museum, shelter and shop! I highly recommend visiting!!!
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August 22, 2024
The very place that is not written about in most of the articles "What to visit in Minsk", but which should appear there. An absolutely wonderful place, a real Cat House, where 3 live cats really live and more than 7,000 exhibits are collected!
Cats-books, cats-cups,
Cats-chess, glass.
Watch cats, bookmarks,
Cats-masks, chocolates!
We walked for an hour, looking at the halls with seals. The lovely hostess kindly answered questions, showed them, and told them. Cats can be photographed so that later, flipping through the photos, you can remember this wonderful place✨
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September 16, 2024
A very large-scale exhibition, the child liked both the exhibits and the cats that can be petted. Katerina is a very polite specialist and an interesting storyteller.
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June 19, 2024
It's an amazing place.
I often communicate with museum workers at work. "Traditionalists" often do not accept modern museums with interactive, immersive space, etc. Like, "there are 150 exhibits of dubious origin."
Colleagues, you have 7,500 real exhibits! This is a very impressive fund at the present time.
Of course, you need to visit the museum for entertainment, but please do not exclude practical interest. Ceramics, glass, casting, knitting, carpentry, carving and wood painting - your museum is an inexhaustible storehouse of ideas for applied art!
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February 25, 2024
A wonderful place not only for adults, but also for children! A magnificent collection of seals that you want to look at from all sides. And what lovely inhabitants live in the gallery…
We highly recommend it to everyone.
We can say that there are no such interesting places.
Thanks to the hosts for the opportunity to see this wonderful exhibition!
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July 9, 2024
I visited with a friend on Saturday. She was absolutely delighted, because she adores cats, but she can't get her own. There are so many exhibits that I didn't even have enough free space on my phone for photos😂
There is its own merch, as well as a large selection of products somehow related to cats, so you can always choose a gift for yourself or another person.
All funds raised go to the treatment of sick animals.
I definitely recommend it
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May 5, 2024
Oh! This is a paradise for the cat lover, collector and just lovers of something original.
You can spend several hours exploring exhibits from different countries and eras. The staff is very friendly and helpful. Live cats are also welcome at the exhibition, one will definitely ask for your hands (or shoulders).
Many thanks to the organizer for the exhibition!
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January 13
I recommend you to visit anyone who is not indifferent to mustachioed fuzzies and those who are interested in collecting exhibits of a certain subject collected around the world.
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March 20, 2023
A very interesting and diverse exposition, a friendly guide, a cute mustachioed staff. Many exhibits are exciting. Everything is in excellent condition, convenient to view. You can come as a family. The ticket price is symbolic, all funds are used to provide cats and exhibitions. The opportunity to purchase souvenirs, paintings, figurines, dishes-all on a cat theme. Convenient location. Thank you for such an atmospheric place. Praise be to those who work there
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January 30, 2024
I could have put 100 points on it) my next unexpected discovery, I was waiting for less, I went alone, a very friendly girl at the checkout, I didn't expect much, but I was stunned and spent more than 2 hours there, for creative people who are looking for inspiration, there are a million exhibits from all over the world and Peru, Mexico, Japan, Indonesia , Africa, Europe, there are rare materials, for example, one ivory exhibit, several from the ear of a sperm whale, the chessboards were struck by a collection with animal figures, there is a collection of money from all over the world with cats for numismatists, and the pearl of the whole museum is of course real cats, I tried not to bother them, but the cat Stepan tried to lure I got into the game by force, climbed on the closet, and there are exhibits there, Stepan may have blackmailed the safety of the exhibit in exchange for being vilified) but people can't, the museum still, Stepan didn't give up and went to disturb another cat's sleep))) it's a very healthy place, it's a pity they advertise little.People who love cats, or who are creative or who like to broaden their horizons will like it.Thanks to the owner of the collection for exposing all this beauty for a completely nominal fee and we have the opportunity to see it. Thanks!Plus, the money goes to the maintenance, treatment and housing of the seals. Good luck and prosperity to you
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November 2, 2024
A wonderful place! It will not leave anyone indifferent: neither adults nor children. We went a couple of weeks ago, but I still remember with a smile!
The receptionist is very friendly, a nice girl who introduced the residents of the gallery and told them about the exhibition itself.
The expositions themselves evoke bright, positive emotions!
And Yasha the cat is a separate love.
He jumped on the handles and watched the exhibition with me 🤗
Many thanks to the director. A man with a big heart and a beautiful soul.
I recommend visiting the gallery and recharge with positive emotions.
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November 19, 2023
A great place for all cat lovers. And not only)) I love dogs😁 But I was shocked by the magnificent collection of kitties (more than 7000 exhibits, from more than 100 countries)! Bravo to the organizers of this exhibition👏 Special THANKS for helping sick animals and for your kindness🌞 I definitely recommend visiting this unique exhibition👍
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February 25
Every time you find something new for yourself and not at a given time. Huge words of gratitude and best wishes to the Creator
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