"Exhibit of the Month" project was opened in the museum on February 18, 2026 . The centerpiece of the exhibition was the Quartz-2x8S-1M movie camera, donated to the museum by Pavel Nikolaevich Tsibenko, a resident of the city.

The Quartz-2x8S-1M movie camera was a Soviet spring-loaded amateur movie camera manufactured by the Krasnogorsk ( city) Mechanical Plant (KMZ) from 1968 to 1977. It was designed to shoot on 16 mm film, which, after development, was split lengthwise into two 2x8 mm strips.

The camera was also produced for export under the name Quarz-DS8-M and was in demand abroad, particularly in the UK, due to its simple design and the high quality of its Jupiter-24-1 lens.

In the 1970s, a camera cost around 180–220 rubles, equivalent to the average monthly salary of an engineer or teacher.

The "Quartz" series of film cameras became a hallmark of Soviet amateur filmmaking. At the time, such a camera was a technical status symbol, much like a high-end iPhone today, but it required the owner to possess mechanical and chemical skills. These cameras weren't used to film movies for theatrical release—they were intended for capturing family chronicles, everyday life, and amateur experiments.