Technical museums
- The museum of Arctic and Antarctic
- The naval aviation museum
- The icebreaker Krasin
- The museum of cosmonautics and missile technique
- The museum of civil aviation and airport Pulkovo
- The central museum of Russia’s railway transport
- Hygiene museum
- The museum of press history
- Popov central museum of communication
- Cinematography Museum
- Military medicine museum
To return to the list of all sights
The museum of Arctic and Antarctic
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The dramatic story of Russian and Soviet polar exploration unfolds before visitors to this museum. From the first days of polar navigation in the Russian Far North to the modern-day research stations in Antarctica, the breathtaking achievements of scientists and travelers are covered in great detail and illustrated with authentic artifacts. The 'Chelyuskin' rescue operation, which hit the headlines in 1934, forms the emotional centerpiece to the collection. Among other things the museum exhibits the original small plane, which was kept on board the 'Chelyuskin' and was later used (along with several others) to carry the crew of the unfortunate ship to safety on the mainland.
Nowadays there are several permanent exhibitions in the museum: Nature of Arctic, Antarctic, Discovery and History of Exploration of Northern Sea Route, Economy and Culture of Northern Regions.
Located: Ulitsa Marata, 24-a
Open: 10-00 – 17-00
Closed: Monday, Tuesday and last Saturday of the month
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The naval aviation museum
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The first Naval Aviation Museum was open in April, 1998 in St. Petersburg, the place of Naval Aviation units were organized. The museum cоllection includes a lot of original documents and items which demonstrate different stages of the Russian Naval Aviation history. It also gives the information about the outstanding Naval Aviation engineers, who were participating in the creation of Naval Aircraft, combat biographies of the most prominent pilots. Naval aviation museum has historic materials which will allow the visitors to learn much about the development of Naval Aviations of all the fleets of Russia. You can see many photos, documents, personal belongings, once belonged to Naval pilot and engineers, mаnuscripts, combat memories, models of aircraft different years.
Location: Ushakovskaya emb., 17/1
Opened: 10.00-17.00
Closed: Saturday, Sunday
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The icebreaker Krasin
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This historic ship, moored off the southern bank of Vasilyevsky Island, is one of the more recent additions to St. Petersburg's museum scene. Despite its age, the «Krasin» is still in good working order and eminently seaworthy, but after undergoing extensive restoration work it has now become a floating museum. During WWII the «Krasin» led Allied convoys, which brought strategic supplies, arms and ammunition to the Soviet Union. The convoys fought their way to the northern Soviet seaports, despite heavy Nazi bombardment and the constant threat of submarine attacks. The museum displays some of the ship's equipment and details its participation in various rescue operations, convoys and research expeditions.
Location: Naberezhnaya Leitenanta Shmidta, 22.
Open: 10-00 – 17-00
Closed: Mondays
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The museum of cosmonautics and missile technique
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Of the several museums housed in the Peter and Paul Fortress, this is one of the most interesting, although it appears to have the least connection with its historic surroundings. In fact, these particular buildings were used in the 1930s to house one of the Soviet Union's first military rocket research laboratories.
Located in the Ioannovskiy Ravelin, the museum, which has been open since 1973, traces the history of the development of rocket technology in the Soviet Union and Russia. Among the exhibits, visitors will find a number of historic rocket engines, as well as a Soviet era re-entry capsule, cosmonauts' space suits, and a flag of St. Petersburg that was hung from the Mir Space Station for 161 days, before being returned to the city in time for the 300th Anniversary celebrations in 2003. The museum's simply presented exhibits still have the power to thrill, especially for those who remember the heady days of the Soviet-US space race.
Location: Petropavlovskaya Krepost', 3
Opened: 11.00 – 18.00
Closed: Wednesdays and the last Tuesday of each month
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The museum of civil aviation and airport Pulkovo
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The joint museum of the Saint-Petersburg State University of Civil Aviation and Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise is the only professionally organized museum of aviation in the city open to the public. It sprang forth as a result of combining two related museums: the academic and industrial museums. The museum has at its disposal a rich collection of books. It houses rare books and archives of photo-documents. There is a chapel named after St. Prophet Ilea, opened in memory of the first aviation church of St. Petersburg that operated between 1899 and 1917 at the officers’ flying school.
Working hours of the museum are from 10:00 a.m. till 5: 00 p.m., except Saturday and Sunday
Location: Pilotov str., 38
Opened: 10.00 – 17.00
Closed: Saturday, Sunday
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The central museum of Russia’s railway transport
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The Central Museum of the Railway Transport, one of the oldest technical museums in the world, founded in 1813, invites you to get acquainted with its exposition.
There are nearly 50.000 interesting and unique artifacts in Museum's collections. The Museum offers guided tours that will show you history of Russian railway transportation.
During these tours visitors can also learn about the construction and operation of railways, and see the operating models and mechanisms. We have also a branch museum «Bridge Construction». There you can inspect the collection of models of Russian railway and road bridges of 19-20th centuries.
Location: Sadovay str., 50
Opened: 11.00 - 17.00
Closed: Friday, Sunday and the last Thursday of month
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Hygiene museum
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The Museum of Hygiene (prior to 1990, the Museum of Public Health) was opened in 1919 for the purpose of medical enlightenment and the dissemination of medical knowledge. It is located in the former palace of Ivan Shuvalov, an adviser of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, a patron of arts and the first President of the Academy of Arts. In this palace, built in 1753-55 by Sabbas Chevakinsky, Shuvalov often played host to many scholars and artists, including Mikhail Lomonosov. Subsequently, the palace was widely known as the «house of the general-prosecutor» and the residence of the ministers of justice. The original finish of the vestibule has survived and the remaining interiors have been reconstructed.
The exhibits dwell on campaigns against smoking, alcoholism and drug addiction, on sexual education, AIDS prevention and radiation hygiene. There| is a unique collection of anatomical preparations, an electro physical «glass man» model and an artificial heart.
Located: Italianskaya ulitsa, 25
Open: 10-00- 18-00
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays
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The museum of press history
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The Museum's exhibition illustrates the history of St. Petersburg press of the middle of the XIX - early XX centuries.
Location: Moika emb., 32/2
Opened: 11.00 - 18.00: Tuesday 11.00 – 17.00
Closed: Wednesday
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Popov central museum of communication
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The A. Central Museum of Communications, one of the oldest museums of science and technology in the world, is located in the historic centre of St. Petersburg. It was found on 11th September 1872 by the head of the Telegraph depart of Russia, Carl Luders. Since 1945 the Museum bears the name of an outstanding Russian scientist Aleksandr Popov. Nowadays museum’s archives and collections contain well over 8 million items, they consist of authentic documents and objects relating to the history of post, telegraph and telephone, radio and broadcasting, and all modern means of telecommunication. The museum cares for 15 000 apparatuses and technical pieces, 50 000 archival documents, vast collections of “marks of postal payment”, including the eight-million items Russian National Collection of Philately, specialized research library with 50 000 books and periodicals. The museum is a leading in its field in Russia and such provides consulting supervision for other museums of the telecommunication industry. The new museum’s exposition introduce valuable objects relating to the history of the development of postal service, telegraphy, telephony, radio, television, satellite and space communication.
Location: Pochtamtsky per., 4
Open: TU – WE, FR –SU 10.30 am – 6 pm
Closed: MO, TU
Cinematography Museum
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The museum is situated on Karavannaya Ulitsa and completes the ensemble of the square. The building was designed by two graduates of St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, K. Bobrovsky and B. Botkin, in the style of late 16th-centure Italian Palazzo. One of the first cinemas in St. Petersburg, the “Splendid palace” was located in this building. The idea of creating of St. Petersburg Museum of Cinematography arose during of period of stagnation in Russian cinematography at the end of the 90s, a time when general public, students and specialists lacked the opportunity to satisfy their interest in the art of cinema and in film culture. The museum works on the basis of its own unique principle – the film is an exhibit, the themed items are the shelves housing the exhibits, and the program is the archives and bone-yard. The old cinema in which the museum is housed helped to create concept of a virtual museum as that most appropriate to the age and circumstance.
Location: Karavannaya str., 12
Open: MO -FR 11 am – 6 pm
Closed: SA, SU
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Military medicine museum
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The Museum of Military Medicine’s collection was begun with medical items that Peter the Great brought to Russia from abroad at the start of the 18th century. The museum is housed in the former barracks of the Semenovsky regiment, and is a unique institution of research, archives and education, well known both in Russia and abroad as depositary and record of Russian medical traditions and the military medical service. The museum’s wealth of items documenting the development of medicine and activities of its most famous practitioners is one of the largest in the world – the archives contain more than 60 million items. The rarest items in the collection include an assortment of paintings, medicines, medical instruments, uniforms worn by military doctors, medical books and photographs. The exhibition include “Russia’s Military Medicine” which details the history of Russian military medicine, including that social support and help offered to disable veterans of World War II, the Afghan war and conflicts Tajikistan and Chechnya.
Location: Lazaretny per, 2
Open: MO –TH 10 am – 5 pm, FR 10 am – 4 pm
Closed: SU, SA and the last WE of every month
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