Museum of Cosmonautics and Rocket Technology |
190000 St. Petersburg - Санкт-Петербург, Russian Federation |
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Address |
3, Petropavlovskaya Krepost
in Peter and Paul fortress |
Floor area | unfortunately not known yet |
Opening times
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Thursday to Monday: 11am - 6pm; Tuesday: 11am - 5pm Closed Wednesday and the last Tuesday of each month |
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Status from 05/2014
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Adults: RUB 120; Children/Students: RUB 70 | ||||
Contact |
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Homepage | www.saint-petersburg.com/museums/museum-cosmonautics-rocket-technology |
Location / Directions |
Metro: Gorkovskaya, Sportivnaya For position in the fortress see interactive map: www.spbmuseum.ru/themuseum/museum_complex/peterpaul_fortress/map_of_peter_and_paul_fortress.php |
Description | State Museum of the History of St Petersburg includes seven branches: Peter and Paul Fortress, Shlisselburg Fortress Oreshek, Rumyantsev Mansion, Alexander Blok Museum, Sergey Kirov Museum, St Petersburg Avant-garde Museum (Mikhail Matyushin’s House), Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad, Museum of Printing. 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. |
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