The Polytechnic Museum (under revamp) (Moscow)

Russia / Moscow / Moscow / Novaya ploshchad, 3/4
 Lenin, Eclectic (architecture), building/structure currently being renovated/restored/reconstructed, 1908_construction, 1897_construction, object of cultural heritage of regional importance (Russia), 1877_construction, science museum
The Polytechnic Museum, founded in 1872, is one of the oldest science and technology museums in the world.

The Museum aims to draw the audience's interest to knowledge and achievements of the human mind, inspire youth and support young professionals.

Today, the Museum's historical building is being renovated, and the conception of the Museum itself is changing as well: it goes beyond the object collection, lectures and exhibition tours, promoting its activities as a platform for scientific discussions, educational projects and intellectual efforts.

Some examples are;
1. First Achromatic telescope
2. Early solar microscope
3. Early seismograph
4. Galvanoplastics
5. Early electric lights
6. The automobile (Russo-Balt K12/20 and a GAZ-M20 Pobeda).

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In this building

  1. Polytechnical Library
  2. Центральный лекторий Политехнического музея
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  1. Книжный магазин «Циолковский»
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Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polytechnic_Museum
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Coordinates:   55°45'27"N   37°37'46"E

Comments

  • Initially the museum opened in 1872 with an exhibit in Aleksandr Gardens to celebrate the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Peter the Great, an amateur scientist. Then for several years, the museum was located on Prechistenka Street before moving to this location in 1877. From the beginning to was too small to house all the things collected. The north wing was added in 1896 and the south in 1907.
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