The Central Naval Museum

http://www.RussianMuseum.info/M153
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The Central Naval Museum

Phone: (812) 328-25-02, 328-25-01

Address: 199034, Saint-Petersburg, 4, Birzhevaya Ploshad

Location: From metro station Nevsky Prospect, take bus 7, or trolleybus 1 or 7, 10

Working hours:* Open Wednesday to Sunday inclusive, 11am - 6pm. Closed the last Thursday of every month.

Internet:
www.russianmuseums.info/M153 - official web page

E-Mail:

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Description:

The museum started as a model-chamber built to the instructions of Peter the Great in 1709. It is one of the oldest museums in the world, with two thousand unique models of ships, many of which are notable for their artistic worth. The museum has a rich collection of different works of fine arts, as well as a large collection of paintings, photographs, uniforms, flags and banners contains, many of which are extremely rare. The pride of the Museum is an ancient monoxyl boat (about 3000 years old), Peter the Great's famous boat that he named the "Grandfather of the Russian Navy". Another rarity is the original submarine of S.Dzewiecki, built in the 1880-s.

Museum's services:
museum shop, lecture hall, museum's caffe

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Administrative phone:
(812) 328-81-75, Fax: (812) 328-27-01

Foundation and opening day:
founded: 24.01.1709

Organisation status:
Ministry

Organization form:
non-for-profit

Organisation type:
culture for society, scientific

Classification:
Historical,Science and technics

Squares:
permament show rooms 1850м²
temporary exhibitions 315м²
museum's store 2303м²
museum's parks 1,05га

Employee number:
315 (curators: 45)

Average visitors per year:
около 430 000

Specific departments:
science library, restoration dep. по дереву, металлу и ткани

Collections volume:
около 730000, rare collection's items: около 327000

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