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Polytechnical museum


Phone: спр. (495) 623-07-56, экс.бюро (495) 623-42-87

Address: 101000, Moscow,

Location: Metro stations: Lybyanka, Kitai-gorod


Working hours:* Open every day, except Mondays and the last Thursday of every month, 10am - 6pm

Internet:
    www.russianmuseums.info/M303 - official web page
    Polytechnical museum - W868, official web site www.polymus.ru

    E-Mail:


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Description:
    Polytechnical museum is a scientific, enlightening and cultural-leisure centre of Russia, the main museum in history of science and technology.

    In December 1991 the Museum was declared a federal property and defined as a particularly valuable object of Russian national heritage, including the Museum itself and the Central Polytechnical Library.

    The Museum keeps more than 100 collections with more than 190,000 exhibits. Many of them are unique relics of science and technique. Museum's exposition occupies about 11,800 sq. m. and it is designed according to the chronological principle with the application of original historical documents and materials, relics of science and technology, working models and installations, dioramas.

    There are departments of Geology and Mining, Metallurgy, Chemical technology, Engineering, Automation and Computers, Automobile transport, Radioelectronics and Communication, Optics, Meteorology, Cosmonautics, Power engineering in the Museum. Visitors themselves can take part in entertaining physical experiments in the new department "Igroteka" - which is an interactive exposition



Museum's services:
   lecture hall, public library, Internet access, museum's caffe

Next to the museum there are:
    hotels and restaurants


for museum professionals

Administrative phone:
    (495) 625-01-07, Fax: (495) 625-12-90



Foundation and opening day:
    opened: 12.12.1872

Organisation status:
   Federal

Organization form:
   non-for-profit

Organisation type:
    culture for society, scientific

Classification:
    Historical,Science and technics


Squares:
    permament show rooms 11800м2
    temporary exhibitions 500м2
    museum's store 6502м2

Employee number:
    635 (curators: 57)

Average visitors per year:
    451100


Specific departments:
    archive, science library, experts team, restoration dep.

Collections volume:
    192241, rare collection's items: 105938




Web sites and CD-disks:
    above






Copyright (c) 1996-2009 Polytechnical museum

Copyright (c) 1996-2009  Russian Cultural Heritage Network