Science Museums

Much of the former communist space has a long and proud history of scientific achievement. The communists in particular held science to be one of the most important aspects of social development and identity. This has not greatly changed even in the post-communist era. Thus, museums to science, industry, and technology were commonly founded across the former communist space and remain generally popular and supported today.

December 19, 2019

A Visit to the Neon Museum, Warsaw

Neon signs first began to populate Warsaw’s streets in the inter-war years when The Second Polish Republic was, briefly, an independent state. WWII destroyed most of Warsaw and nearly all of its then-popular neon signs. The Communists maintained control of the country and officially frowned on the decorative advertisings. Although old town was rebuilt nearly […]

Science Museums

A Visit to the Neon Museum, Warsaw

Exhibition of Peter the Great’s Art, Science, and Chinese Ties Opens in Moscow

Grand Maket in St. Petersburg: A Miniature Tour of Russia

Russian Vodka Museum in St. Petersburg

Kunstkamera in St. Petersburg, Russia

Museum of Soviet Arcade Games

VDNKh – The Moscow Mockup and Smart City

National Chernobyl Museum in Kyiv, Ukraine

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