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.

June 25, 2017

Kunstkamera: “Medical Art”

The Kunstkamera is a distinctive blue building set along the Nevsky on Vasilievskiy Island. Among its many claims to fame, the most prominent is that the Kunstkamera was the first museum created for the public in Petersburg; it was established by Peter the Great to house his collection of curiosities. Peter the Great was a […]

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City Dump Museum in Irkutsk

VDNKh Park and Exhibition Center in Moscow

The Moscow Space Museum

Botanical Garden in St. Petersburg

Primorskiy Safari Park – Day Trip from Vladivostok

Meros Silk Paper Factory in Samarkand

A Cosmic Opportunity – The Moscow Planetarium

Autoville Culture Center in Moscow

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