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.

July 5, 2017

Hermitage Restoration and Storage Centre

Tucked neatly away within Staraya Derevnya just outside the centre of Petersburg sits the Restoration and Storage Centre of the State Hermitage. While it may be only a short metro ride from the bustling Nevsky Prospekt, the Hermitage Storage Building itself is quiet and spacious, entirely free of the crowds that make the main Hermitage […]

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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

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