Museum of amazing things. Unusual museums of the world
When we hear the word museum, the names immediately come to mind - the Hermitage, the Tretyakov Gallery, the Louvre... However, there are many strange museums in the world that are very different from these, which are familiar to the common man. Here are just a few of them.
Sewerage Museum in Paris, France
The Paris Sewerage Museum, located on the Quai d'Orsay near the Pont Alma, traces the history of the city's sewerage system from the first Aubrio tunnels under Charles V to the Belgran sewer network in use today. It is quite logical that this museum is located in an underground tunnel, going down into which visitors will be able to get acquainted with the history of city drains and the development of the sewerage network, as well as walk on foot both through the wide main tunnels and narrow secondary ones.
Ventriloquist Museum in Fort Mitchell, USA
At the Ventriloquist Museum in Kentucky, dummies tell funny stories, roll their eyes at cues and have their own opinions on everything. What makes the Fort Mitchell Museum unique is that it is the only one of its kind in the world. It seems that there are endless rows of wooden dolls lined up within its walls. With their “eyes” they follow all the movements of visitors, as if trying to hypnotize them and subjugate them to their own will. In this eerie place, many have to really hold back so as not to scream in fear.
Cesare Lombroso Museum of Criminal Anthropology in Turin, Italy
The famous Museum of Criminal Anthropology in Turin was founded in 1898 by the criminal physiognomist Cesare Lombroso. This museum houses a collection of about four hundred skulls of a wide variety of people. All this is a consequence of the museum’s founder’s obsession with the idea that criminal tendencies and various behavioral deviations are determined by the shape and size of a person’s skull. It was for this reason that the doctor collected the skulls of madmen, criminals, soldiers and ordinary citizens. His collection consists of life-size skeletons, human brains and images of dissected bodies. The main feature of the museum is the head of Lombroso himself, which is perfectly preserved and stored in a glass chamber.
Museum "Psychiatry: Industry of Death" in Los Angeles, USA
A scary museum called “Psychiatry: The Industry of Death” was founded in 2005 by Scientologists who criticized the current methods of treating psychiatric illnesses and mental disorders. The exhibition of this museum consists of materials telling how a worldwide conspiracy of doctors and pharmacists contributed to the destruction of American Indians and Australian Bushmen, which was a consequence of the beginning of apartheid and the Holocaust. The Los Angeles building also serves as the administrative center for the Citizens' Commission on Human Rights.
Barbed Wire Museum in La Crosse, USA
The original Barbed Wire Museum opened in 1971 in the US state of Kansas. He tells all visitors about the history and evolution of barbed wire, which is often popularly called the “Devil's Rope.” Today, the museum's exhibition consists of more than 2 thousand types of barbed wire; the most valuable exhibits date back to the 19th century. The sightseeing tour includes a visit to the Barbed Wire Hall of Fame and the Scientific Library. Most visitors also visit the cinema room, where an educational film about the history of this unusual but very profitable industry is shown.
Mutter Museum of Medical History in Philadelphia, USA
The Mütter Museum of Medical History is a museum of human diseases and pathologies, antique medical equipment and biological exhibits, located in an ancient medical complex in the United States. Most of all, this museum is “famous” for its unimaginable collection of skulls, but that’s not all - within the walls of this creepy establishment are collected all sorts of unique exhibits, for example, the corpse of a woman turned into soap in the ground where she was buried, Siamese twins with one liver , the skeleton of a newborn baby with two heads and much more. Entry to this terrible museum is prohibited to all faint-hearted and impressionable people, as well as pregnant women and children.
Rabbit Museum in Pasadena, USA
An American couple managed to get into the Guinness Book of Records thanks to rabbits - Candice Frazee and Steve Lubanski converted their house into a real museum of cute rodents. Their mansion in Pasadena has a collection of 28.5 thousand different items, one way or another related to rabbits and hares. It all started with an innocent gift, when a couple in love exchanged toy animals on Valentine’s Day. After that, they began to constantly give each other rabbits and everything connected with them - postcards, clay figurines, toys, dishes, lamps, furniture, bathroom accessories, and, in the end, they decided to have live rabbits. All this led to the museum opening in 1999.
UFO Museum and Research Center in Roswell, USA
The New Mexico UFO Museum and Research Center is one of the five most visited museums in the United States. This fact is quite logical, because people have always wanted to get their hands on the solution to the mystery of the supernatural, flying saucers and aliens. Most of the exhibits presented in the museum are ordinary images on a screen or on pieces of paper, but among them there are exceptions, such as the lid of a sarcophagus from Mexico or a container of dirt collected after a UFO accident that occurred in one of the local deserts in 1947. Obviously, it was this incident that became the starting point for the creation of a thematic museum in the southwest of America.
Hearse Museum in Barcelona, Spain
It is noteworthy that the gloomy hearse museum is located in the building of the main funeral home of Catalonia. Anyone can get into the dark basement of this establishment and absolutely free of charge, although, as a rule, there are very few people interested. In several halls of the museum you can find ancient funeral carriages, upholstered in black velvet, mourning wagons, carriages and modern hearses, on which Barcelona residents were seen off on their last journey from the 18th century to the present day. In the Barcelona museum there are also the world's first mourning cars of the famous Studebaker brand and more modern vehicles intended for these mournful purposes.
Museum of Bratwurst and Currywurst in Berlin, Germany
In the capital of Germany in 2009, the grand opening of a thematic museum dedicated to fried sausages with curry powder and a special ketchup-based sauce took place. The reason for the appearance of such an unusual object is the sixtieth anniversary of the dish adored by the Germans. An introduction to the German delicacy takes place within the framework of an interactive exhibition, which includes a story about the history of the origin and role of Currywurst sausages in the culture of the country, as well as an introduction to the most delicious and unusual recipes for this dish. It is worth recognizing that in terms of popularity the museum itself is significantly inferior to the café operating next to it, where you can try the legendary dish in combination with a variety of sauces.
This incredible underwater museum features dozens of life-size sculptures and is used as artificial coral reefs for local flora and fauna.
2. Hermann Boerhaave Museum. City of Leiden, Netherlands
Before it became a museum dedicated to human mutation, before mutation became a great discovery in medicine, botany and physiology, this building was a simple hospital. Now in it you can see the collection of Sebald Justinus Brugmans, which includes jars, test tubes and various kinds of mutations in them.
3. Momofuku Ando Instant Noodle Museum. Osaka city, Japan
5. Museum of Divorces. City of Zagreb, Croatia
Each element in this collection - be it a wedding dress or even an ax - has its own story in the final stage of a failed relationship.
6. Museum of Bad Art. City of Beston, Massachusetts
This museum features works by famous artists who went wrong, as well as strange copies of paintings by other artists.
7. Paris Sewerage Museum. City of Paris, France
Believe it or not. But this museum, dedicated to the sewers of Paris, was founded in the Paris sewers in 1800, and it is still in operation. It features many historical exhibits and not necessarily the theme of its name.
8. Mütter Museum. City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This museum boasts hundreds of specimens of skulls and skeletons, demonstrating numerous pathologies in the human structure.
9. Museum of Dog Collars. City of Kent, England
This museum contains accessories for man's best friend over five centuries.
10. Museum of Death. City of Los Angeles, California, City of New Orleans, Louisiana
According to its creators, the museum was founded in 1995 “so that visitors could learn the whole truth hidden from them in the media regarding certain events related to the death or murder of people.” The museum does not conduct tours. Each visitor can explore everything on their own, which will take about an hour.
The museum itself, in addition to numerous autopsy documents, videos and photographs from crime scenes, also contains the head of Bluebeard, the French serial killer.
11. Vent Haven Museum. City of Fort Haven, Kentucky
This museum has an incredible collection of posters and photographs that describe the history of talking dolls. It is worth visiting only if you are not confused by the gaze of hundreds of dolls watching you from the very beginning to the end of your entire visit to the museum.
12. Museum of paintings "Cat House". City of Amsterdam, Netherlands
This museum has collected an incredible collection of sculptures, paintings and other utensils about cats. All of them indicate that these furballs are an integral part of human life.
13. Museum of Bread Culture. City of Ulm, Germany
Despite the fact that this museum has collected 16,000 relics related to baking, there are almost no examples of baking or recipes for it in this museum.
14. Winchester House. City of San Jose, California
In 1884, the house was purchased by Sarah Winchester, widow of William Winchester, son of Oliver Winchester, inventor of the famous rifle.
After her husband's death, Sarah had an audience with a medium in Boston who "communicated with the spirit of her late husband." The spirit of the deceased allegedly reported that Sarah's misadventures (the death of her only daughter shortly after birth, the relatively early death of William) were connected with the fact that the family was cursed with those killed by a rifle created by his father. In order to avoid further problems, a woman must build a special house in which spirits cannot harm her. The widow purchased this house and spent almost all her millions on its reconstruction.
15. Museum of British Lawn Mowers. City of Southport, England
Not only does this museum have 200-year-old lawn mowers, but visitors are also allowed to try out the lawn mowers used by Princess Diana and Prince Charles.
16. Museum of Jurassic technology. City of Los Angeles, California
The name of the museum has nothing to do with dinosaurs. A whole collection of scientific and artistic rarities is presented here.
According to the head of the Smithsonian Institution, “museums such as this, unlike most others, are very important because they show the history of the development of scientific technology, thereby kindling people’s interest in science.”
Despite the fact that some of the exhibits, such as the decaying bones of the Russian dogs Belka and Strelka, are fake, the guides still present them as genuine. Visitors have a lot to discuss among themselves.
17. Barney Smith Art Museum. City of San Antonio, Texas
In our world there are a huge number of museums that display various exhibits, mainly cultural values. But there is also unusual museums of the world, in which visitors will find not quite simple works of art, but rather extravagant ones. It is precisely such museums that will be discussed here.
Any person is always interested in seeing something original and unusual, something that you cannot find everywhere. This is exactly why unusual museums attract visitors. Lovers of sweets will be interested in visiting the chocolate museum, and lovers of psychology will be interested in visiting the Sigmund Freud Museum of Dreams.
Even though such museums do not open often, there are already quite a large number of them, and over time there will be even more of them. On the pages of this site we will try to give as much information as possible about unusual museums in the world.
Having visited Lisbon, you can’t help but visit the most popular museum in the capital of Portugal - the National Carriage Museum. The building in which it is located is organically connected with the history of this transport that has sunk into oblivion. Back in 1787, Prince Juan, later King Juan VI, began construction of the Royal Riding Hall for horse riding training. The building itself was built according to the design of the architect Giacomo Azolini in the neoclassical style, but the subsequent decoration of the exterior and interior continued for more than 40 years.
These are unusual museums where visitors find themselves in a real tropical paradise, filled with beautiful butterflies that flutter everywhere. It maintains a tropical climate: temperature + 28 degrees and humidity - 70%. Often in such museums you can also see exotic birds, fish, and a large number of living tropical plants. This magical corner of the tropics will not leave anyone indifferent!
In the center of Stockholm there is an unusual museum dedicated to dance. In addition to permanent exhibitions, the museum also hosts temporary exhibitions that change from year to year. These exhibitions feature live performances. Many tourists even plan dates specifically, since the dance museum hosts various events depending on the time of year.
There is a kamikaze museum in Japan. It was opened in 1975 in the village of Tiran. Since 2007 it has been the city of Minamikyushu. The museum was opened on the site of a former Japanese Air Force airbase. As the name implies, all museum exhibits are dedicated to Japanese kamikaze pilots who gave their lives for the prosperity of their homeland.
Everyone knows about the tragedy that happened on August 9, 1945 in Japan, when the US military dropped an atomic bomb on that city. But few people know that in the city itself there is a museum dedicated to this tragic event. Today we will tell you about the atomic bomb museum.
Winter is a wonderful, beautiful time. Everything around is white and snow is falling. A piece of all this beauty is a snowflake. How interesting and fun it is to watch snowflakes fall from the sky. As you probably already guessed, in this article we will look at the snowflake museum, which is located in Japan on the island of Hokkaido. It should be noted that this is the only museum of its kind in the world, so it is doubly interesting.
If you find yourself in Hungary, you simply must visit the marzipan museum. Yes, you heard right - this is a very interesting, unique and “sweet” museum. All exhibits presented in the museum are made of marzipan!
At the end of 2017, there were about 400 museums in the capital. Let's look at the most interesting places. We have prepared a selection for all age categories and different taste preferences. All places are suitable for families with children.
Delicious museums
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All those with a sweet tooth just need to come to this place. The whole history of chocolate and cocoa is before your eyes: the Mayans prepare an ancient drink, Cortez brings it to Spain and chocolate begins its victorious journey around the world.
2. Museum of the History of Russian Chocolate (“WORLD OF CHOCOLATE”)
Here you will find out who was the first chocolatier in the history of Russia. What types of chocolate were produced, where it began its journey, why the Russian delicacy became popular in many countries and what is the history of modern Russian chocolate.
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The Bread Museum in the Izmailovo Kremlin presents the centuries-old history of the bread industry in Russia: 19th-century peasant objects, hand-made wooden utensils, loaves, different types of bread and more. You can find out which baker you are, or you can just try local products.
Scientific and educational museums of Moscow
4. State Darwin Museum
The Darwin Museum was founded in 1907. It displays thousands of exhibits representing different types of life on planet Earth. It will be interesting for both children and adults. You will meet many species of animals that you have never even heard of.
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Dozens of paintings painted by professional artists greet every visitor. Many people come here for “avatars” on their social network pages, others come here to get a lot of positive emotions for the whole family. Don't forget to take a camera with a large battery. This is one of the most popular museums in Moscow. Read about them in more detail
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The Museum of Entertaining Sciences will make you feel like a research scientist. All exhibits simply need to be touched! Complex physical and chemical reactions are described in a playful manner. Even adults will learn a lot from the master classes.
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The solar system, a hydrogen rocket, a space bicycle - all exhibitions are open to access. The interactive museum Lunarium is located on the territory of the Moscow Planetarium and will tell anyone the secrets of our galaxy.
8. Interactorium Mars-Tefo at VDNKh
The entire space of the site is completely dedicated to the distant and little-explored planet Mars. Mars is distinguished by its unfriendly disposition, but is this really so? At your disposal are models of Mars rovers, compartments of the Mars-Tefo space station and views of the red planet from the windows.
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The Children's Center for Scientific Discovery on Teatralny Proezd is somewhat reminiscent of the Experimentanium, but still differs from it. Here, in an accessible form, they talk about the operation of physical laws, prepare their own toothpaste, and conduct experiments with different types of paints and soap bubbles. An excellent place for a family holiday with children.
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Few people have not been to the Cosmonautics Museum. Here we get acquainted with spaceships, astronauts, launch vehicles and much more that marked the era of space exploration. In addition to studying the exhibits, there is the opportunity to watch an educational film about space. The Museum of Cosmonautics is included in our TOP 4 best Moscow.
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The Polytechnic University is among the top largest scientific and technical museums in the world. Despite the reconstruction of the building where the Polytech is located (in Kitay-Gorod), it continues to operate until 2018, but at other addresses: VDNKh, the ZIL Cultural Center and Technopolis Moscow.
The entire history of the automotive industry is concentrated in one place. Retro cars of actors and actresses, leaders and members of the Politburo, famous foreign figures and other eminent car owners are hidden in the pavilions of the retro car museum.
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The Moscow Planetarium Center for the Popularization of Natural Sciences talks about the sky, space and stars. To travel to the stars, it is not necessary to undergo cosmonaut training and wait for the construction of a spaceship, but rather to come to the Big Moscow Planetarium.
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The first oceanarium in Moscow and the second largest after Moskvarium, will allow you to get acquainted with various representatives of marine and freshwater fauna: animals, reefs, fish, reptiles, birds and others.
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The Vadim Zadorozhny Museum of Technology is the largest private museum of ancient technology in Russia. The collection includes vintage cars, military equipment, airplanes, motorcycles and weapons. In total there are more than 1,000 exhibits - an incredible amount of equipment for one person.
17. Interactive beekeeping museum at VDNKh
For all honey lovers and more! Here you will learn the history of beekeeping, what types of bees there are, how they are born, work and produce natural nectar - honey. In addition, anyone will be able to observe the life of bees throughout the year, since the pavilion houses a real, living hive.
Historical museums of Moscow
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When it comes to historical museums, the first thing that comes to mind is. In the entire history of the Kremlin, no one has been able to take it by storm, not once. The 20 towers of the monumental structure represent a single powerful defensive line. Each tower hides its own secret story.
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The Historical Museum of Moscow is the largest national museum in Russia. Millions of ancient and modern objects have been collected for almost 150 years (founded in 1872), 11 halls in a unique architectural monument building will tell and show the centuries-old history of our homeland.
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The museum was founded in 1912 in honor of the 100th anniversary of the victory over the French. Thousands of exhibits belonging to the 19th century are presented to visitors in their original form. Here you will meet the heroes of bygone days, the memory of which will be treasured forever.
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The museum opened in Moscow in 1962. It is dedicated to one of the largest and bloodiest one-day battles in the history of mankind. According to some estimates, about 6,000 people died every hour. It was the Battle of Borodino that became the beginning of the end of Napoleon I and the turning point in the First World War.
22. Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War
The memorial complex within which the museum was opened is dedicated to the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Here you will learn about all aspects and events of the Second World War. How the USSR prepared for war, how the battles took place, what equipment and technology was used, and more. The museum is unlikely to leave anyone indifferent.
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65 meters underground - this is the depth of this museum. Previously, it was a bomb shelter for top officials of the USSR. The structure was erected in 1956 by order of Stalin and it was assumed that it was from here that the USSR command would lead troops in the event of a nuclear war, but with the development of weapons, the requirements for such facilities also changed.
Now everyone has the opportunity not only to get acquainted with the realities of past years, but also to hold a birthday or entertainment event at a depth of 65 meters underground. Please note that you can see more similar places and excursions in our article about excursions in Moscow.
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The Telephone History Museum is an example of how a hobby grows into something more. Here you can find the widest collection of all telephone sets from Europe, America and Russia. In total there are about 2,000 exhibits of rare telephones from the 19th and 20th centuries. Some devices were at antique auctions, while others were provided from personal collections.
One of the largest natural history museums in the world is located in Moscow. Six halls dedicated to different periods of life on planet Earth. The entire territory is about 5,000 m2. In each room you will get acquainted with animals and mammals of ancient times. Dinosaurs are of particular interest to most visitors. Their size excites the mind. 225 million years separate us from these huge animals!
Art museums of Moscow
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The State Museum of Fine Arts named after A. S. Pushkin in Moscow was founded in 1911. It is among the top 3 largest museums in the country in terms of collections of foreign art. More than 670,000 objects of painting and sculpture are collected here. All these treasures are located in an architectural monument in the center of Moscow.
27. Bulgakov's House
“Bad” apartment at the address: Moscow, Bolshaya Sadovaya, 10, apt. 50 became the Bulgakov Museum. We all know where “Bad Apartment” came from, of course, from his legendary novel “The Master and Margarita”. A novel that immortalized the writer and the apartment in which he lived until 1924.
28. Mosfilm
Mosfilm is the largest film studio and the only one in Europe that meets all the requirements of the international association. The territory of the film studio is 35 hectares. A short excursion lasting 1.5 hours awaits you, during which you will be told how the magic of cinema is created.
When did the first museum appear in Moscow?
The first museum in Moscow was created in 1859 by Alexander II in the Chambers of the Romanov Boyars in Zaryadye, where one of them will open in 2017. By the way, the Chamber is the only surviving building from the entire Romanov estate. Certain restrictions were imposed on visiting the museum - no more than 8 people could be inside at a time, and it could be visited 2 times a week. Admission was free.
The first museum in Russia
Peter I not only opened a window to Europe, but also founded the first museum in Russia - the Kunstkamera in St. Petersburg. The Kunstkamera is a place where rare anatomical anomalies and unique antiquities of different nations are collected. Now the Kunstkamera has been renamed the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography. Peter the Great.
The probable reason for the creation of the Kunstkamera was the similar places seen during a trip to Europe. Upon returning to his homeland, Peter I ordered the transfer of the state capital from Moscow to St. Petersburg and began collecting rare exhibits for the first Russian museum. The name of the museum was given in the Western style - Kunstkamera (from German means “cabinet of curiosities”). The founding date is considered to be 1714.
The history of the creation of the first museum in the world
The world's first museum (derived from the Greek word "Museion") was created in Greece, Alexandria in the 3rd century BC. The exposition of the world's first museum consisted of botanical and zoological gardens, an observatory, and a library. Over time, the museum's collection was replenished with statues, busts, medical and astronomical instruments. The museum existed solely thanks to government funding. The founder of the world's first museum was the then ruler of Greece, Ptolemy I.
Two centuries later, the museum contained more than 750 thousand manuscripts, which were stored in the Library of Alexandria. The museum was led by the chief priest, who was appointed by the king of Egypt. It was the largest library and museum in the world at the time. According to some sources, most of the exhibits and manuscripts were burned during a fire in 270 AD.
Few people know, but there are more than 400 museums in Moscow. Most of them are private. There are far fewer state and their branches. According to these parameters, the “white stone” is ahead of the rest. In London there are more than 250, in St. Petersburg there are over 200 museums, in Paris there are just over 80, and in New York there are less than 50.
We have already written about the most famous and popular routes through Moscow museums earlier -. But in addition to the top museums, there are no less interesting ones - unusual and unusual ones, which Moscow guides very rarely mention.
So, 7 of the most unusual museums in Moscow that are worth visiting:
Museum of Optical Illusions
Museums don’t always just look, moving from one exhibit to another, and the new museum on Arbat is direct proof of this. It definitely won’t make you bored, because here you literally become part of the exhibition, and how exactly you complement it depends only on your imagination. On an area of one thousand square meters, there are many paintings on a variety of topics: here are fairy-tale scenes, and very real interiors, stills from films, fantastic creatures... Your task is only to find the right position, becoming part of the canvas. And don’t forget to take your camera, because photography is where the illusion becomes real.
Address: Moscow, Maly Nikolopeskovsky lane, 4
Operating mode: daily from 11:30 to 23:30
Ticket price: 350 rubles.
Electromuseum
The Electromuseum is a unique and multifunctional gallery that opened its doors to visitors in 2014. The museum literally keeps up with the times, because its curators are convinced that the future lies with modern technologies and media, and the field of art is no exception. The museum hosts exhibitions of artists from all over the world working in art media format, music concerts, sound installations, lectures and seminars. Whether the future in art lies in new technologies or traditions, only time will tell, but now the Electromuseum is one of the most interesting places to visit.
Address: Moscow, st. Rostokinskaya, 1
Operating mode: Tuesday - Sunday from 11.00 to 20.00
Ticket price: 100 rubles, preferential - 50 rubles
E-Book Museum
As you might guess, this museum is one of the newest, since electronic books appeared relatively recently. The museum's exhibition is dedicated not only to the e-book, but to books in general. Here they present exhibits from ancient papyri to modern gadgets, and show a retrospective of the development of writing and books. But typewriters and the first computers are not everything. Visitors can watch films, such as a mid-20th-century French short that ironically predicts the advent of e-books. Here you can also familiarize yourself with and work with the latest readers and download e-books.
Address: Moscow, st. B. Cherkizovskaya, house 4, building 1
Operating mode: Monday - Friday from 11.00 to 22.00, Saturday - Sunday from 12.00 to 20.00
Ticket price: 150 rubles
Museum of the History of Chocolate and Cocoa
Where else, if not in museums, can you combine business with pleasure? Here you have both history and chocolate. The museum is very informative - here you can trace the history of chocolate from the very time humanity began to cultivate the cocoa tree, and before this product came to Europe and became firmly established in our everyday life. The hotel part of the museum is dedicated to wrapping for chocolate products, which is no less interesting. But the most amazing thing is the opportunity to see with your own eyes how chocolate is made, following each stage. And the most delicious thing is, of course, tasting different chocolate sweets straight from the assembly line.
Address: Moscow, st. Malaya Krasnoselskaya, 7
Operating mode: Monday - Saturday from 9.30 to 17.30
Ticket price: main exposition - 375 rubles, chocolate laboratory - 300 rubles
Museum "World of Coca-Cola"
Did the Chocolate Museum inspire the Coca-Cola makers to create their own museum? It occupies the territory of one of the largest soda production facilities in Europe, located in Novoperedelkino. The exhibition itself is also impressive in scale: it tells about the history and development of the brand, and it begins, you will be surprised, in 1886, when John Steve Pemberton, an American pharmacist, invented the recipe for the legendary soda. One of the exhibits is a recreated pharmacy of the inventor. Documentaries about Coca-Cola are shown on large plasma screens, and in the center of the exhibition is a model of the Moscow plant. And, of course, there were some exhibits - huge bottles of the drink, against which visitors happily take pictures.
Address: Moscow, st. Novoorlovskaya, 7
Operating mode: daily, time is discussed in advance with the administrator
Ticket price: for free
Museum "Russian felt boots"
The Russian Valenki Museum is the only one in Moscow where you can learn a lot about such an ordinary item and realize its full significance. Felt boots are not only comfortable, healing and, at times, irreplaceable shoes. Valenki are a symbol of true Russia with its broad soul and endless expanses. This unique (without beginning, without end, without seam, without scar) shoes has long been loved by everyone, regardless of rank and class.
The museum presents a variety of models: from embroidered felt boots of the late 19th century to modern ones, transformed by artists into art objects. Getting acquainted with the methods and tools of hand felting, the stages of industrial production of felted shoes and watching a video allow you to trace the path of the birth of felt boots from a pile of sheep wool to the finished product.
