Polytechnic Museum
Политехнический музей | |
Established | 1872 |
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Location | Moscow, Russia |
Coordinates | 55°45′20″N 37°36′35″E / 55.75556°N 37.60972°E |
Type | Science Museum |
Collection size | circa 160,000 items in 65 halls |
Website | polymus |
The Polytechnic Museum (
The Polytechnic Museum is the largest technical museum in Russia, and houses a wide range of historical inventions and technological achievements, including humanoid automata of the 18th century, and the first Soviet computers. The collection contains over 160,000 items in 65 halls including,
History
The
Collections
As of January 1, 2013 the museum fund of the museum consisted of 229,348 items.
The collection of computing equipment is the most comprehensive display in Russia and includes rare copyrights devices, such as automated
Modernization
On the basis of the decree of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, the Development Fund of the Polytechnic Museum held a tender for the development of the museum concept. As a result of a choice from 14 competitive bids provided by Russian and foreign companies specializing in museum design, British company Event Communications was selected.[7]
Public lectures
In addition to its function as a museum, the Polytechnic Museum has been an important place for the dissemination of science and culture in Russian. From 1913 to 1918 it was the centre of discussions about
References
- ^ a b Polytechnic Museum, History
- ^ Polytechnical museum, The Museum Collections
- ^ The Polytechnical Museum opened in Moscow, Presidential Library, Retrieved 17 November 2015
- ^ "Михаил Ковальчук назначен президентом Политехнического музея". Kommersant (in Russian). 2023-06-30.
- ^ Viktor Bunyakovsky
- ^ In 1936 Soviet scientist Lukyanov built an analog water computer
- ^ Derek Anderson (30 September 2010). "U.K.-Irish Firm to Revamp Museum". The Moscow Times.
Event Communications was selected from a shortlist of four firms by a 16-member jury that included Culture Minister Alexander Avdeyev, Rusnano head Anatoly Chubais, presidential aide Arkady Dvorkovich and representatives of several European museums. The other three contenders were the Spanish CosmoCaixa, the U.S. Ralph Appelbaum Associates and U.S.-Canadian Lord Cultural Resources.
- ^ Vladimir Markov, Russian Futurism: A History, University of California Press, 1969, [1]
- ^ About Public Lectures at the Polytechnical Museum (in Russian)
External links
- Polytechnic Museum
- Photos of the museum
- State Polytechnic Museum (Moscow)
- Polytechnic Museum — 3d model
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