The Friedland Gate Museum

The Friedland Gate is located in the eponymous architectural monument of the XIX century - the city gate and was an integral part of the Second Wall Fortification of Koenigsberg, the construction of which began in 1843. Construction time circa 1857-1862 The architect is unknown. The gate has undoubted architectural advantages of the traditional then neo-Gothic style. The outer side of the gate is decorated with the sculpture of the Grand Master Siegfried von Feuchtwangen - the founder of the Middle Castle in Marienburg (Malbork, Poland).

Now in the room there is a museum of the same name, the exposition of which tells both about the history of the fortifications of Koenigsberg and the city gates in particular, and about the pre-war life of citizens. In the rooms of interchangeable expositions, in addition to thematic exhibitions, concerts, conferences, seminars, presentations are held. For the first time in the gate opened an exhibition found during the cleaning of water bodies Novik Alexander Georgievich (1956 - 2001), the museum was officially established by order of the director of the park Avetisyanets Ella Petrovna (1965 born) in 2002. The museum is one of the organizers of the international knightly festival Regiomons. The Royal Mountain, held annually on the territory of the park adjacent to the museum as part of the celebration of City Day.

For the third year in a row, the Friedland Gate is home to the international scientific-practical conference "Defensive Structures of Europe and East Prussia", which aims to study the history, study the system and objects of fortification, consider the problems associated with the post-war state, restoration, reconstruction and use in the field of tourism, museumification of defensive structures. In addition, the Friedland Gate Museum is one of the organizers of the Museum Night in Kaliningrad project, which was launched for the first time for our region on May 19, 2006.