Memorial Museum of Spacecraft
Russia, Moscow, Mir Avenue, 111
About the company:
The Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics is located in the basement of the monument “Conquerors of Space”. This unique architectural monument was opened on November 4, 1964. The authors of the project are architects M.O. Barshch, A.N. Kolchin and sculptor A.P. Faydysh. The monument is made of polished titanium, has a height of 110 meters and an angle of 77 degrees.
The museum itself was opened on the initiative of the Chief Designer of Rocket and Space Systems S.P. Korolyov on April 10, 1981, on the 20th anniversary of the space flight by Yuri Gagarin. The exposition of the museum presents personal belongings of figures of the rocket and space industry, archival documents, film and photo materials, samples of souvenirs of fine and decorative arts related to the theme of space exploration. The jewel of the collection, updated after reconstruction, are full-scale samples of rocket and space technology and interactive exhibits (for example, a simulator for rendezvous and docking).