Museum in the Thunder Tower "The Terrible 17th Century"

The Grown 17th Century Museum

The museum space occupies 4 tiers of the Thunder Tower. The expositions are devoted to the events of the XVII century - the history of the construction of the fortress and the heroic defense of Smolensk 1609-1611, the period of Polish occupation, the reform of the Russian army, the return of Smolensk by Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich in 1654.

On the fourth tier, visitors find themselves directly under a huge 19-meter tent crowning the tower. There is a possibility of access to the spine adjacent to the Thunder Tower. There you can see the reconstruction of the vertebral barrel gun.

You can visit the museum "Grozny 17 century" in the Thunder Tower, - with a guide, during a tour of the city. Together you will climb to the upper tiers, go out on the spine, the guide will tell you about the armament of soldiers of the 17th century, about the design features of the towers of the fortress wall.

Thunder is one of the most beautiful towers of the “necklaces of the Russian land”, the Smolensk fortress wall, erected by the architect Fyodor Kone. This is the first of the restored towers of the fortress, restored in its original form.