House-Museum of A.F. Mozhaisky

The exposition of the museum is devoted to the Vologda period of life and activity of the famous Russian inventor in the field of aeronautics A.F. Mozhaisky (1825-1890). The museum is located in the estate owned by the wife of the inventor L.D. Kuzmina (Kotelnikovo). The exposition is located in a wooden mansion of the middle of the XIX century. It was there that calculations and experiments were made, which became the first step to the creation of a monoplane - an aircraft heavier than air.

In the house-museum there is also an exhibition “The contribution of Vologda residents to the development of aviation and cosmonautics”, telling about the natives of the Vologda land, who devoted their lives to aeronautics. Among them is the outstanding Soviet aircraft designer S.V. Ilyushin, pilots of the Civil and Great Patriotic War. The path from the first Russian aircraft to the launch of the Voskhod-2 space rocket with Vologzhanin on board - the commander of the ship, cosmonaut P.I. Belyaev.

The branch opened on November 4, 1986. The museum is adjacent to the park, founded in 1861 on an area of 3 hectares with ponds, linden and oak alleys.