Zhukovsky City Museum "History of the Conquest of the Sky"

Zhukovsky City Museum. The Museum of the History of the Conquest of Heaven has been operating since the twelfth of December one thousand nine hundred and seventy-ninth year. Seven employees and one researcher are working on the preservation and development of the museum collection. 1 Hall of Local History. It tells about the life and customs of local residents since the 17th century, about famous personalities whose fate is closely intertwined with the history of the development of the region, as well as about all stages of the history of the creation of the city of Zhukovsky. The exposition contains unique photo documents of those times, certificates, diplomas and various documents of the inhabitants of our region, as well as a large number of authentic exhibits that visually tell visitors about what the locals lived for several centuries. The highlight of the exposition is its interactivity, which is expressed in the location of the exhibits. From the center of the hall, with one turn of the building, the visitor can be in the peasant hut, in the count’s estate or at the dacha of a famous industrialist, in the barrack of the first resident of the village of Stakhanovo or in the apartment of the city of Zhukovsky in the 60-70s. The main idea of the hall is the idea that the place chosen for the construction of the city of Zhukovsky, as a center of aviation science, was not accidental and the only justified. 2 Hall of History of the Conquest of Heaven. He tells about the history of the development of aviation, aeronautics and aviation science, from the prehistoric period to our days. The hall contains a unique collection of flight crew uniforms, from 1914 to the present day. Many items of clothing in the collection belonged to test pilots, Heroes of the Soviet Union and Russia, residents of the city of Zhukovsky. The exposition tells about the role of city-forming aviation enterprises and institutes in the development of aviation and aviation science in Russia and the USSR. Unique photos and documents are collected in the hall. The room is as interactive as possible. Visitors to the hall have the opportunity: to familiarize themselves with the basics of aerodynamics by launching a room boomerang, to tap their name with Morse code, on a telegraph key that was installed on the aircraft before the revolution, to get acquainted with the principle of operation of the wind tunnel, to get acquainted with the principle of operation of the parachute, to feel yourself in the role of the first cosmonaut, to experience the comfort of seats in a passenger aircraft, to try on various elements of uniform of a military pilot, to sit in the ejection chair of a combat fighter. Hall 3, Exhibition Hall. Designed for interchangeable exhibitions. Expositions change about once a month. Zhukovsky City Museum. The Museum of the History of the Conquest of the Sky operates in the form of a non-profit institution with specialization in the field of local history, that is, it does not have as the main goal of its activity the extraction of profit and does not distribute the profit received between the participants. Zhukovsky City Museum. The Museum of the History of the Conquest of the Sky is an organization of municipal subordination. The main activities of the museum: cultural and mass, research and educational. In addition to the main exhibition and research of phonods, educational programs are held in the museum.