Museums, Exhibitions

Bandinelli Museum, Branch of the Historical Museum Ukraine · Lviv

In 1629, Italian merchant Roberto Bandinelli established the first Lviv postal service, which occupied this same house. The house was constructed in 1593 (or 1589) at the location of an older, Gothic building; fragments of the building are part of the house. During the 1737–1739 restoration works, the main entrance was moved from the main fac...

Berlin Zoological Garden Europe · Germany · Berlin

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Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko Museum of Arts Dnieper River · Ukraine · Kiev

The Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko Museum of Arts was founded in 1919 and was based on their private museum. Having become a student at the law faculty of the Moscow University, Bohdan Khanenko acquired the first exhibits of his collection. In 1897, he became the head of the Kiev Society of Antiques and Art and was one of the founders of the Nation...

Borodino Panorama Museum Russia · Moscow

The Borodino Panorama Museum (the Museum, for short) is situated in the former Fili village, now the centre of Moscow, Kutuzovsky Avenue. The Museum is the core of a memorial complex dedicated to the Napoleon's invasion of Russia of 1812 (known in Russia as the Patriotic War of 1812). The complex started taking shape in the late 19th century whe...

Budapest Zoo Europe · Hungary · Budapest

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Catherine Palace Baltic Sea · Russia · Pushkin

Exhibitions of the Catherine Palace Museum (named Bolshoy Tsarskoselsky Palace before 1910) cover the 300-year history of this outstanding architectural monument and introduce visitors to many interesting topics: architects involved in its construction and finishing during the 18th and 19th centuries, the present-day state of this unique ensemble a...

Central Museum of Armed Forces Russia · Moscow

The very first exhibition that told about the military situation of the Soviet Republic and the Red Army was an exhibition organized in Moscow inside the building currently occupied by the GUM. It was in May of 1919. This exhibition was timed to coincide with the first display of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Republic during the Red Square parade ...

Central Museum of Railway Transport of Russia Baltic Sea · Russia · Saint Petersburg

In the early 19th century, the developing agriculture, industry, internal and external trade in Russia required new and more reliable transport routes. On 20th November 1809, the Corps of Transport Route Engineers (the Corps, for short) was established, for the purpose of construction and usage of water and land transport routes. Together with t...

Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945 Russia · Moscow

The Central Museum of the 1941–1945 Great Patriotic War (the Museum, for short) was opened on 9th May 1995, in order to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Russian victory in the 1941–1945 Great Patriotic War (a part of the Second World War). The Museum is the centre of the Pobedy (Victory) Memorial Complex and is situated in Moscow on the Pokl...

Central Naval Museum Baltic Sea · Russia · Saint Petersburg

The Model Chamber of Saint-Petersburg (1709–1805). In 16th — 18th centuries, when the European maritime powers created their permanent fleets, the construction, assembly and storage of ship models became a matter of national importance. Before a new ship was built, its reduced copy or engineering model had to be made. During the development of t...