Museums, Exhibitions

Gorodets Museum of Regional Studies Volga River · Russia · Gorodets

In 2010, the Gorodets Museum of Regional Studies (the Museum, for short) celebrated its 90th anniversary. The history of the Museum started in February of 1920, when the first floor of the house in Leninskaya Street (formerly belonged to the merchant I. Oblayev) hosted the first permanent exhibition. Many years have passed since that time; today...

Grand Palace Museum Baltic Sea · Russia · Peterhof

In 1714, Peter the Great decided to build a country residence that would match the French Versailles in its sumptuousness. Preserved sketches of the tsar, his decrees and notes on documents allow us to state that the founder of Peterhof himself developed the general idea of the ensemble's layout as well as the detailed design of some elements of th...

Grevin Wax Museum Europe · France · Paris

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Hash, Marihuana and Hemp Museum Europe · Netherlands · Amsterdam

Being opened in 1985, the Hash, Marihuana & Hemp Museum (the Museum, for short) attracts a great number of tourists from all over the world. The Museum exposition tells in all details about the 8,000-year history of using hash for many purposes. The exhibition shows various kinds of marihuana and describes the way of growing it. The Museum di...

Historical Museum of Crete Mediterranean Sea · Greece · Iraklion

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Historical Museum of Dnepropetrovsk, Historical Museum named after D. I. Yavornytsky Dnieper River · Ukraine · Dnepropetrovsk

The Public Museum of Yekaterinoslav Governorate was founded in February of 1849, in Yekaterinoslav (the contemporary name of Dnepropetrovsk), at the initiative of Yakov Grakhov, the director of a local gymnasium, and with the support of the governor A. Fabr; it was the first museum in the region, and it was situated in the Potyomkin Palace, which b...

House of Terror Museum Europe · Hungary · Budapest

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Icebreaker Krasin Museum Baltic Sea · Russia · Saint Petersburg

The Icebreaker Krasin Museum is the only floating museum-icebreaker in the world. The Krasin is one of the first icebreakers in the world and had been one of the most powerful before atomic icebreakers. Built to the design of Admiral S. O. Makarov in 1916 in England by the order of Russia, originally it was called Svyatogor. It has unique icebre...

Kiev in Miniature Museum, Kiev in Miniature Park Dnieper River · Ukraine · Kiev

If you are tired from the city routine and think to have some fresh air, but going to the country side is not convenient for you, come to spend your day in the museum "Kiev in miniature" located in the Hidropark, a picturesque place on the bank of the Dnieper River. The museum "Kiev in miniature" is the smallest city in Ukraine. Its rich exposit...

Kiev Zoo Dnieper River · Ukraine · Kiev

Kiev Zoological Park (the Zoo, for short) was founded at the initiative of the Kiev Nature-Lovers Society in 1908. At the beginning, there was an exhibition of Southern Russia's fauna; the exhibition consisted of 17 species of mammals and birds. Some years later, the exhibition became a permanent one and turned into a zoo. At that time, the Z...