Central Naval Museum

The Central Museum of the Navy called a political education and research institution of the naval fleet of the USSR in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Even its successor, the Russian Navy, this device is used in a similar sense.

History

It was founded in 1709. The museum possessed 1982 on about 650 000 exhibits, including 1700 models of ships and more than 7000 models of weapons and technology, etc.

Field offices of the museum are the fortress of Kronstadt, the cruiser Aurora, way of life and victory at Tschesma.

At the museum a military scientific society works. The museum was founded in 1975 awarded the Order of the Red Star.

Building

The imposing building located on the " Strelka " said eastern tip of Vasilievsky Island, where the Neva river bifurcates into the Great Neva Small and Neva. The temple-like structure was built 1805-1810 and housed the St. Petersburg Stock Exchange. Since 1940, it is used as Seekriegsmuseum.

Future

In 2007 it was decided that future commodity exchange to be accommodated in the historic building. Since then, a new location for the Navy Museum is searched. A new museum building was to be built on the lower reaches of the river - Smolenka the Gulf of Finland, the plan was discarded. Instead, the nearly empty Kryukov barracks across the island of New Holland is to be converted, in the once sailors of the Navy were housed. The built 1844-1852 brick applies so well suited for museum purposes, as the exhibition area of 31,000 m² would be almost four times as large as at the Strelka. The end of 2009 the restoration work should be completed there. However, the Department of Defense lacks the money for the settlement. According to estimates, ( including ships in original size ) are only for packaging and transportation of the exhibits about one billion rubles (23 million euros ) is required.

Since 2011 the museum has been opened at the new location.