Museum of Cosmonautics
About This Museum
Tucked beneath the soaring titanium monument to the Conquerors of Space, the Museum of Cosmonautics isn't just a museum—it's a direct portal to the Soviet space program's most triumphant moments. You feel it the moment you walk in, surrounded by the very artifacts that turned science fiction into reality. It’s a place where colossal ambitions and delicate, hand-stitched parachutes share the same air. This is where the Cold War space race feels visceral and profoundly human.
Collection Highlights
You can stand before the actual Vostok-1 descent module that brought Gagarin home and stare into Belka and Strelka's taxidermied faces. Don't miss the sprawling collection of early rocket engines and a full-scale model of the Mir space station core module you can practically float through.
Visitor Information
Give yourself a good three hours here, easily. It's right next to the VDNKh metro station, and while it gets busy on weekends, the sheer scale of the place absorbs crowds well. The gift shop is an absolute treasure trove of quirky space memorabilia.
Architecture & Building
The museum is housed in the base of that iconic, gigantic titanium obelisk that rockets skyward, representing the exhaust plume of a launched rocket—a true Monumentalist-style Soviet masterpiece.
Contact & Location
Address: Музей космонавтики и ракетной техники им. В. П. Глушко, Иоанновский мост, Петропавловская крепость, округ Кронверкское, Санкт-Петербург, Северо-Западный федеральный округ, 197046, Россия
Phone: +7 499 750-23-00
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