Tag Archives: Museums
Suzun. Old Copper Factory and Mint.
I invite you for a day trip to Suzun, a settlement located approximately 150 km to the south of Novosibirsk.
Surrounded by everlasting pine woods, this settlement was officially founded by the order of Catherine II in 1763 for construction of a copper factory and a mint. Copper was excavated in Altai, but it was very expensive to transport it to the European Russia for making coins, so a mint in close proximity to the mines was necessary.
Novosibirsk Museum of Fine Arts
As a young city born only in 1893, Novosibirsk has just a few museums. However, some of them are worth a visitю Important: in NO museum in Novosibirsk you will be surrounded by hundreds and hundreds of other visitors, however, you can see some exclusive exhibits and enjoy them as long as you wish nearly all by yourself!
Museum of Fairy Tales and Museum of the USSR
These two small museums are located in one building, which is worth seeing in itself, as it is one of the oldest buildings in the city, a wooden mansion decorated with carved lining.
Historical and architectural open-air museum
This museum is an open-air department of the Museum of Archeology and Ethnography, located 4 km away from Academgorodok, in a beautiful place surrounded by hills. Its floor area is 46.5 hectares. The museum is accessible by car, bus or bicycle. Normally a visit should be booked and is only possible in a group, but we visited it without a booking, while we were riding bicycles there.
Central Siberian Geological Museum
The museum of geology is another exciting museum, which attracts hundreds of tourists from Russia and many different countries. If you are planning a visit to Academgorodok, be sure not to forget about this museum, it will make your impressions of our research center complete.
Open-air railway museum in Novosibirsk
Railway is very important for Novosibirsk. In fact, Novosibirsk appeared thanks to the railway. In 1891 the Tsar Alexander III and his government decided to build the Transsiberian Railway and a group of engineers was sent to Siberia to find the best place for the railway bridge over the river Ob. At that time there was just a huge forest where Novosibirsk is located now, and a couple of small villages on the left side of the river. Besides, 30 km to the north of the current center of Novosibirsk there was a big town Kolyvan, and the initial plan was to build the bridge there, but the engineers found out that it was not a good idea, and another place was chosen, and in 1896 the bridge was put into operation. Since then the development of Novosibirsk has been driven by the railway.
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography, Academgorodok, Novosibirsk
The Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography in Academgorodok (academic town) of Novosibirsk is not a widely known one , but this fact makes it even more interesting.
Museum of Siberian Birch Bark
Of all museums in Novosibirsk the museum of birch bark objects is my favorite and it is a unique place.
From Wikipedia (http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Музей_«Сибирская_береста») and from the museum website (http://museum-beresta.ru/) we learn that this museum is the only one of that kind in the world. The museum website is in Russian only, but you can look at the pictures anyway.
