Arts

During the years of my life I have had the pleasure of visiting many, many interesting and very different museums in several countries and on several continents. All of these museums saved history – ancient or modern – or non-aging art treasures.

Let me try to remember some of these museums that were the most impressive in my opinion.

In Moscow where my school years went by, it was the Historical Museum (on the Red Square!) and the National Art Gallery.

I was happy to visit worldwide known national museums such as the Louvre, the British Museum, the Vatican Museums, Prado, Museum of Israel, the Royal Ontario Museum, the Prince of Wales Museum in Bombay, the Canadian Museum of History in Ottawa and archeological museums in Athens and on Crete Island etc.

I also want to mention some unusual, even extraordinary museums, such as the Museum of Knights’ weapons on Malta Island, the Shrine of the Book in Jerusalem, the Tank Museum in Israel, the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto, the International Doll museum in Delhi, and – at the end of this list – the Devils’ Museum in Kaunas, Lithuania.

Let me continue my short story about museums and their role in my life.

In the first part of the story I mentioned some museums. Some of them are world renowned, others are quite unknown. I have also visited many other museums that were not mentioned.

But now I want to tell in more detail about one museum that played an important role in my life – about the State Polytechnical Museum in Moscow. I had the luck to work there for about four years at the end of 80s.

This museum is located in the centre of the Russian capital in a very attractive building of fascinating architecture, that was built specifically for this museum about 150 years ago.

I worked there as a head of the department of mining, metal working, chemistry, and chemical technologies. The collection of the museum also included departments of vehicles, communications, power-generating systems, spaceflight, and some others. There were exhibits of many relics of science and technology such as the first Russian auto, the first radio and TV-sets, the first computer and the first Russian Sputnik. Anyone can study and trace the history of each of these directions of technology from the ancient times to state-of-the-art modern technologies.

The entrance fee in this museum is very low. So, it is easily accessible for anyone who interested in those subjects, from teenagers to retired people.

In conclusion, I hope you will take some time to explore the many exciting and interesting museums from all around the world.