Mytishchi, located 20 km from the center of Moscow, is not only a satellite city, but also a regional center of science and culture. The city has several museums and an art gallery. Museums in Mytishchi are aimed at adults and children, so a weekend or a free weekday can be spent with an informative bias. And the whole family will be interested.
History nearby
Where to find out all about the history of the city you live in or where you came from? In the Mytishchi Museum of History and Art. It is easy to find. The facility is located on the street. Mira, 4. The museum was created in 1962. Today it is 7 halls with a solid permanent exhibition and two halls with temporary ones.
The permanent exhibition is presented in two sections:
Temporary exhibitions are updated every 2 months.
Visitors can explore the wealth on their own or as part of excursions. The museum offers the following programs:
- sightseeing throughout the museum;
- reflection of the city in literature;
- folk crafts that developed in Mytishchi (these are the famous Zhostovo, Fedoskovo);
- the history of Mytishchi, which is at least 6 thousand years old;
- historical estates in which famous writers and artists lived and worked (Nikolo-Prozorovo, Marfino, Rozhdestvenno-Suvorovo);
- the halls of the artist V. Popkov, poets D. Kedrov and N. Glazkov.
The fund of the Mytishchi Museum of Local Lore has more than 8 thousand items. Among them there are unique exhibits - lacquer miniature Fedoskino, trays made by Zhostovo, extremely well-preserved bricks produced at a local factory in the 19th century, and archival materials.
Informative interactive programs are devoted to the traditions of tea drinking, the history of Vyatichi and Krivichy, who inhabited these places, and the culture of writing in the pictures of human faces in the old days.
The Mytishchi Museum is open on Sunday, Wednesday and Saturday from 10:00 to 18:00, and on Thursday from 12:00 to 20:00. Weekends are Monday and Tuesday. On its birthday (December 4), the museum opens its doors to all comers for free.
Picture gallery
Its area is more than 400 m 2 . The art gallery is located in Mytishchi, on Novomytishchi Avenue 36/7. It was opened in 2007. The paintings of artists who lived or worked in Mytishchi for some period made up the main fund. It has over 2,000 works of art.
The gallery attracts attention with active social and educational activities: annually up to 25 projects are held within its walls. Interesting exhibitions telling about folk Russian crafts, meetings with artists and master classes.
The museum is open from 11:00 to 19:00 - on Wednesdays and Fridays, on Thursday - from 12:00 to 20:00, and on weekends - from 10:00 to 17:00.
Physics is fun!
It turns out that physics may not be boring, but, on the contrary, fascinating in its diversity. One has only to look into the Einstein Museum (Yaroslavl highway, shopping center XL-3, third floor).
Although the museum exposition appeared recently, in 2016, it has already managed to fall in love with both adults and children. To make it easier and more interesting for visitors, they are accompanied by a guide who will tell you in detail about each exhibit in all sections of the museum, and this:
- Mechanics;
- electromagnetism;
- natural phenomena;
- health;
- Molecular physics.
Usually, children have many questions: why doesn't the bike fall? Is it possible to create a perpetual motion machine, and how? Is it possible to shout down the noise of a rocket going into space? Why does the soap solution lather and create bubbles? All this and much more can be found in the museum.
Thematic tours are offered for different age groups:
- for the youngest it will be interesting to travel through the branches of physics, which turns out to be an interesting and interesting science;
- for older children, the story is focused on the importance of the development of physicists during the Great Patriotic War;
- how physics affects records and Olympic achievements.
A huge plus of the museum - everything can be touched in it!
The Einstein Museum is open from noon until 8 p.m. Monday is the day off.
All about nature
Another museum (Mytishchi) is dedicated to nature conservation. It is located on the street. Mira, d.19.
Created more than 20 years ago, the museum presents 5 thousand exhibits. These are samples of the fauna and flora of the area. Here you can find out which animals and birds were found in Mytishchi district 200 or more years ago, how glaciers influenced the terrain, which reservoirs provide water to citizens today, which areas are protected and in what condition the city’s ecosystem is. The museum collection of bird eggs is the most complete in the Moscow region. It helps to better know the birds that live today next to humans.
Entrance to the museum is free, photography is allowed. The institution is open from 9:00 to 18:00, on Saturday - until 17:00. The day off is Monday.
A glass holder as an object of cultural heritage
This is exactly what Coaster considers the owner of a private museum in Mytishchi S. Kruglov. For 10 years he has collected more than 2 thousand exhibits. Among them are not only a variety of cup holders, but also everything related to the traditions of tea drinking: strainers and teaspoons, cans for storing tea and samovars, scallops, boxes and much more.
Exhibits are located in sections:
- by type of material from which the cup holders are made;
- by decoration;
- by manufacturers;
- unusual in shape and size, as well as gift.
Attention is paid to the role of cup holders, which they played not only in everyday life, but also in the cinema.
The owner of the museum every day conducts an excursion about the traditions of tea drinking and tells funny stories about the museum exhibits listed in the Guinness Book of Records. Museum address: st. Blagoveshchenskaya, 9. The museum is open from noon until 17:00. Weekends are Monday and Tuesday.