Among the typical high – rise buildings of one of the largest residential areas of St. Petersburg is wooden building of the Museum on Bolotnaya looks as fantastic tower. What did help him to survive this elegant home, decorating with carved balconies and crowning by a cupola with stained glass?
16 (29) October 1917, it has held a secret enlarged meeting of the Central Committee of the RSDLP (b) that adopted the final decision on the armed revolt. The house has received a "safe conduct" because its walls saw Lenin, Stalin, Dzerzhinsky, Kalinin and other Bolshevik leaders, who assumed responsibility for the fate of the huge country. There are some other interesting pages in the history of the house. In 1908 to 1916, in the house lived the family of one of the leaders of the company "singer" in Russia, Was Bertling. In 1917, there lived a young orphans Central Committee Mopra (International organization of aid to the revolutionaries).
In the Museum of the history of the building at the Swamp, 13, started in 1960 – s, special is the period from 1998, when the centennial house gave the children: the Museum of political history of Russia created here the Children's Museum center of historical education. Since then, tens of thousands of young people of our town visited its cosy rooms on gaming activities, festivals, creative workshops.
The secret of success of the Children's Museum center of historical education is reliable historical reconstructions that allow each session be turned into a small Museum show. Important role in this plays an ancient house – the coeval of the XX century.
Working hours:
Fri – Wed, Sat, Sun: 10.00 – 18.00
Cashier: 10.00 – 17.00
Friday: 10.00 – 17.00
Cashier: 10.00 – 16.00
Closed: Thursday
Sanitary day: every last Monday of the month.
The Museum is closed for visitors on may 1.
Dear friends, pay your attention, to the fact that the time and days of work of "Children's Museum center of historical education" can change, so before visiting it we recommend you to call +7 (812) 297 – 42 – 59.
