- Museum of electrical transport in Saint Petersburg
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The museum of electrical transport is based in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is located to the address the Sredniy prospect of Vasilyevsky Island, 77.
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History
Museum was established in 1967 and it is therefore the oldest museum of electrical transport in Russia. Museum is based at the oldest Vasileostrovsky tram depot in Saint Petersburg, which was built in 1906 - 1908. Actually museum collection conducts history since 1997. To celebrating of the 90 anniversary of the St.-Petersburg tram all basic samples of the trams working in St.-Petersburg have been restored. In a museum there are also static exhibits: archival documents and photos, cards, breadboard models horsecar and trams, samples of uniform of workers of a tram, original cash registers. The museum is opened for visitors daily from Tuesday till Saturday. Excursions are spent under the schedule. On May, 21st, 2011 the museum has taken part for the first time in the action Night of Museums[1]
Exhibits
Collection includes 45 trams and 18 trolley.
Museum of electrical transport in Saint Petersburg 
Model "МБ"-vehicle by Brush Semished 4 track-test car LM-57 LM-49 Threat of loss of a part of object
By 2013 it is planned to construct the "Palace of arts" and commercial objects on a site of territory of a museum. The site will accustom by TriGranit. The project has caused the mass protest of townspeople[2][3].
External links
- (Russian) Gorelektrotrans Official website
- (Russian) - for Public Transportation, unformal committee aiming preserving and developing tram traffic in favor of current minibus overdevelopment and private motorcar traffic, exceeding city streets capacity (Петербуржцы - за общественный транспорт)
- (Russian) Saint Petersburg public transit photo gallery
- (German) History, photos and much more about Petersburg tramways
References
Categories:- Transport in Saint Petersburg
- Railway museums in Russia
- Museums in Saint Petersburg
- Tram transport in Russia
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