The history of Volgograd is inextricably linked with the Great Patriotic War. It was here that the battle took place, which turned the whole course of the war at the cost of thousands of human lives. Therefore, most of the city's monuments, monuments and museums are dedicated to the bloody Battle of Stalingrad and the great feat of the fallen heroes.
Volgograd is also rich in religious sights - churches, the oldest Orthodox monasteries, monasteries and holy springs. They are visited not only by pilgrims, but also by everyone who is interested in the history and culture of the local region. Do not lose sight of the picturesque banks of the Volga and excellent opportunities for outdoor activities. The famous Central Embankment with a length of 3.5 km is one of the symbols of the city and its real decoration.
The most interesting museums in Volgograd
Museum-panorama "Battle of Stalingrad"
In 1982, the largest circular panorama on canvas in Russia was opened on the theme of the defeat of the fascist army, and three years later the museum itself was opened. Its funds contain numerous documents, banners, posters, a collection of weapons and military equipment, portraits of military leaders who participated in the battle, and their personal belongings. On the territory of the museum there are samples of Soviet and German military equipment, monuments, the ruins of a mill destroyed by shells.
Address: Volgograd, st. them. Marshal Chuikov, 47
Site: stalingrad-battle.ru
Interactive Museum "Russia - My History"
The state-of-the-art museum opened in 2017 and covers an area of 7,000 m2... This is a "living" textbook of the country's history, covering more than a thousand years and presenting all the main historical milestones in the language of modern technologies - touch panels, holograms, lightboxes, digital reconstructions, audio guides. The entire exposition is divided into four thematic exhibitions - from the rule of Rurik to the present day.
Address: Volgograd, Embankment of the 62nd Army, 1 B
Site: myhistorypark.ru
Museum of Weights and Measures
Initially, the museum, created on the basis of a weighing equipment plant in 1990, was accessible only to the company's employees. However, since 2009, everyone can see an impressive collection of antique scales, weights, steelyards, as well as old photos, letters, magazines related to the history of the origin of mass measuring devices. The number of exhibits continues to grow and already has more than 2 thousand items.
Address: Aviatorov highway, 11 A
Website: museum.vzvt.ru
Regional Museum of Local Lore
One of the oldest museums in the city, it was opened in 1914. The exhibits, located on several floors, tell about the history, culture and nature of the Volgograd region. Museum funds number more than one hundred thousand valuable items, all of them are combined into thematic collections - archaeological, paleontological, a collection of written sources and rare books, musical instruments, graphics and paintings, etc.
Address: Volgograd, Lenin Avenue, 7
Site: vokm134.ru
Museum "Memory"
The unusual museum is located in the basement of the city department store. It was here that the German headquarters was located during the war years, and in January 1943, the commander of the headquarters, Field Marshal of the German Army Paulus, with his assistants, was captured and subsequently surrendered. In the basement there are personal belongings of the military, genuine photographs, letters, leaflets in Russian, military equipment. Every year at this place, a reconstruction of the capture of the Nazis is carried out.
Address: Volgograd, pl. Fallen Fighters, 2
Site: stalingrad-battle.ru
Mashkov Museum of Fine Arts
The City Art Museum was opened in the 60s of the XX century. The museum collection is based on more than two thousand paintings by artists of the 18th-20th centuries from the central museums of the country. In the future, the collection continued to be replenished through acquisitions, gifts, and as a result, it was increased to seven thousand exhibits. The museum is named after Ilya Mashkov, an avant-garde artist and master of socialist realism; his works are also presented here.
Address: Volgograd, Lenin Avenue, 21
Site: mashkovmuseum.ru
Memorial History Museum
One of the few museums dedicated to the events of the Civil War in southern Russia. The museum building was erected at the beginning of the last century and belonged to the Repnikov family of patrons of the arts. Today, several huge rooms of the mansion house an exposition of 1000 exhibits - banners, photographic and film documents, leaflets, rare books, uniforms, household items, weapons and military equipment from the First World War and the Civil War.
Address: Chuikova, 47
Site: stalingrad-battle.ru
Planetarium
One of the best planetariums in the country looks more like an antique temple than a space museum. It was built specially for the 70th anniversary of Stalin and opened in 1954. In addition to the Star Hall, on two floors of the planetarium, you can see models of Soviet aircraft, a rather rare Foucault pendulum. The Astronomical Observatory invites viewers to observe the starry sky through a huge telescope with 800x magnification.
Address: Gagarina, 14
Site: volgogradplanetarium.ru
Hall of Military Glory on Mamayev Kurgan
The museum is located at the foot of the Motherland Monument, has the shape of a cylinder with a diameter of 42 meters, there are no windows in it - only holes in the walls and on the ceiling. In the very center of the hall there is a five-meter sculptural composition - the hand of a warrior, firmly gripping a torch with an eternal flame. Soldiers of the guard of honor are on duty around the fire around the clock. On the walls of the museum there are mosaic banners with the names of the fallen defenders of Stalingrad.
Address: Volgograd, Mamayev Kurgan, Square of Sorrow
Stalin Museum
The personality of the leader of the peoples is closely connected with the history of the city, so the opening of the Stalin Museum on Mamayev Kurgan is quite natural. Three small rooms contain about 400 exhibits - old posters, photographs, personal belongings, military awards. In one room, Stalin's study in the Kremlin is exactly recreated, and visitors are greeted by a life-size wax figure of the Generalissimo himself.
Address: Rokossovsky, 102
Museum of the History of the Volga-Don Navigable Canal
The Volga-Don Canal is one of the main symbols of the city; a museum dedicated to it was opened in 1997. It consists of 4 rooms and allows you to get acquainted with the history of a strategically important building for the country, its construction in the 50s, in which, in addition to the military and builders, prisoners of war and prisoners were involved. And you can also learn about today's work and the prospects for the development of a huge complex of locks, pumping stations, dams, dams.
Address: Fadeeva, 35 A
Site: volgodon-museum.ru
Volgograd Children's Art Gallery
In 1990, the country's first children's museum opened its doors. Its funds contain more than 20 thousand works by young authors from 36 countries. It hosts festivals of children's creativity, exhibitions of artists from Volgograd and other cities of the country, evenings of music and poetry. The gallery participates in international conferences, various environmental and educational projects. For those wishing to attend classes in fine arts, a creative workshop is open.
Address: Sovetskaya, 26
Site: volgallery.ru
Museum of Photo-Cinema and Photographic Art
The museum contains a unique private collection of local resident Konstantin Kuroyedov. The subjects of his long-term hobby are cameras and cinematographic cameras from the 19th-21st centuries, old photographs, some of which are more than a hundred years old, cinema projectors, flashes, spy equipment and much more. More than a thousand exhibits can be seen in the halls of the museum, one of the most ancient is the Rogeston camera, released back in 1890.
Address: Kuznetskaya, 73 A
Museum of Musical Instruments E.N. Pushkin
The collection of the museum, which includes more than three hundred musical instruments, is truly priceless. There are stringed, pneumatic instruments in it, some are even very rare. You can not only see them, but also hear how they sound. The museum was based on the personal instruments of the city dweller Yevgeny Pushkin, who since the end of the 20s of the last century collected them, was engaged in restoration, although he was not a professional musician.
Address: Bystrova, 257
Site: volg-museum.nethouse.ru
Museum-reserve "Old Sarepta"
The architectural ensemble of 27 buildings was opened in 1990 on the basis of the buildings of the German settlers-Gernuthers of the 18th century. The expositions introduce the religion and everyday life of the colonists who played a significant role in the development of the economy and culture of the Volga region. The complex includes a church-church with a functioning organ, a library with a rich fund of literature in German, a cozy hotel, a cafe with dishes of Sarepta cuisine.
Address: Izobilnaya, 10
Site: sareptamuseum.ru
Museum of the History of Volgograd Electric Transport
Museum halls invite you to get acquainted with the history of the emergence of electric transport and the first city routes, interesting facts from the life of honored workers of the enterprise, clothes and photographs from their personal archives. The exhibition presents models of trolleybuses and trams that ply the streets of Tsaritsyn-Stalingrad. The museum was opened in 2000, since 2016 it has been located in the building of one of the tram depots.
Address: Volgograd, Verkhoyanskaya st., 12
Site: gortransvolga.ru
Museum of the history of communications, radio broadcasting, radio sports
The opening of the museum in the DOSAAF building was timed to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the Victory. Most of the exhibits were donated by veterans, professional radio operators and simply caring radio amateurs. The exhibition introduces the history of radio broadcasting and communications, from the 1920s to the present day. There are radios, radio stations, radio tubes, television cameras, as well as personal belongings of radio operators and scouts who fought in Stalingrad.
Address: Barrikadnaya, 1 D
Site: cqr4a.ru
Einstein's Museum of Entertaining Sciences
At first glance, such boring sciences as physics and chemistry can be unexpectedly interesting and entertaining. This is clearly demonstrated by the exhibits and scientific experiments carried out in the Einstein Museum. Spectators of all ages can themselves take part in experiments based on physical laws and chemical reactions, experience all kinds of natural phenomena and, armed with scientific knowledge, unravel the secrets of professional tricks.
Address: Volgograd, Lenin Avenue, 70
Website: einsteinium.rf
Computer History Museum (Old Sarepta)
A unique museum of its kind invites you to learn many interesting facts from the history of the emergence of various modern gadgets and the development of computer technology. The collection of rarities of the 70-90s numbers about six hundred units and includes the first laptop in the world, the first tablet weighing 2 kg, the first domestic game console, and a 10 MB hard drive. Almost all equipment is in working order.
Address: Izobilnaya, 10
Site: sareptamuseum.ru
Museum of the History of Public Health of the Volgograd Region
The history of the development of regional medicine is presented in four halls of the museum, located on the territory of the Volgograd Clinical Hospital. The exhibits are unique documents, old books of the first zemstvo doctors, photographs, paintings, personal belongings that belonged to well-known medical workers in the city. One of the halls of the museum is dedicated to the heroism and dedication of doctors in Stalingrad during the Great Patriotic War.
Address: Angarskaya, 13, bld. eighteen
Website: vocmp.oblzdrav.ru
