People's fascination with cars arose at the moment of their appearance and does not subside during the entire existence. The auto industry does not stop releasing more and more new versions of iron horses, developing brands and improving models. Someone seeks to try new items and cannot imagine their life without a high-speed sports handsome man, while others, on the contrary, prefer rare and proven models, giving fabulous money for both. The Automobile Museum in Moscow has concentrated within its walls all the achievements of the country's automobile industry. Most of the exhibits in its pavilion are from the twentieth century, but relatively new models from the twenty-first century can also be found.
Where can I get acquainted with the collection?
The Museum of Vintage Cars is located in Moscow. It is one of a series of establishments of this kind with non-traditional exhibits. Museum address: Rogozhsky Val Street, 9. You can get here from the metro station "Ploshchad Ilyicha" by walking along the street about five hundred meters, which takes an average of ten minutes. The museum is a large hangar, which previouslythere was a railway depot.
To thoroughly study all the exhibits, you need to pay one hundred rubles for an adult and fifty for a child. You can enjoy the tour on your own or book a tour. A professional guide will tell you all the details of the appearance and life of cars. You can view all the exhibits every day, except Monday, from ten in the morning to nine in the evening.
History of the Museum
The Car Museum was founded on Rogozhsky Val in 2003 in Moscow. He quickly gained popularity among connoisseurs of rare technology and just people who are interested in something new. At the moment, the exposition consists of two hundred and sixty exhibits. The collection includes a variety of types of equipment. These are cars and trucks, buses and specialized vehicles, as well as models of motorcycles and bicycles. The exhibition consists not only of domestic transport. There are exhibits of foreign production.
Composition of the car collection
The Museum of Retro Cars in Moscow has become the heir to the collection of the disbanded AZLK plant. Muscovites of different years of manufacture and models decorated the pavilion.
Executive cars of the Likhachev Plant (ZIL) return to the Soviet era with their appearance. The exhibits of the Gorky Automobile Plant (GAZ) are also interesting.
Particular attention is drawn to the equipment that was once in the Kremlin garage. Gone with hera whole era that left a mark on the history of the state.
From modern and high-speed models, the museum presents fireballs and sports cars that were participants in various international competitions.
The most unusual and interesting individual exhibits of the museum were created by self-taught designers. They belong to the Soviet era, but there are also modern developments.
"Work" of museum exhibits
The Museum of Soviet Automobiles has unique exhibits in its collection. There are practically no analogues of such cars left on the streets of the country and in the garages of retro lovers. In this regard, the unique technique is used in many modern films and television series. This indicates the excellent condition of the cars and the fact that all the exhibits can move independently. Thus, cars are not just exhibited in the hall of the museum, but also work on film sets.
Exposure details
The Automobile Museum in Moscow, located on Rogozhsky Val, consists of cars that came to it from private collections. Employees of the exhibition find and purchase equipment in different conditions. Some copies have undergone a thorough repair and received a second life. Many cars have not only technical, but also artistic originality and speci alty.
The Museum of Soviet Automobiles is an indicator of the development of the technical thought of a large nation. At the exhibition you can see exactly which cars were giventhe preference of entire generations of people.
The Museum of Retro Cars in Moscow consists of four exhibition halls. Each of them is individual and has its own characteristics.
First exhibition hall
By entering the Automobile Museum on Rogozhsky Val, sightseers enter the world of representative equipment, here you can also find simpler and more affordable specimens. The company that once produced Packard cars ceased to exist in 1958, and the cars do not cease to please the eye with their shapes.
Specialists restored and exhibited cars of the brand "Racing Lipgarta-1", which belong to the category of racing. Pleasing to the eye in the first hall of the exhibition "Lincoln" in 1933 and "Cadillac", which appeared in the first post-war years. It is unusual and surprising to look at the small car "Tsundap Janus", released in 1957. More familiar looks DKWF8 1940 release. An amazing bright bird looks like a 1937 Mercedes 320, once used as an ambulance. At the very back of the hall is the Ford T, the most common car produced in many countries.
Second Exhibition Hall
The Automobile Museum in Moscow has a collection of all Soviet cars from the beginning of their creation. One of the first is the ZIS-101, which is almost entirely made of wood. For its assembly, a special strong variety of beech was used. Despite the material from which the car was made, it has a thermostat and a radio. In the post-war periodthe car was used as a taxi. In addition to the ZIS-101, in the second hall there are models of Moskvich, GAZ, ZAZ and IZH.
Soviet limousines, including armored ones, which carried the first people in the state, are fully represented in this hall. It is especially interesting to look at the car, which is called "Marusya". She became the first sports car in the union.
Third composition room
In the third hall of the museum you can get acquainted with various models of foreign production that do not have a specific thematic focus. Such well-known brands as "Mercedes", "BMW", "Chevrolet", "Toyota", "Ford", "Cadillac" and many others are presented here in a large volume.
Fourth Hall of Composition
The entire last hall of the exposition is given over to special equipment. Agricultural and military vehicles and even snowmobiles and SUVs are located nearby.
The Museum of Automobiles in Moscow, photos and reviews of tourists about which can be seen in special literature, it is best to visit to see for yourself the power of both domestic and foreign car industry.
