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Source: Moscow Government – Moscow Government –
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More than 30 unique posters from the 1970s have been added to the archive and library collection. Moscow Transport Museum in 2025. The posters feature announcements of transportation-related events: car parades, vintage car club gatherings, and lectures on the history and design of domestic automobiles. Each poster was limited to 500–600 copies, and some only have a single copy left.
"The Moscow Transport Museum is completing the restoration of unique posters from the 1970s. The posters announce transport-related events. In accordance with Sergei Sobyanin's instructions, we are undertaking extensive restoration and preservation of each rare example, while also educating residents about the capital's transport history," noted the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Transport and Industry. Maxim Liksutov.
Due to poor storage conditions over more than half a century, many of the posters were significantly damaged. Specialists at the Russian State University for the Humanities' Document Conservation Center carefully transferred each poster to a backing to prevent further damage. Restorers then repaired the damaged sections and trimmed the restoration edges. The final stage of the restoration included toning and spot restoration of the paint layer. Thanks to a scientific approach and meticulous precision, the restoration prevented further deterioration of the posters and restored them to their original appearance.
"The museum's collection of printed graphics numbers over a thousand items. It includes posters, playbills, calendars, postcards, and other examples of visual culture. These publications will be available to visitors in the reading room of the museum's Archive and Library Center after the opening of a permanent exhibition in Konstantin Melnikov's garage on Novorizhanskaya Street (27). The Archive and Library Center will house over 50,000 items, a convenient reading room, and an electronic information retrieval system with remote access," added Oksana Bondarenko, Director of the Moscow Transport Museum.
These posters, along with tens of thousands of other publications, will become available to visitors in the reading room of the Archive and Library Center after the opening of the permanent exhibition at the Moscow Transport Museum (27 Novoryazanskaya Street).
Moscow Transport Museum The Museum is an open urban space and a vibrant research center that answers the important question: what drives the capital? The museum's collection includes over 250 passenger cars, trucks, taxis, buses, trolleybuses, city service vehicles, as well as bicycles and motorcycles. Exhibits from the museum's collection can be seen at exhibitions and simply encountered around the city.
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