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Moscow museums' exhibits are regularly updated, showcasing items that have recently been added to collections or have been in storage for a long time.
Cosmonautics Museum: the Mayak satellite and triptych
IN Cosmonautics Museum In recent years, more than 10 large and small modern satellites have arrived. All of them belong to the space technology collection and are listed in the museum's acquisitions book, which has been maintained since the collection's inception in 1969.
One of them, the Tomsk-TPU-120 nanosatellite, is the first Russian spacecraft created using 3D technology. The SiriusSat-1 scientific and educational satellite (a CubeSat 1U nanosatellite), which arrived at the museum in 2023, was created by students from the Sirius Educational Center in Sochi. A similar satellite was launched by cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev on August 15, 2018, from the International Space Station. The Museum of Cosmonautics' collection currently contains over 100,000 items, a significant portion of which are artifacts from various periods of space exploration.
On September 27 at 4:00 PM, a ceremonial transfer of a new item—a backup for the Mayak satellite—will take place to the museum's collection. This is the first Russian spacecraft created by space enthusiasts through crowdfunding. Mayak was launched into Earth orbit on July 14, 2017, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard a Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle, along with the Kanopus-V-IK spacecraft. The satellite will be featured in future exhibition projects.
Additionally, until the end of the year, the "Space House in Orbit" hall will display a rare group of objects from the museum's collections: a triptych by the distinguished artist and illustrator Mikhail Romadin, "Past," "Present," "Future" (1986). The first part, "Past," was acquired by the museum from the Rosizo State Museum and Exhibition Center in 1987, and the other two in 1994.
The works represent three eras, each of which the artist depicts through their main symbols. All the paintings are oil and, according to the artist's design, are to be displayed in a diamond-shaped pattern. "The Past" introduces the theme through humanity's greatest achievements in the exploration of the skies. The first conqueror of the skies, Icarus, is surrounded by the Montgolfier brothers' balloon, Leonardo da Vinci's drawings, photographs by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, airplanes, and paragliders.
Mikhail Romadin created the central section as a sketch while preparing the stylistic concept for Andrei Tarkovsky's film Solaris (1972), but the idea was never realized on screen. The artist decided to use the sketch as the basis for the future triptych. The painting depicts a cosmonaut in a spacesuit, surrounded by iconic examples of space technology: a Vostok rocket blasting off into space, the recovering section of the Luna-16 unmanned space station, the deployable solar panels of orbital stations, and the Salyut orbital station itself, which ushered in the era of continuous human presence in space. The upper right corner of the painting is "torn apart" by an artificial Earth satellite—the first man-made object launched into space.
The final part of the triptych transports us far beyond our planet. In the upper left corner of the painting, the multicolored clouds of Jupiter are visible, alongside a futuristic spaceship and a jetpack (a device for space travel). The year 2000 is inscribed on the surface of the spaceship.
You can view the paintings, as well as see some examples of space technology, presented in the paintings of Mikhail Romadin, atentrance ticket to the museum.
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Ostankino and Kuskovo: Restoration of carriages
City museums care for the items in their collections and create conditions that ensure their maximum preservation. Until August of this year,Kuskovo estate The museum housed 18th-century items—a Sheremetev family carriage and a carriage acquired in the 20th century from the Moscow Kremlin Museums. The carriages were once distinguished by their rich decoration, but had lost their original appearance.
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Now, for the first time, the items have been transferred outside the estate—to the recently opened state-of-the-art Ostankino Estate Restoration and Storage Center. Here, the carriages are being provided with proper storage conditions, and restoration plans are underway. Before their careful transportation, the exhibits were carefully prepared: led by Alexander Kozmin, head of the painting restoration workshop, representatives of the V.I. Surikov Moscow State Academic Art Institute carried out dust removal and carefully packed the carriages for transport.
The exhibition of new acquisitions is open now and in State Museum of A.S. Pushkin, it showcases his professional achievements in the fields of acquisition, scientific study, and restoration. Until October 12, visitors can see approximately 100 works of painting, graphic art, and decorative and applied art, furniture samples, rare books, and archival materials.
In particular, the exhibition features a rare item from Pushkin's era—the painting "The Artificial Mineral Water Establishment of Christian Loder in Moscow." It is believed to have been painted by Nikolai Zheren. Physician Christian Loder opened his medical establishment in 1828 on Ostozhenka Street, where many members of the Moscow aristocracy, including acquaintances of Alexander Pushkin, frequented the establishment. Also on display are two graphic works by Alexander Orlovsky, a contemporary and friend of the poet.
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