The official opening of the Museum Samara Space was held April 12, 2007 , the year the 45th anniversary of the Samara Space Engineering.
And in the first year of the museum was among the winners of regional competition travel brand Samara region, has become an integral part of city and regional tour routes .
The main attraction of the museum - the legendary rocket - the carrier of the Union.
The facade of the museum is decorated with authentic Union - is unique in Europe, a vertically- mounted rocket - the carrier in assembled form !
Monument rocket - the carrier of the Union of Museum and Exhibition Center Samara Space installed in Samara Prospect Lenina metro station in the Russian celebration of the flight of Yuri Gagarin.
The complex monument and museum building is a unified architecture, which became one of the most successful in recent years ,
(the project of architect V. Zhukov ).
launch pedestal of the monument is the original design of the building , which houses a museum of Samara Space .The height of the rocket with the building - 68 m , weight - 20 tons.
hours: .
Tuesday - Friday: 10. 00 - 18 . 00.
Saturday: 10 . 00 - 17 . 00.
Sunday, Monday : closed.
first Tuesday of every month - day .
Every first Wednesday of the month free admission .
(for all categories of citizens by appointment ).
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