Russia
Central Russia
Kaluga Oblast

Space History Museum

The Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics is the first in the world dedicated to the history of space exploration.
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  • Opening hours:
    Tuesday and Thursday—Friday: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
    Wednesday: 11:00 AM—8:00 PM
    Saturday—Sunday: 10:00 AM—7:00 PM
  • Email: museum@gmik.ru
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: first museum of space exploration (1967)
  • Also known as: “Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics” and “Федеральное государственное учреждение культуры ‘Государственный музей истории космонавтики имени К.Э. Циолковского’”
  • Address: улица Академика Королёва 2

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tsiolkovsky Park and Tsiolkovsky memorial house (Kaluga).

Park
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is situated 180 metres southeast of Space History Museum.

Museum
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is a museum, which is situated 650 metres south of Space History Museum.

Manor estate
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is a manor estate, which is situated 1 km southeast of Space History Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kaluga and Kaluga II.

Photo: Kaluga.2012, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the capital of , with a population of some 340,000, known as the "Russian Cradle of Space Exploration".

Suburb
Photo: Dmitry Rozhkov, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a suburb, which is situated 7 km west of Space History Museum.

Space History Museum

Latitude
54.51697° or 54° 31′ 1″ north
Longitude
36.23063° or 36° 13′ 50″ east
Inception
1967
Open location code
9G6RG68J+Q7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 30757809
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­museum
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q4146892
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Space History Museum” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Կ. Ե. Ցիոլկովսկու անվան տիեզերագնացության պատմության պետական թանգարան”
  • Chinese: “齊奧爾科夫斯基博物館”
  • Chinese: “齊奧爾科夫斯基州立宇宙歷史博物館”
  • Chinese: “齐奥尔科夫斯基博物馆”
  • Esperanto: “Ŝtata Muzeo Ciolkovskij pri la Historio de Kosmonaŭtiko”
  • Finnish: “Tsiolkovskin kosmonautiikan valtionmuseo”
  • French: “Musée d’État de l’histoire de l’astronautique C. E. Tsiolkovski”
  • French: “musée d’État de l’histoire de l’astronautique C.E. Tsiolkovski”
  • Hebrew: “המוזיאון הממלכתי לתולדות החלל על שם ציולקובסקי”
  • Korean: “Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics”
  • Polish: “Państwowe Muzeum Historii Kosmonautyki im. K. Ciołkowskiego”
  • Russian: “Государственный музей истории космонавтики имени К. Э. Циолковского”
  • Russian: “Музей истории космонавтики им. К.Э. Циолковского”
  • Russian: “Музей истории космонавтики”
  • Russian: “Музей космонавтики (Калуга)”
  • Russian: “Музей космонавтики”
  • Serbian: “Državni muzej istorije kosmonautike Ciolkovski”
  • Serbian: “Државни музеј историје космонаутике Циолковски (Калуга)”
  • Serbian: “Државни музеј историје космонаутике Циолковски Калуга”
  • Serbian: “Државни музеј историје космонаутике Циолковски у Калуги”
  • Serbian: “Државни музеј историје космонаутике Циолковски”
  • Tatar: “Константин Эдуардович Циолковский исемендәге Дәүләт космонавтика тарихы музее”
  • Ukrainian: “Державний музей історії космонавтики імені К. Е. Ціолковського”

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