The Museum of Electrical Transport is located on
Vasilyevsky Island
Vasilyevsky Island (russian: Васи́льевский о́стров, Vasilyevsky Ostrov, V.O.) is an island in St. Petersburg, Russia, bordered by the Bolshaya Neva and Malaya Neva Rivers (in the delta of the Neva River) in the south a ...
in
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
, Russia.
History
The museum was established in 1967, and is the oldest museum of electrical transport in Russia. It is based at the old
Vasileostrovsky tram depot in
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
which was built in 1906–1908. To celebrate the 90th anniversary of the
St. Petersburg tram, examples of the trams that have been used in St. Petersburg have been restored. There are also static exhibits: archival documents and photos, cards, breadboard models of
horsecar
A horsecar, horse-drawn tram, horse-drawn streetcar (U.S.), or horse-drawn railway (historical), is an animal-powered (usually horse) tram or streetcar.
Summary
The horse-drawn tram (horsecar) was an early form of public rail transport, wh ...
s and trams, examples of tram worker uniforms, and original cash registers. On 21 May 2011, the museum took part in the
Long Night of Museums
The Long Night of Museums (german: Lange Nacht der Museen), or the Night of Museums, and, since 2005, the European Night of Museums, is a cultural event in which museums and cultural institutions to remain open late into the night to introduce ...
event for the first time
Exhibits
The museum's collection includes 45
trams
A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport are ...
and 18 trolleys.
Redevelopment plans
There are plans to construct a "Palace of arts" and various commercial ventures on part of the museum's site. The project has caused mass protest from the local community.
Manilov plans threaten the existence of the old tram museum
All models of tramways and trolleybuses are available on the official site of the Centre of events in the Tramways of Saint Petersburg - event-tram.ru
See also
*List of museums in Saint Petersburg
This is a list of museums in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Biographical museums
Writers
Anna Akhmatova museums
*Anna Akhmatova Literary and Memorial Museum (Fountain House)
* Anna Akhmatova. The Silver Age (in Avtovo)
Alexander Pushkin museu ...
References
External links
getmuseum.ru
Official website of the museum
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Gorelektrotrans
Official website of the city's (surface) electric transport administration Gorelektrotrans
* & ENG)http://www.event-tram.ruCentre of events in the TRAMways
*
- for Public Transportation, informal committee aiming preserving and developing tram traffic in favor of current minibus overdevelopment and private motorcar traffic, exceeding city streets capacity (Петербуржцы - за общественный транспорт)
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Saint Petersburg public transit photo gallery
*
History, photos and much more about Petersburg tramways
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