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Completely this museum is called Park Complex of the history of Technology named after K. G. Sakharov, and the people call it simply "AvtoVAZ Technical Museum" (the old name). This is the most interesting Museum of the city and the real pride of Togliatti, and for good reason, because it is the largest Technical Museum in Europe. Here, on an open-air site on an area of 38 hectares, military and other equipment of the period of the USSR and Russia were placed, in total more than 450 exhibits. There are automobiles, locomotives, space vehicles, armored vehicles, airplanes, artillery, missiles, and even the world's largest diesel-electric submarine, the B-307. Exhibits can be touched, some of them climb and even climb inside, although theoretically the rules of the museum are prohibited. The B-307 submarine is open for external inspection to anyone who bought a ticket to the museum, and you can get inside only as part of an excursion for an additional fee. Also on the territory there is an exhibition of experimental cars of the automobile plant, which is located in a separate hangar and its visit is paid additionally.
During public holidays (February 23, May 9), the museum hosts festive events and an open day (free admission). The minus of the museum is that the exhibits are not well cared for, even Elementary are not tinted, and they gradually become unusable.
The museum also offers interactive entertainments for an additional fee:
- Laser, airsoft shooting range-50 RUB (10 shots)
- BTR-trophy-riding on the BTr-60pb armored personnel carrier and tracked GT MU
- Photo in the headset, in the tank T-80UD-50 rubles
- Photo in the cockpit of a Su-17M4 fighter-bomber-50 rubles
- Cartodrom (250 rubles 6 minutes)
Of course, this museum is mandatory to visit during the trip to Togliatti, do not spare it time and money.
🌐 Website: pkitis.tltsu.ru
🕐 Working hours
daily from 08:00 to 17:00, seven days a week; the experimental vehicle hangar is open from April to September from 10:00 to 17:00; submarine excursions are held on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from 13:00, 15:00; Saturday, Sunday– 11:00, 11:45, 12:30, 14:00, 14:45, 15:30.
💵 Entrance fee / ticket price
adult-200 rubles / children – 100. Visit with excursion accompaniment-adult-250 rubles / children – 150. Excursion to the submarine B-307 is paid additionally-250 rubles, it is better to make an appointment in advance by Phone +7 (8482) 94-00-59. The hangar of experimental cars is paid additionally-50 rubles.
🚶 How to get there
the museum is located on the outskirts of the automobile plant district at 137 Yuzhnoye Shosse, opposite the Avtovaz plant (Museum on the map. You can get there by bus number 12,14, 14, 16, 16k, 23, 24, 28, 36, 37, 71, 72, 76; trolleybuses No. 5, 9, 10, 11, 11k, 15; route taxis No. 115, 126, 136, 190 (red), 190 (blue), 155, 159, 169, 171, 214, 305, 326.
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