State Museum of Cosmonautics. Tsiolkovsky which is located in Kaluga, is the first in the world and the largest in Russia, a museum dedicated to space. The museum was created with the assistance of Y. Gagarin and SP Queen. It opened in 1967

The museum tells the story of aviation, aeronautics and space technology. It fully represented the scientific heritage of Tsiolkovsky, a large inventor, who was the founder of theoretical astronautics.

The museum exposition reflects the history of Russian cosmonautics, from the first artificial satellite to modern space stations. The museum houses a collection of rocket engines, describes the activities of designers: VP Glushko SP Queen Chelomei, GN Babakina, SA Kosberg, AM Isayeva and others.

Museum background includes about 70 thousand items. The bulk of the artifacts stored in the museum, they are portrayed only as the formation of various exposures. The museum collections are presented: collections of material, visual, written, films and photographs. Documentary materials submitted manuscripts Tsiolkovsky, his epistolary heritage, personal documents. You can also see the materials from the personal archives of scientists, astronauts, engineers.

The largest collection in the museum is a collection of rare books. The most valuable is Tsiolkovsky Memorial Library, the work of the scientist, magazines and books that are going to Tsiolkovsky 1873 The collection includes rare books and publications on the history of aviation, aeronautics, astronautics, many with inscriptions.

Real monuments presented items made of wood, metal, glass, textiles, ceramics, leather, cardboard, rubber, numismatics, which are associated with the history and achievements of cosmonautics. These included personal belongings Tsiolkovsky: a set of tools and instruments, watches, sunglasses, pen and others. The collection of objects that tell about the life of the family Tsiolkovsky, includes a piano, a desk, chair, harmonium, instrumentation scientist.

To fine monuments include materials collections of film and documentary photographs, drawings, maps, paintings, sculpture, graphics that reflect the history of the development of space activities Tsiolkovsky and other prominent scientists, astronauts designers. Enter here and philatelic collections, posters, phillumeny, philocarty kalendofilii.

The basis of the collection of space technology formed the objects came to the museum when it is created from the OKB Queen and Glushko. Here are groups such subjects: space craft; launch vehicle rockets, rocket propulsion systems; Equipment with spacecraft; livelihoods flight into space (space suits and flight suits, food warmers, devices regeneration of the atmosphere, water storage tanks, massmetr etc.).

Of particular value are a few genuine artifacts have been in flight: landers spacecraft "Vostok-5", "Soyuz-34", a glove cosmonaut AP Alexandrova from the rescue spacesuit, the spacesuit from the exit into space, flight suits and others.

In Space Museum has a Planetarium, where the use of visual effects lectures. The museum is an active and research work aimed at the study and promotion of the creative heritage of Tsiolkovsky, AL Chizhevskogo, other pioneers of rocket and space technology; history of astronautics and rocketry.

The museum also includes the history of space exploration: Tsiolkovsky House Museum, which was opened in 1936 - the anniversary of the death of the great scientist, museum-apartment in Borovsk Tsiolkovsky House Museum, AL Chizhevskogo.