The Museum "Moscow Lights"
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The Museum "Moscow Lights" was opened in 1980, the Armenian side street. For the museum exhibition were selected Chambers Miloslavskys historic building of the 17th century. The museum exhibition devoted to the history of lighting.

The museum exhibition begins in the cozy, well-maintained yard. Here you can see the old lights - kerosene, oil and electric. In the evening, they are included.

An interesting exhibition, located in the vaulted chambers. Here you can see an old "Svetets a torch", various hand and street lights, lamps and fixtures of various shapes and sizes, Console ways to control exterior lighting. In the museum a lot of photos - "nightscapes" Moscow. In one of the halls of the museum is a collection of electric clock.

The museum contains a large amount of printed materials on Illumination, archival materials on the history of lighting and electrical equipment of city streets for hours. Here are collected the drawings of various kinds of lighting fixtures. Many graphic materials on the history of the capital. The museum contains a great interactive fund of household items that you can pick up and examine in detail.

The Museum "Moscow Lights" is recognized as one of the most unusual museums in the capital. He made the list of "best places in Moscow - 2012", compiled by the magazine "Billboard". The museum has repeatedly won in the competition "Changing Museum in a Changing World", which is held the Vladimir Potanin Foundation.

The museum project was implemented "lights of Moscow", which aims at identifying and preserving of antique lanterns.

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