Museums of retro cars in Moscow and the suburbs of St. Petersburg

Where are the people who are in love with the speed and noise of the road under the wheels, appreciating the real quality, timeless to relax their souls and admire the legends? Of course, in the museums of retro cars. In Moscow there are only two, another famous exhibition is in the city of Zelenograd, a suburb of St. Petersburg.

The largest museum of retro cars

Rogozhsky Val is a street known to everyone in love with a vintage car to a man. Here is the famous museum for all of Moscow, located in the former building of the plant. A huge area is an incomparable plus for a car show. They are located in several spacious halls, each of which occupies a separate thematic exposition.

The exact address of the museum: Moscow, Rogozhsky Val, house 9/2. This is a large red building, which is difficult to recognize. The museum is located five minutes walk from the metro station "Roman".

There are guided tours for all interested viewers. Photo is not prohibited, but for this opportunity you need to pay the cost of a discount ticket.

Exposition of the museum on the Rogozhsky shaft

Like many other major retro-car museums, this one is capable of capturing an interested viewer literally from the very beginning of viewing the exposition. In the first hall there are cars mainly of foreign manufacture. And here there is one very interesting exhibit - "Amphibian-capsule", a car created by an unknown master in the 70s of last century. It is constructed from an aviation fuel tank, and the steering wheel has a real cast-iron frying pan.

Foreign cars are represented here by the Lincolns, Cadillacs, Volvo, Mercedes, Dodge, and Bentley. There are also products of General Motors, Ford Motors, Willis and Jensen Motors. By the way, the museum collection of the Cadillacs is truly impressive.

Soviet cars: VAZ, GAZ, ZAZ and ZIL. Presented here and the national racing car "Estonia-8", released in a single copy. Bright exhibits of the exhibition are domestic cabriolets. Would you like to learn about them one interesting fact? Soviet cabriolets are cars for the poor. They were bought by people who could not afford a car with a normal metal roof.

Museum of retro cars, Frunzenskaya

This exhibition is called "Autoville". To get here, you need to get to the metro station "Frunzenskaya", from which then another about seven minutes will have to walk on foot. The museum is located in the same building as the Moskvich restaurant. The exact address of "Autoville": Moscow, Usacheva street, house 2, building 1.

It is not only a museum, but also a real cultural center. There is a cafe, bar, children's design center and a souvenir shop in the building of Avtoville. And still here there are lectures, thematic exhibitions and even cinema shows. In addition, there are free guided tours every two hours. Truly, an excellent museum of retro cars. The photos here are also not prohibited.

Description of the exposition "Autoville"

At the entrance visitors meet the "Ford" in 1907, an excellent old convertible, already celebrated its centenary. The main exhibition is located on the ground floor of the building.

There are a lot of sports retro cars here - a whole series of "Bugatti" of different years. In addition, the presence and status of foreign cars: Bentley, Rolls-Royces, Mercedes. A bright exhibit is the Cadillac de Ville. Elvis Presley himself traveled to a similar one, and another one, pink, he gave to his mother.

Represented in "Autoville" and domestic vintage cars. Here, "Muscovites", "Volga", "Zaporozhets". By the way, one representative of the last mentioned brand in this museum really attracts interested views. This "Fitorozhets" - "Zaporozhets", decorated with ornamental grass and flowers.

Retro cars in the suburbs of St. Petersburg

Such fascinating exhibitions exist, as already mentioned above, not only in the capital. The museum of retro cars in Zelenogorsk opens its doors to visitors almost daily. The weekend is only on Monday. The exact address of the museum is Zelenogorsk, Primorskoe shosse, 536.

The exposition appeared on the basis of the club "Retro-Union", all vintage cars were provided by its participants. By the way, some cars are not original. These are masterfully recreated according to the drawings of the past copies, which were also reconstructed by members of the club.

Like many museums of retro cars, this one is filled with the spirit of the chosen founders of the era. This is the 30th of the last century, an interesting and significant time for both the European and domestic automotive industry.

The most interesting exhibits of the Zelenogorsk Museum

Meets visitors to the BMW 335 - a chic car, even if we take into account the fact that he is already eighty years old.

Here are presented domestic cars that have become in some way famous. This ZIL-115, which belonged in his time to Brezhnev, "Pontiac Tempest", owned by Yuri Gagarin. They truly recreate the spirit of their era.

In addition, in the museum you can see a collection of cars "General Motors". These cars are somewhat like airplanes. There are in their elegant lines something subtly attracting, exciting attention. Such cars opened a new era for the Western automotive industry in the 1950s. They became the most real masterpieces for their time.

Museums of retro cars - it's not just an opportunity to have a good time and learn a lot of new things. In fact, it is also a real chance to at least briefly go back to the past, in those decades when cars were made on conscience, from metal, rather than plastic. Then life seemed simpler and more interesting, and the beloved car personified true freedom.