Tsiolkovsky house museum tour
Visit Museums of Cosmonautics in Kaluga
What you will get
When we say Kaluga, we mean Tsiolkovsky. Because of him the city is known far beyond the borders of Russia. You will visit the house-museum of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, the great Russian scientist, the founder of theoretical cosmonautics. He made great discoveries in the theory of the movement of rockets and laid the foundations for space discovery. Another most interesting and fascinating objects of the city of Kaluga is the first in the world and the largest space-related museum in Russia, created with the direct participation of Sergey Korolev and Yuriy Gagarin. Visiting a unique museum of astronautics, you will learn about "how it all began." You will be shown an artificial satellite invented by Tsiolkovsky, a burnt descent vehicle, in which Gagarin returned to Earth, the first real satellites and much more. Here is the real Sikhote-Alin meteorite weighing 40.5 kg, which fell in the Far East. The museum has a collection of rocket engines, the layout of the base unit of the Mir orbital station, the moving globes of Mars, Earth, the Moon and the starry sky.
1857
Year of birth of Konstantin Eduardovish Tsiolkovskiy
29
Years of a Tsiolkovskiy's life are connected with this museum house
1961
Year when Yriy Gagarin laid a first stone for Museum of cosmonautics in Kaluga
07:45 – 08:30
07:45 – 08:30
You will be met at your hotel in Moscow and transfered to Kurskaya Railway station. At 8.20 is boarding on a train to Kaluga.
Kaluga is a large industrial center, located 170 km from the Moscow. Kaluga emerged in 1371 as a fortress on the high left bank of the Oka River. The architectural ensemble of the city has characteristic of the provincial cities of pre-revolutionary Russia. Nowadays there are 328 thousand citizens.
Kaluga is a large industrial center, located 170 km from the Moscow. Kaluga emerged in 1371 as a fortress on the high left bank of the Oka River. The architectural ensemble of the city has characteristic of the provincial cities of pre-revolutionary Russia. Nowadays there are 328 thousand citizens.
08:30 – 11:40
08:30 – 11:40
En route
11:40 – 13:30
11:40 – 13:30
You will arrive to the main railway station in Kaluga and go by car to Tsiolkovskiy house museum. You will drive through the city center and take a look on architecture and local life. Upon arrival you will immerse yourself in the beginning of 20th century when Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky started to work on first models of space rocket.
The house of the great Russian scientist is located on the outskirts of the city of Kaluga, near the Oka River. 29 years of a scientist's life are connected with this house. It was here that he made great discoveries in the theory of the movement of rockets and laid the foundations of scientific cosmonautics.
The house of the great Russian scientist is located on the outskirts of the city of Kaluga, near the Oka River. 29 years of a scientist's life are connected with this house. It was here that he made great discoveries in the theory of the movement of rockets and laid the foundations of scientific cosmonautics.
13:30 – 15:00
13:30 – 15:00
You will take a walk toward the State museum of Cosmonautics and have a seat in cafe near the Museum for lunch (not included).
15:00 – 17:30
15:00 – 17:30
After lunch you will walk to the State museum of cosmonautics history named after K. E. Tsiolkovskiy. It's the first in the world and the largest in Russia space theme museum, created with the direct participation of S. Korolev and Y. Gagarin in 1967.
During the excursion you will learn history of aeronautics, aviation, rocket and space technology in Russia. Of particular value there are few genuine exhibits that have been in space flight: spacecraft descent vehicles and spacesuits of the first astronauts with ejection seat.
At 17.00 you will be transferred back to railway station and enjoy the view on already dark city with street lamps.
During the excursion you will learn history of aeronautics, aviation, rocket and space technology in Russia. Of particular value there are few genuine exhibits that have been in space flight: spacecraft descent vehicles and spacesuits of the first astronauts with ejection seat.
At 17.00 you will be transferred back to railway station and enjoy the view on already dark city with street lamps.
17:30 - 21:00
17:30 - 21:00
You will boar the train and spend 3 h on the way to Moscow.
21:00
21:00
Upon arrival to Kurskaya railway station the car with driver will be waiting for you to bring back to hotel. It's also time to say "good bye" to your guide!
How to book
- Fill in the request form
- Wait for confirmation of date and time from manager
- Pay online by Credit Card
- Receive voucher with guide contact information
- Enjoy your tour
Important notes
- The tour in not conducted on Monday
- The tour is running by English-speaking and guide-interpreter (other languages on request)
- Extra service: extend your stay in Kaluga and visit house museum of Chichewsky in Kaluga and house of Thsialkovskiy in Borovsk
Cost of the tour
- Group of 1 person - 275 EUR
- Group of 2 people - 145 EUR pp
- Group of 3 people - 105 EUR pp
- Group of 4 people - 85 EUR pp
What is included
- Transfer form your hotel to Kurskaya railway station
- Train tickets to Kaluga from Moscow and back to Moscow
- Guide-interpreter (English, other languages)
- All transfers in Kaluga
- Private tour in house museum of Tsiolkovskiy
- Private tour in State museum of Cosmonautic history
Departures
Private tour is running every day except Mondays and Russian Holidays
Brief biography of Tsiolkovskiy
Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky was born in the village of Izhevskoye in 1857 on September 5. He was a great Soviet scientist, researcher and inventor in the field of rocket and aerodynamics, as well as the main founder of modern cosmonautics.
Konstantin was a child in the family of ordinary foresters, and in childhood, as a result of scarlet fever, he was almost completely deaf. This fact was the reason that the great scientist could not continue to study in high school, and he had to switch to independent study. During his youthful years, Tsiolkovsky lived in the city of Moscow, and there he studied mathematics under the program of higher schools. In 1879, he successfully passed all exams, and the following year he was appointed a teacher of geometry and arithmetic at the Borovsk School, located in the Kaluga province.
Almost all the work of this great inventor was devoted to jet apparatus, aircraft, airships, as well as many other aerodynamic research. Konstantin Eduardovich created new idea for those times of building an airplane with a metal skin and frame. The passion to know the sky and space prompted Konstantin to write more than four hundred works that are known only to a small circle of his admirers. Tsiolkovsky - the founder of the theory of interplanetary movements. His research for the first time showed the possibility of achieving cosmic velocities, the feasibility of interplanetary flights and the exploration by man of outer space. He also put forward a number of ideas that have found application in rocket science.
Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky died in 1935 on September 19.
Konstantin was a child in the family of ordinary foresters, and in childhood, as a result of scarlet fever, he was almost completely deaf. This fact was the reason that the great scientist could not continue to study in high school, and he had to switch to independent study. During his youthful years, Tsiolkovsky lived in the city of Moscow, and there he studied mathematics under the program of higher schools. In 1879, he successfully passed all exams, and the following year he was appointed a teacher of geometry and arithmetic at the Borovsk School, located in the Kaluga province.
Almost all the work of this great inventor was devoted to jet apparatus, aircraft, airships, as well as many other aerodynamic research. Konstantin Eduardovich created new idea for those times of building an airplane with a metal skin and frame. The passion to know the sky and space prompted Konstantin to write more than four hundred works that are known only to a small circle of his admirers. Tsiolkovsky - the founder of the theory of interplanetary movements. His research for the first time showed the possibility of achieving cosmic velocities, the feasibility of interplanetary flights and the exploration by man of outer space. He also put forward a number of ideas that have found application in rocket science.
Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky died in 1935 on September 19.
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