Participation in the Creating and Functioning of Industrial Transport Museum round table

On February 5, 2019, an expanded meeting of the Scientific and Technical Council on the development of urban passenger transport was held at the St. Petersburg Center for Import Substitution and Localization of the Lenexpo Exhibition Complex.

As part of the scientific and technical council, employees of the Russian Railway Museum took part in the Creating and Functioning of Industrial Transport Museums round table

Representatives of transport museums, collections of vintage equipment and academic science from St. Petersburg, Moscow, Yekaterinburg, Veliky Novgorod and Tallinn became the participants of the round table. The speakers discussed the creation and operation of transport museums, the problems of historic vehicles restoration and the possibility of their further exploitation.

Senior Researcher of our Museum Beldinova N.I. presented a report on the topic: «Scientific and Educational Activity Trends of the Russian Railway Museum and Methods of Equipment Interpretation».

Participation in the round table allowed to establish professional contacts with colleagues in the demonstration of equipment and to find further ways for cooperation.