Description of the attraction
The Museum of Hygiene of the City Center for Medical Prevention is located on Italianskaya Street in St. Petersburg. Located in a building, which is an architectural monument and was built in 1755. The architect was Savva Ivanovich Chevakinsky. The architectural style is baroque, protected by the state.
In 1877, the idea of creating a museum was born, when some Russian exhibits were recognized at the International Hygiene Exhibition in the capital of Belgium - Brussels. In 1893 and 1913, two large All-Russian hygienic exhibitions were organized. The items exhibited at the hygienic exhibition of 1913 formed the basis of the permanent exhibition-museum of health care, the idea of the need for the formation of which was adopted in 1918 by a group of medical scientists.
The museum was opened in February 1919. For the museum, the Commissariat of Health of the Union of the Northern Region provided one of the best buildings in St. Petersburg - a mansion owned by Count I. I. Shuvalov. The museum pursued the following goal: the promotion of knowledge among the population through the organization of stationary and traveling exhibitions, lectures and the distribution of medical literature.
The immense interest in health education and a wide range of health problems have contributed to the rapid expansion of the health museum exhibition. The museum's exposition was replenished with the achievements of scientific and technological progress in the form of various kinds of electrified models, diagrams and other items, many of which can be seen at the present time.
In the period from 1928 to 1938, the technical re-equipment of the museum took place, thereby allowing it to reach the pinnacle in its development, become famous and receive not only gratitude from the Commissariat of Health of the Soviet Union for organizing the “best Museum of Healthcare in the republic”, but also international recognition …
In 1948 the museum was rebuilt after the Great Patriotic War. He quickly and actively joined the work. In the late 80s of the XX century, repair and restoration work was carried out on the premises. Museum exhibits have also been restored, and, in addition, they contributed to the creation of an updated interior, illustrative material became more accessible and acquired a modern sound. This created additional opportunities for visitors to get acquainted with the exhibits on an individual basis.
The Museum of Hygiene, being a structural subdivision of the City Center for Medical Prevention, implements one of the main tasks of the health care system in the field of health protection: to increase the level of sanitary and hygienic culture and to form healthy lifestyle skills among the local population through acquaintance with the history of the development of medicine, hygiene and etc., propaganda of domestic achievements in the field of modern medicine, acquaintance with the anatomical and physiological characteristics of a person, informing about the ecological situation, popularizing a healthy lifestyle, preventing bad habits (alcoholism, drug addiction, smoking), HIV / AIDS.
The museum organizes a variety of excursions: "Health is the main value of a person", "Reproductive health care", "Movement and health", "Proper nutrition is the basis of health" and others.
Reviews
| All reviews 1 Guest 2015-23-11 10:11:41 AM
Visit to the Museum of Hygiene in St. Petersburg We never got to the museum itself, the reason for this was the boorish sovdep grandmothers (cashier and cloakroom attendant). It all started with a sluggish woman-cashier, who claimed that she had no change from 500 rubles, holding this change in her hands. After that she issued the tickets themselves for a very long time (very long), explaining …
