Description of the attraction
Located in Murmansk, the Museum of the Northern Navy is a famous military history museum. The museum was founded in the fall of October 16, 1946 with the support of the Federal State Institution of Art and Culture, as well as the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. A colossal work was done before the opening of the museum, which began in 1943. Accumulative work on the collection of material, as well as on its processing took place under the strict guidance of F. P. Drachkov. - a senior lieutenant, who took the initiative to collect all kinds of exhibits for their placement in the new museum of the Northern Fleet, located in the building of the former House of Officers.
The very first exposition of the museum presented to visitors was the exhibition entitled "Defense of the Soviet Arctic during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945", which opened in 1946. Over the 60 years of its existence and constant work, the management of the Museum of the Northern Navy, as well as its employees, have developed and prepared about a hundred traveling exhibitions, which have been in all naval garrisons and numerous cities of our country, as well as in several dozen states around the world, at ships intended for combat operations of the Northern Fleet.
Historians were engaged in active editorial and publishing work. For example, in 1956, the political administration of the Northern Fleet, with the active work and assistance of the museum, published a small brochure entitled “Heroic and courageous deeds of the North Sea residents in the battles for the Motherland”. During these years, about 150 publications have been published in print form, represented by leaflets, brochures, books, travel guides, calendars and booklets.
For more than thirty years, the activities of the VMM of the Northern Fleet have been noted as the best in the register of the museum network of Russia, the Navy and the Armed Forces of Russia. At the moment, the Naval Museum of the Northern Fleet is located in the building of the House of Officers in the city of Murmansk and is directly related to the military history profile. Museum employees not only collect, but also carefully study and store various naval monuments, for example, naval flags, weapons, orders, banners, medals, numerous documents, personal belongings and items of sailors who served over the years for Northern Fleet, as well as items of military paraphernalia. In the museum you can see models of some submarines, aircraft and surface ships from different years.
The museum exposition covers a time period that lasts from 1693 to the present day. In addition, the exhibition is located in eight spacious halls and tells about the sections: “The emergence of naval forces in the northern part of Russia. 1693 - 1922 "," Creation and formation of the Northern Fleet. 1923-1941 "," Merit of the Northern Fleet in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945 "," The Northern Fleet - the defender of the maritime borders of Russia. 1945 - today”.
Museum workers carefully collect materials that, after editing, are included in the exposition. At the moment, the museum funds have more than 65 thousand exhibits.
The issues of excursion work are of great importance in the work of the museum. The staff conducts numerous fascinating tours of the halls and expositions of exhibitions, which were presented in the museum on a variety of topics. The employees take part in the creation of bus excursions throughout Murmansk, as well as in Severomorsk, to a small village called Safronovo, which will allow excursionists to get acquainted with the memorable places of the region and the entire fleet.
Recently, people's interest in the museum has increased significantly, for example, during 2006-2007, the museum exposition was visited by 40 thousand people, including not only servicemen of the Northern Sea Fleet, but also residents of the region and the city, as well as foreign tourists and foreign delegations. states.
It should be noted that the Naval Museum has branches in the cities of Severodvinsk and Severomorsk.
