MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF PRINTING IN ST. PETERSBURG

A branch of the Museum of the History of St. Petersburg
2/2 nab. reki Moiki 191187 St. Petersburg
Open: 11 am - 6pm, Tuesdays 1 lam - 4pm, Fridays 1 lam - 5pm
Closed: Wednesdays
TeL 312-0977, 312-7832
Nearest metro stations: Nevsky prospekt and Gostiny Dvor

Created in 1991, the museum grew out of the exhibition "Lenin and the Paper Pravda", opened in 1984. Prior to the 1917 revolution, the building at No. 32 naberezhnaya Moiki housed the Bristol furnished rooms, the editorial office and the printing press of the government paper Selsky Vestnik (Rural Bulletin). Here, in March 1917, the Pravda editorial staff resumed work, headed by Lenin who had returned from exile.

Visitors to the museum can see the rooms of the editorial office and its early 20th century printing press, along with other examples of printing equipment. The museum also holds temporary exhibitions devoted to the history of publishing in Russia.