Technical Museum of Vadim Zadorozhny

Technical Museum of Vadim Zadorozhny
Музей техники Вадима Задорожного
A ZIS-115 on display at the museum
Location within Moscow Oblast
Established2001 (2001)
LocationArkhangelsk, Moscow
Coordinates55°47′48″N 37°17′56″E / 55.7967°N 37.2989°E / 55.7967; 37.2989
TypeAutomotive, aviation museum
Websitewww.tmuseum.ru

Technical Museum of Vadim Zadorozhny (Russian: Музей техники Вадима Задорожного) is Russia's largest privately owned museum of technology, showcasing a wide array of retro cars, motorcycles, and military equipment.[1][2] Established in 2001, it is situated in the village of Arkhangelsk within the Krasnogorsky District, Moscow Oblast.[3]

History

Vadim Zadorozhny, a former high school history teacher, began collecting cars in 1999. Two years later, he established the Automobile Club of Convertibles and Roadsters. A three-floor building was constructed in a field near Arkhangelskoye Palace and the collection was moved there in 2004. A storage building was completed the following year. A six-floor, 12,000 sq ft (1,100 m2) main building opened in 2007.[4][5]

By 2012 the museum had begun moving abandoned military aircraft from the former Khodynka Aerodrome to the former Medyn Airfield near Medyn, Kaluga, where it planned to establish a military-patriotic training camp.[6]

References

  1. ^ Domański, Jacek (2020-11-15). "Aircraft and a whole lot more - Vadim Zadorozhny´s Museum of Vehicles —". Afterburner - The Aviation Magazine. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  2. ^ Swearingen, Jake (2016-02-10). "This Handmade MS-1 Tank Is an Awesome Dose of Vintage Soviet Design". Popular Mechanics. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  3. ^ Sobolev, Dmitry (September 2017). "The Development of Aviation Museums and Collections in Russia". 2017 International Workshop on Engineering Technologies and Computer Science (EnT). pp. 52–55. doi:10.1109/EnT.2017.18. ISBN 978-1-5386-3537-7. S2CID 32928669.
  4. ^ Popov, Igor (2 November 2010). "Технический Прогресс" [Technological Progress]. Forbes (in Russian). Retrieved 7 November 2025.
  5. ^ "Музей техники Вадима Задорожного" [Vadim Zadorozhny Museum of Technology]. AutoBuy.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 7 November 2025.
  6. ^ Avdeev, Yuri (17 May 2012). "Сокровища Вадима Задорожного" [Treasures of Vadim Zadorozhny]. Red Star (in Russian). Retrieved 7 November 2025.