grand maket russia interactive museum

Really detailed and interested "model village" representing the whole of Russia, great for kids or just for nerds. Moving parts and detailed buildings from across Mother Russia, well worth a visit!

Amazing miniature Russia in a 800 sqm hall. Here you will see major sights, cities and regions of Russia. Hundreds of moving trains and cars with sound and light effects. Even forest fires and traffic accidents occur. Astonishing effect of day and night changing and lights coming on in houses, cars etc. in the dark.

Great place to visit for natives and foreigners, alone and with friends, with and without children. But plan for it not less than 1,5-2 hours!

Imagine seeing the highlights of Russia, north to south and east to west in miniature, in a single huge room. I'm not a model/miniatures type of person but this was pretty impressive. It was crowded and took about 2 hrs to see everything w/o spending too much time in one place. If you're traveling w kids this may be a good option as a break from churches and museums.

Most of the visitors on our early Monday morning visit were teenagers or older, but there's something magical about this attraction that makes it work no matter how old you are. The intricacy and detail is insane, from a field of 40,000 sunflowers, each no larger than your pinky nail, to little tableau of crowds and vehicles. The magic of pushing buttons and seeing these little scenes come to life is always fun, and when the room darkens and a storm strikes, you can't help but wonder at all the love that's been put into this massive, massive scene. You could easily spend an hour or two here, and on your second circuit you'll spot a bunch of details that you missed the first time around. A must-see in St. Petersburg in my opinion.

absolutely must visit in saint-petersburg! seems to be quite expensive but definitely worth it. every detail is elaborated perfectly. though its not the collection of all russia's sightseeings in every region but rather generalized russia's image of all its parts it still impresses by its likelihood. u can pass there 3-4 hours scrutinizing every little detail: a cat on the car, different curtains in the windows, bears and wolves, mountain climbers, lying on the earth drunk people, different scenes of everyday life, pressing every button to see the fire being extinguished or the steaming train. children are absolutely excited, and so are the adults. you can even use binoculars and they also have audioguide.

Very interesting and informative! Especially for the children! But adults can also here return to the childhood :) Quite a lot of interactive moments - you press the button and figures come alive. Very fun to watch the movement of trains, helicopters, fire trucks and so on. Very impressive the day and night cycles, all in the lights at night time, beautiful!I do highly recommend!

This is the most amazing HO scale model railway I have ever seen for size and detail. It gives a tremendous panorama and insight into the railways of Russia. Most of the model motive power and rolling stock is of Russian outline, although a number of Swiss electrics are also used. Lights are dimmed for night-time sequences. The railway is massive, and reputedly larger than Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg. For me personally, I would visit this exhibition every time I visit St Petersburg. Also next door is an excellent model shop for the purchase of Russian model railway items. This Place is a must!

This is a must visit for every adult and child. Highly informative and interactive museum about Russia, its geography, history, economy and daily life. Dont forget to buy audioguide (in german, english or russia) which will provide you with lots of useful information (the english audio is recorded by russians so due to the accent it was a bit dificult to understand sometimes). I spent over 2 hours inside, but it was worth it! There are makets- mini versions of different parts of Russia - from Moscow to Sochi to Siberia and Far East with little trains, buses, buildings - everything moves and shines, its really cool! There is also cafeteria in the buildings and cool souvenir shop where you can buy paper makets.

This may have been built for kids, but its very interesting for even adults! Its definitely worth seeing. The museum has a huge model of Russia.. yes, the entire country (!!) with cars and trains running through it. The detailing is very impressive. No 2 people (even though they are very tiny) look the same! You have tiny people farming, lazing on a beach, enjoying a concert, working in a submarine and even enjoying a rock concert! If there are parts of Russia you havent seen, you can see them here. You can easily spend a few hours here and hence you should go in the morning so you have enough time. This is an absolute must do if you have kids with you. They will love it.

This is one of the most interesting new attractions/alternative to a museum in St.-Petersburg. This maquet of the whole Russia is really quality made with all small details, trains, cars, buildings, trees and etc. so you could have just a small impression of how enormously huge and different Russia is. You are allowed to make photos but be careful - do not come too close because otherwise alarm system will work, the whole object is controlled with cameras and alarms system sensors. Location is not too central but it is close to "Moskovskie vorota" tube station. So, if it is a rainy day in St-Petersburg during your trip and it is impossible to walk around (which I always prefer to any museums even if very good museums) take your time to visit this attraction.

WHY WORTH SEEING: this is a gigantic model of Russia. Here you can see the main landmarks of all the parts of our country. Plus, everything is very elaborate, is I'm not mistaken, the model took 8 years to make. BEST TIME TO COME: I think the best time to go there is in the morning, so start your day of sightseeing with that. Later in the day in gets more crowded, and there is not very much free space in there in general. People crowd around the model, so you might not be able to see some parts at all. Also, of course, same as all the other things to do in St Pete, this one is way less crowded from October to April.HOW TO GET THERE: this is the hardest part of the whole review, because even I can't explain in writing how you can get there. My advice is check the map before you go and plan your route beforehand. The place in about 10-15 minutes walking from the metro station "Moskovskie vorota"NOT TO MISS: 1) when you enter the territory of the model, you will see people sitting behind the glass wall. They are making models and you're welcome to look at them. it's pretty cool!2) the model has all sorts of buttons. Feel free to press them (when they turn green) and some of the things will move.3) Don't miss the "fire" in the Northwestern part.PLEASE NOTE: I would not recommend eating in their cafe. The food is not very good quality.

Huge model of various areas in Russia, covering the entire first floor of the building.This took 8 years to build and contains a number of humerous touches by the modellers - you have to look closely at what the people are doing!

Russia being the biggest country, would take a loong time to travel around and see the diverse parts of it. But, if you want to make a choice or see how different parts of Russia look like, you can visit this place and find out. The Grand Maket is a mini model of Russia, complete with replicas of the landscape and major attractions of each of the regions of Russia. It also gives you a view of these places at different times of the day, with changes in the lighting for day, night, evenings. Plus, for additional entertainment, there are some interactive actions that you can perform and watch the fun begin.

My third miniature world and exactly as nice as the others. I love how many tiny funny jokes there are to see (escaping prisoners, boy stealing bikini top, monkey escaped from zoo with stolen handbag, etc), when you take your time to really enjoy it. We spent 4 hours at the site of which 30 minutes was spent watching a behind the scenes movie (every 2 hours in English). We spent a Saturday afternoon/evening here and it was not at all crowdedMy favourite was the two fire sites that had even fire engines arriving on site.There is a cafe on site. Easily reachable by metro and a 10-15 minute walk.