Winners of the Museum Olympus competition among the museums of St. Petersburg have been announced.
The best museum, according to the competition jury, is the Museum of Political History of Russia. The same museum got an award for the exposition The Person and the Power in Russia in the 19th – 21st centuries that had been elaborated for ten years.
The Petersburg of the Commonalty has been recognized the best children’s museum for its project dedicated to the 105th anniversary of the Petersburg tram.
The Museum Olympus is a museum project competition founded in Petersburg in 2009. This year 52 museums applied for the competition in six nominations, and 18 out of them became finalists.
Sources: http://www.gazeta.ru
Author: Vera Ivanova