Sergei Pavlovich Korolyov Museum of Cosmonautics — Attraction in Zhytomyr Urban Hromada

The astronomy museum is a great place to visit. As soon as you enter the place, you’ll see a couple rockets. When you go inside, the atmosphere is dark, just like in space. The staff are kind and tell you about astronomical events in Ukrainian and English. In the middle of the building, there is a giant egg which makes a sound when you press a button. I like that you can take pictures in the museum so I can remember all the stuff that I don’t have time to see in just one...

We we're visiting this place as part of our visit to the town of Zhytomyr. Mayor of Zhytomyr invited us for business visit and we olbliged. We had very qualified guide for one hour tour . Her way of explaining the history of space program and how Ukraine and it's scientists played a very crucial role was impressive. She narrated the history without biase and prejudice. At the end of the tour we requested for photograph and...

What a gem! Made a detour of several hundred kilometres to visit this place and were nearly denied entry due to early closure on independence day. Fortunately the kind staff showed sympathy and let us in on the condition we were quiet and didn't disturb the talk on mushrooms (?!) being given in the museum. Thank you! Loads of very cool stuff including a real Soyuz reentry capsule that successfully...