Museum Departments

"Humanity will have the new Universal Ocean, which was given to him for the aim of binding all the people together, in one... family." -Tsiolkovsky

The Exibition Hall. This department is responsible for the operation of the exhibition hall.

The Konstantin E.Tsiolkovsky Biographical Department. This department is reponsible for the historical and biographical holdings of Tsiolkovsky.

Memorial House Museum of Konstantin E.Tsiolkovsky. This department is responsible for the house mueseum and its artifacts.

Open Air Exposition. The open air exposition, or "rocket park" contains various examples of rockets.

The Star Hall Planetarium. The planetarium has been in operation since the opening of the museum in 1967.

Excursion Department. This is the department of the museum that is responsible for organizing excursions for museum exhibits. It is also reponsible for preparing and giving lectures in the museum and elsewhere for children and adults. It is also responsible for excursions to the city and region.
The main subjects of lectures are:
- The History of Rocketry.
- The Problems of Space Exploration Activity.
- Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky's Life and Works.
It is also possible to organize special symposiums for pupils and teachers both in the museum and outside, on the different problems of space education.

Department of External Cooperation. This department is responsible for cooperation with other space museums in Russia and abroad. It assists other museums with designing their own exhibits, making exibitions, and in the education of the museum workers. It's duties include:
- Providing assistance to state, non-professional, school space museums.
- Spreading of ideas of space exploration. (special museum business publications, including video, film, and photo production, etc.).
- Organizing of conferences, syposiums and workshops on space education and space museum business problems.
- Organizing of additional short term education for museum professionals.

Alexandr L.Tchijevsky Biographical Department. This department was opened in the museum in May 1990. It's main subjects are the study of the Alexandr L.Tchijevsky scientific biography, and the work of opening the Tchijevsky Memorial museum in Kaluga, as a part of the Space History Museum. Every year in March this department oranizes the Youth Scientific Conference of Alexander L.Tchijevsky.

Alexandr L.Tchijevsky ( 1897- 1964 ) was a Russian scientist of space biophisics, and a young friend of Tsiolkovsky. Tchijevsky worked in the tradition of late Cosmic Philosophy. Tchijevsky was born in February 7,1897 in Grodnensky Province. His father was well known Russian general of artillery. In 1913-1925 Tchijevsky lived, got his education, and worked in Kaluga. In this town he made friends with Tsiolkovsky, who became an advisor and scientific colleague to him during his life.
His main works were :
"The Phisical Factors of Historical Process". Kaluga,1924. (Russia)
"Les Epidemies et les perturbations electromagnetiques du milieu exterier".
Paris,1938. (France)
"Structural Analises of the Living Blood". Moscow,1959. (Russia)
"The Earth Echo of the Solar Storms". Moscow,1976.
The rest of his life he lived and worked in different research institutions in Moscow where he died on December 20,1964.

Photo-Art Designing Department. This departement is responsible for supporting the museum in the areas of photography and art.

Engineering Service Department. This department is responsible for providing engineering services to the museum.

The Annual Readings of Tsiolkovsky. This annual scientific Conference on different problems of space research has taken place in Kaluga, Russia since1966. It is usually held in the middle of September (around the days of Tsiolkovsky's birth and death). The aim of the readings is to provide an overview of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky's scientific heritage, and to discuss further development of his ideas.