Many spiteful critics often say with confidence that Russian athletes have long ceased to play football, but the staff of the main metropolitan club managed to demonstrate that this was not always the case. With the help of members of the sports team, a museum of the Spartak football club was created. It contains a unique collection of important virtual and physical artifacts, there is a player hall of fame, and those who are far from football will certainly be interested in a stunning technological and interactive exhibition.
History of the opening of the museum
Officially, the Spartak Museum in Moscow was opened to the public a few hours before the start of the friendly match between the football teams of Lithuania and Russia, which took place on April 16, 2016 at the club's home stadium called Otkritie Arena. The ceremony was held in the presence of Leonid Fedun, Chairman of the Board of Directors of FC Spartak Moscow, Nikita Simonyan, First Deputy Prime Minister of the RFU, Vitaly Mutko, Minister of Russian Sports, Olympic1956 champions Anatoly Isaev, Alexei Paramonov, as well as the head coach of the Red-Whites Dmitry Alenichev and CEO Sergei Rodionov. The youth team coach Dmitry Gunko, team coach Egor Titov, goalkeeper specialist Rinat Dasaev and their families were also present. They all carefully studied each zone, after which they expressed their gratitude to everyone who helped create the Spartak Museum.
It is worth noting that the curator of the historical part of the exposition and the director of the facility is Alexei Matveev, who has many years of experience as a press officer for FC Spartak. The project was implemented over two years with the help of 50 diversified specialists.
Why the museum was created
In almost two years of its existence, the Spartak Museum, which tells about the history of the main football club of the capital of the Russian Federation, has become a landmark for all Russian football. It has no analogues in the country. The specialists managed to bring to life the main idea of the creators - to inspire new victories and achievements of young football players, their fans and visitors who are not indifferent to sports. In addition, the founders intend to constantly replenish the museum with new exhibits and future awards, for which they specially left space in the windows.
Guests of the museum will be able to learn about the history of the titled Russian club, look at historical artifacts brought together, see unique videos from legendary football matches, hear fascinating interviews, and also learninformation about the team's coaching staff, players, cups won and other awards.
How to get to the museum where it is located
The Spartak Museum is located on the 4th floor of the West Stand, which is located on the territory of the home stadium of the Otkritie Arena club. You can find it at the address: Volokolamsk highway, 69, in Moscow. To get to the cultural and historical site, you need to get to the following metro stations:
- Spartak (about 5 minutes walk to the stadium);
- Tushinskaya (about 10 minutes walk).
Also next to st. m. "Tushinskaya" is the stop of most buses and minibuses.
It is worth noting that on the days of football matches, the operating hours of the Spartak metro station (for the entry and exit of passengers) do not change.
Museum opening hours
You can walk around the magnificent territory on any day except Monday. Opening hours of the Spartak Museum:
- Tours are organized from Monday to Friday hourly, from 12:00 to 18:00. They are 45 minutes long.
- On Saturday and Sunday, as well as on public holidays, tours are held every hour from 11:30 to 17:30 (break from 14:30 to 15:30).
Ticket prices
Often excursions in the Spartak Museum are held for groups of 8-10 people, but sometimes there are exceptions, and then 25 visitors can listen to the history of the legendary team at once. If you did not book a standard tour and did not sign up for it in advance, then the ticket price foradult visitors will be 500 rubles, and for children aged 7 to 16 years - 250 rubles. Pensioners who have an appropriate certificate in their hands will be able to buy a ticket with a 50% discount - for 250 rubles.
Tickets for individual tours must be booked no later than one day before the scheduled date of visit. Such excursions will cost adults 800 rubles, minors and pensioners - 400 rubles. Only up to 5 adult tickets are allowed.
It is worth noting that veterans of the Great Patriotic War, children under 6 years of age, disabled people of the 1st group, as well as those players who took part in at least one official match for the main team of the "white- red".
Tickets are sold online on the museum website and at the Red-White Store located inside the stadium.
What can be seen in the museum
First of all, the Spartak Museum boasts of its gigantic territory, which is 500 square meters. meters and is divided into 30 thematic zones. In addition, it contains:
- 10 thousand photos;
- 700 videos;
- over 600 exhibits;
- more than 20 author's installations.
The exposition is based on some personal belongings of many famous football players who have become legends, and various trophies of the club. So, here you can see the boots of the most talented player of the 80s Fyodor Cherenkov, goalkeeper gloves and autographed T-shirts, as well as a crystal USSR Cup in silverframe, won in 1992. The digital content contains video footage of the best goals of the red and white team players and successful attacks, showing the evolution of the club's game form. It is enough just to move the tablet, reading the details, or rotate the mannequin around its axis. Exhibited in digital format and a book of records, the hologram of which can be viewed by "leafing" right in the air. Most of the photos in the Spartak Museum are presented in the form of "reviving" portraits with built-in audio recording. They allow visitors to listen to a vivid, unique story about some personalities, their interviews and match commentary.
There are other items in the museum that cause pride for the team - a red-and-white pennant with the symbols of the Spartak gaming club, which cosmonaut-fan Sergey Ryazansky took with him into orbit, and a flag that visited Mount Everest. There is also a ball autographed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. On a separate media, visitors can hear interviews from those fans of the team who glorified Spartak in an unusual way.
Besides, the museum has an unusual hall about which many joke that it was created "for growth", as the creators left room for new trophies and photos of the rising stars of FC Spartak. Since 2003, the club has failed to win significant awards, so all exhibitions should inspire a new generation of athletes to exploits.
It is worth noting that next to the museum premises (near the north stand of the stadium"Opening Arena") a monument was erected to the legendary Spartak football players, the Starostin brothers, who stood at the very origins of the club, and the record holder Fyodor Cherenkov.
Optional stadium tour
Visitors of the tours who have studied the hall of fame of Spartak are also offered an additional walk around other premises and the territory of the stadium itself.
They can visit the locker room and the coaching bench. Visit a box designed for VIP guests, see a massage room and warm-up rooms with artificial turf. It is allowed to enter the mixed zone, where players usually communicate with the press after matches, as well as the press conference room.
Able to impress visitors are signs with statements of famous personalities about the Spartak team, which are located in the corridors.
What celebrities say about the Spartak Museum
Despite the fact that many celebrities could not come to the opening of the Spartak Museum, they nevertheless got acquainted with the history of the legendary team by visiting the cultural and historical site a little later. So, two-time Olympic champion in artistic gymnastics Aliya Mustafina and one of the strongest Russian grandmasters Sergey Karyakin visited it. And the main representative of the board of directors of FC Spartak and its shareholder Leonid Fedun noted that the Spartak museum surpassed even a similar facility in Manchester with its equipment. “This is the most advanced museum,” he added. In turn, the head coach of the team Dmitry Alenichev expressed his readinessdo everything possible so that the museum continues to replenish with new medals.
