Audio Museum 'House of Vintage Music'

About museum

Audio Museum 'House of Vintage Music' — the world's largest interactive museum of retro audio equipment. Visitors can see many interesting and rare vintage devices: gramophones, patephones, radiolas, reel-to-reel and cassette tape recorders, and more. They are all located in three themed halls dedicated to specific periods in the development of music playback devices from the late 19th century to the 1980s.

All exhibits of the new capital museum come from a private collection that was assembled over more than 20 years and has already reached 400 devices and 3,000 vinyl records. Guests can listen to the stories of old, unusual and rare audio devices, see the largest and the smallest records in the world, Thomas Edison's 1900 phonograph, Jean-Paul Belmondo's record player, the 'Philips' radio from a James Bond film, equipment from the studio where The Beatles recorded, as well as other American, European and domestic vintage items.

All exhibits of the audio museum have retained excellent 'vocal abilities'; each has its own unique sound. Visitors can hear the voices of bygone eras from authentic records, rare musical works recorded on shellac cylinders, vinyl records, reels and cassettes.

In addition, the concert hall hosts concerts, lectures, theatrical evenings, creative meetings with artists and even silent film screenings with live sound accompaniment and a taper. And in the interactive photo zone, decorated in the style of the 1960s–70s, guests can immerse themselves in the past by watching Soviet TV programs on a retro television and calling a friend on a rotary phone, or relax by leafing through vintage books and magazines.