- Awarding the winners of the «Human Rights-2019» contest
- 30 years of the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia
- Political Theatre of the USSR
- Staff of the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture of the Republic of South Africa visited the Museum
- The seminar «75 Years of the Liberation of Northern Norway from the Nazi Invaders by the USSR Army»
- The museum's photofund has been replenished with new exhibits
- The museum celebrated its 100th anniversary
- The State Museum of Political History of Russia is 100 years old!
- The museum won the international contest «Živa»
- The museum won the «The Museum Olympus» contest in two nominations
- Opening of the exhibition «People want to know»
- A special purpose museum
- The Leningrad Affair: the City and the People
- Opening of the exhibition “The Osoaviakhimers”
- Opening of the exhibition “Germans in Russian History”
The museum won the «The Museum Olympus» contest in two nominations
The Museum of Political History of Russia was admitted as the best in two categories at the award ceremony for the winners of the professional contest in the field of museum business «Museum Olympus-2019». The exhibition of the year was the exhibition «The museum of special purpose. To the 100th anniversary of The Museum of Political History of Russia. 1919-2019». In the «Nomination of the year» to the 75th anniversary of the full relief Leningrad from Siege won our exhibition «The Leningrad Affair: the City and the People». Besides, General Director of the Museum Evgeny Artemov received a special prize «For Outstanding Contribution to the Development of Museum Business».
The awarding ceremony took place on September 20 in the Grand Peterhof Palace. The winners received honorary diplomas and "Mnemozina" - a bronze statue made by the St. Petersburg sculptor Vyacheslav Bukhaev.
In 2019, the «Museum Olympus» contest was held for the eleventh time. The jury, which includes the heads of major federal and city museums, as well as leading experts in the field of museums, considered 79 applications from 42 organizations. This year, the Grand Prix was awarded the Museum of the History of Saint-Petersburg.
