Irbitsky State Motorcycle Museum

Irbitsky State Motorcycle Museum - the only museum in Russia motorcycles, having the status of the state.
History
Officially opened on June 25, 2004 It is based on the collection Irbitskogo motorcycle factory (IMZ), where more than 60 years, formed a unique technical meeting served as a creative laboratory for designers, testers, and engineers. Administration of Irbit, with the assistance of the governor of the Sverdlovsk region, actively participated in the creation of the museum, bought from the owners of the plant collection of motorcycles.
Museum Fund
Museum Fund has more than 120 transport units . It's not only motorcycles heavy class, but also cars, ATV production IMZ; complementary technical museum collection 48 internal combustion engines. The Museum's collection of motorcycles is unique - it reflects the main trends in the domestic and world motorcycle structure represented by models leading motorcycle companies from Great Britain, Germany, Ital , USA, Japan .
In foreign department presented Motorcycle Company: Royal Enfield, Vinsent HRD, Triumph, Honda, Harley Davidson, Yamaha, Gillera, Ducati, BMW, HSU, Zundapp, Norton, AJS, BSA, Ariel.
Kept in the museum technical reports (over 5 million) research institutes , Panzer General Office, Union Building Design Bureau, VNII motoproma and others reveal the history of formation of domestic motorcycle industry from 1940 to 2000. A special place in the museum occupy memorial personal funds, which contain information about the life and scientific and creative activities of famous people - outstanding directors of leading designers, engineers and inventors IMZ, irbitchan - Soviet champions, winners of various international competitions in motorsports.
Throughout the museum can learn about the history of Irbitskogo Moto plant (1941 - 1945gg .) And the state of the world motorcycle structure until 1940; serial production models IMZ and experimental models (1951 and 1995 ). Giving an idea of ​​the creativity of leading designers factory; foreign-made motorcycles enabling trace the history of motorcycle industry in Europe, the USA, Japan from 1936 to 1989. With life Russian bikers, their meetings and work of the exhibition will introduce visitors to this thread. Another exposition inform Irbitskoi school motorsport; establishing irbitchanami on motorcycles "Ural" Guinness.
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