Irons museum, Iron museum in Pereslavl-Zalessky, Russia
The Irons Museum occupies a rebuilt two-storey building at 11 Sovetskaya Street in the centre of Pereslavl-Zalessky. Its collection numbers over 200 irons, displayed on the upper floor, with a central shelf grouping them into seven types: heating, cast-iron core, coal, steam, spirit, gas and electric. A souvenir shop fills the ground floor.
Entrepreneur Andrei Vorobyov bought a burnt two-storey building at 11 Sovetskaya Street in December 1999 for 1,500 dollars; repairs took three years and cost 30,000 dollars. The Irons Museum opened there on 29 June 2002, after most irons were bought at Moscow's Izmailovo flea market. Admission was free from 2002 to 2004, later by donation box, then paid.
The museum holds a Festival of the Iron several times a year, when visitors can try irons in action. Its collection has no link to Pereslavl itself: most irons were bought at the Izmailovo flea market in Moscow, and some exhibits were found in rubbish heaps.
The museum is at Sovetskaya Street 11 in the centre of Pereslavl-Zalessky. The ground floor holds a souvenir shop; the irons are displayed on the second floor. The museum is open year-round, but most visitors come in the summer tourist season from May to September.
Some irons had wooden handles and needed to be heated on stoves, which required a completely different working method. These devices show how physically demanding housework once was.
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