Public Lectures' Center & The Big Lecture Hall

The Big Lecture Hall of the Fob-technical Museum was erected by the project of architects I. P. Mashkov and Z. I. Ivanov in 1907, that took a special and important place in the scientific and public, as well as cultur­al life of Moscow and Russia. So, in 1909 in the Big Lecture Hall was celebrated Nobel Prize on physiology and medicine awarded to biologist I. I. Metchnikov. Here also G. Y. Sedov shared his plans of an expedition to the North Pole and N. Ye. Joukovsky -his ideas on aeronautics. K. A. Timiryazev, P. N. Lebedev, V. I. Vernadski, N. I). Zelinski, S. A. Tchaplygin - top scientists of the country - delivered their lectures in the Big Lecture Hall.

From the twenties of the past century the Big Lecture Hall turned into the poetic cen­ter of Moscow.

Among the participants of the meetings and disputes, held there, were the poets Alexander Block, VaJeri Bryusov, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Sergei Yesenin, Anatoli Lunatcharsky.

In 1947 the Big Lecture Hall became the Central organization for public lectureship

under the Аll-Union society «Znanie» («Knowledge»).

Famous people - Nobel Prize Winners -P. L. Kapitsa. I. E. Tamm, N. C. Basov, Acade­micians O. Y. Schmidt and A. N. Kolmogorov lectured on topical problems of science there, too. The bright meetings with Niels Bore, Norbert Wiener and a scientist - traveler Tour Hairdal took place in the Big Lecture Hail.

The sixties - a peculiar time for I he Polytcehnical and the. Big Lecture Hali. From the stage of the building in the New Square were ringing the poems of famous poets of the century: Eugene Yevtoushenko, Bella Ahkmadulina, Robert Rojdestvensky, Andrew Voznesensky, and played his extremely wise songs the bard Bulat Okoujava. The .scientific public lecture center is of particular significance for the enlightening activity of the Polytechnical Museum.

Performances of the leading scientists of the country, who inform the public on the latest achievements in the field of natural sciences, as well as our policy of forming the audience, with major attention to students and senior pupils, create the integral program of educa­tion and dissemination of the newest learning. During many years of activity, the Polyteehnieal Museum turned to be not only a museum, a scientific enlightening center, but. also, an institute. Anyone can study in it. The main thing is to wish and learn, understand something very important and acquire that valuable mental outfit.