The Museum of History of National Papers of Russia The Expedition of State Paper Provision had two museums: one for the papermaking shop and one for the testing shop. The first museum was founded by the product engineer N. Reztsov, a student of D. Mendeleev, in 1897, and introduced visitors to the process of manufacturing writing paper in Russia, in particular at the Expedition of State Paper Provision. Its collection included raw materials samples and paper samples from Russian and international factories, as well as devices for testing paper. The second museum featured a collection of securities, samples of artistic reproductions, illustrated publications of the Expedition of State Paper Provision, and samples of galvanoplastic artwork. The museums had existed until 1918–1919, when the manufacture and part of the collection was moved from St. Petersburg to Moscow. For a long period of time, the factory did not have a museum. In 1976, a major project was undertaken to recreate the museum that showed the history of the organization and the development of the Leningrad Paper Mill of Goznak. In 1989, the museum was officially registered in the Cultural Department of the City Hall of Leningrad. The museum’s collection is continually augmented and changed. Currently, it consists of 3,000 (three thousand) articles. The collection includes stamped paper, watermarked paper, industrial paper, coins, bank notes, lithophanes (wax molds for making watermarked paper), samples of fibrous raw materials, dipper molds for manual paper making, equipment for sheet forming and paper testing, galvanoplastic artwork, illustrated publications of the Expedition of State Paper Provision, schemes, blueprints, and many more. Currently, the museum is undergoing reconstruction. We are changing the concept of the exhibits, repairing the exhibition areas, and purchasing new equipment.
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