GON Museum. Garage. 1906 – 1950

By fromSalekhard in My museums 18.02.2026

Every time I visit this museum, I calmly pass by everything that I showed you in this museum earlier.

Previous report: GON Museum. Interactive.

The center of attraction for me is only one hall. And yes, I’ve seen it many times, nothing much changes there (thank God), but every time I go there, I’m thrilled.

Each car is displayed on a separate, decorated stand with clearly visible nameplates and multimedia walls. Next to some of them there are mannequins in clothes and appearance of the corresponding era. Some related automobile paraphernalia may be displayed nearby. Each car has an interactive display with comprehensive content (text and video) in three languages about this and all other cars.

They are arranged in chronological order, so let’s go: to the right, to the left and deeper.

The organization’s name also changed along the way. It all started with:

His Imperial Majesty’s own garage

The view is usually limited to one side, the front, or less often to two or three sides, so taking photos from all angles is simply impossible. But I’ll try.

Nearby, in glass chests, are some of the tools and spare parts from that era.

On my last visit to this car, for some reason they placed another one next to it, which had no direct connection to the garage.

The videos are short excerpts from documentary footage with the relevant vehicle in the lead role.

For clarity, I’ll present one example.

They have no audio on the stands; I added the Russian Imperial anthem so it wouldn’t be boring. I don’t know any other tunes from that era. As a product of the USSR, I only know revolutionary songs.