# Museum of Military Glory, Gomel

> The Gomel Regional Museum of Military Glory pairs eight indoor rooms on the region's wars with an open-air park of more than 40 tanks, guns and other military vehicles. It sits at Pushkina Street 5, a 7–8-minute walk north of Lenin Square. Allow about an hour. Adults pay 12 BYN, students 7 BYN, schoolchildren 4.50 BYN. It opens daily, 10:00–19:00, with last tickets at 18:30.

Web page: https://yesgo.io/belarus/gomel/gomel-military-glory-museum

- City: [Gomel](https://yesgo.io/belarus/gomel), Belarus
- YesGo score: 38/100 (Yes, if nearby)
- Time on site: 1 h
- With kids: Fine with kids
- Address: Pushkina Street 5 (ulitsa Pushkina), Gomel
- Opening hours: Daily 10:00–19:00, no closing day; ticket sales stop at 18:30
- Adult ticket: 12 BYN
- Students: 7 BYN
- Schoolchildren: 4.50 BYN
- Free: Children under 7, disabled visitors and other concession holders with ID
- Discount day: Last Wednesday of every month: 50% off admission
- Guided tour: 45 min, group of up to 25: adults 30 BYN, students 20, schoolchildren 15
- VIP tour: Up to 10 people, rooms and vehicle park, 1.5–2 h: 50 BYN
- Photos: Free with your own phone or camera; posing with exhibits 5 BYN
- Ticket desk phone: +375 232 34-11-29
- Vehicle park: The website doesn't say whether it's included in the ticket or open separately — ask at the desk
- Payment: Belarusian roubles (BYN); bring cash — foreign Visa and Mastercard work only at some banks' terminals
- Labels: Russian or Belarusian; little or no English
- Time needed: About an hour: 35–40 min inside, 20 min outdoors
- Coordinates: 52.42974, 31.01411
- Facts checked: 30.10.2026

## Key facts

- **40+** — military vehicles and guns in the open-air park (source: museum website (voenmuz.by); Znai svoi krai (my-places.by))
- **8 rooms** — indoor exhibition on two floors (source: museum website; Russian Wikipedia)
- **26 April 2005** — the military history exhibition opened, attended by the president of Belarus (source: museum website; Russian Wikipedia)
- **2004** — the vehicle park was started for the 60th anniversary of Belarus's liberation (source: museum website; Russian Wikipedia; Wikidata Q17043528)
- **T-34-85 and Katyusha** — the classic WWII tank and the BM-13N rocket launcher are both on show (source: Znai svoi krai)
- **Aist patrol boat** — alongside a Shilka anti-aircraft gun, a Nona-S self-propelled gun and a BMD-1 (source: museum website)
- **Hospital railcar** — a separate display inside a railway medical car, next to a recreated partisan camp (source: museum website; Russian Wikipedia)
- **780+ m²** — exhibition floor space (source: Znai svoi krai)
- **23 Feb 2006** — the regional government formally set up the museum as an institution (source: museum website)
- **Since 2010** — a branch, the Museum of Criminology, across the road at Pushkina 1 (source: Russian Wikipedia; Znai svoi krai)

## Gomel Museum of Military Glory tickets

Adult admission is **12 BYN**, students pay **7 BYN** and schoolchildren **4.50 BYN**, according to the museum's official price list. Children under 7 and concession holders with ID get in free.

On the **last Wednesday of each month** admission is half price, and families with a large-family certificate get 50% off everything.

A **45-minute guided tour** of the rooms is priced per group of up to 25: 30 BYN for adults, 20 for students, 15 for schoolchildren. There is also a **VIP tour** for up to 10 people that covers the vehicle park too and runs 1.5–2 hours, for 50 BYN. Tours are in Russian unless you arrange otherwise — the website lists no foreign-language guide.

Taking photos with your own phone or camera is **free**. Posing with exhibits in hand costs 5 BYN, and the interactive shooting range outside is 3 BYN for two one-minute games.

**Paying:** Belarus uses the rouble (BYN). Foreign Visa and Mastercard cards work only at terminals and ATMs of banks not under sanctions, and Russian-issued Visa and Mastercard don't work at all. The museum doesn't say whether its desk takes cards, so carry cash in BYN.

> **Open every day, including Mondays** The museum has no closing day, so it is an easy pick for a Monday, when the nearby Hunting Lodge is shut. The only catch is the ticket desk: sales stop at 18:30, half an hour before the doors close at 19:00.

## What is the Museum of Military Glory?

It is the Gomel region's main military history museum. The story runs from ancient times to the present, but most of the space goes to the Second World War — the occupation of Gomel, the underground resistance, the partisans in the forests and the city's liberation.

The museum grew outwards from its vehicle park, which was started in **2004** for the 60th anniversary of Belarus's liberation. The indoor exhibition opened on **26 April 2005**, with the Belarusian president attending, and the regional government made it a separate institution in February 2006.

Inside, eight rooms on two floors hold edged weapons and firearms, uniforms, medals, photographs and documents from both world wars. Displays include one on victory in 1945 and one on the genocide of the Belarusian people during the occupation — the latter is hard going.

The museum runs two branches: the small **Museum of Criminology** across the road at Pushkina 1, and the **Partisan Krinichka** memorial complex out in the Gomel district, on the site of a wartime partisan camp. You need a car or a tour bus for that one.

## What to see: the tanks and the rooms

- **The open-air vehicle park** — over 40 pieces. According to the Belarusian heritage guide Znai svoi krai, they include a T-34-85 tank, a BM-13N Katyusha rocket launcher, an ISU-152 assault gun, a 1937 45 mm anti-tank gun, a ZIS-5V truck and a 1935 Opel Olympia car.
- **Cold War hardware**: the museum website lists recent arrivals such as a T-72A tank, a ZSU-23-4 Shilka anti-aircraft gun, a 2S9 Nona-S self-propelled gun, a Vasilek mortar, a BMD-1 airborne vehicle and a PRP-3 reconnaissance vehicle.
- **The Aist patrol boat** — an unexpected sight among the armour and a good photo.
- **The partisan camp** — dugouts and the everyday kit of a forest base. Children like this part best.
- **The hospital railcar** — a small display inside a real railway medical carriage.
- **The indoor rooms** — weapons, uniforms, medals, letters and photographs. Without Russian you will follow the objects rather than the labels.
- **The shooting range** — an interactive gallery outside, 3 BYN for two games.

## How to get to the Museum of Military Glory

1. From Lenin Square (ploshchad Lenina), walk north up Pushkina Street — the museum is right at the start, behind a wrought-iron fence with guns in the front yard. About 500 m, 7–8 minutes.
2. From the [Gomel Palace](https://yesgo.io/belarus/gomel/gomel-palace) park, leave by the north side towards Lenin Square and carry on up Pushkina — 12–15 minutes.
3. From Gomel railway station, walk south-east down Sovetskaya Street to Lenin Square (20–25 minutes), or take any bus or trolleybus along Sovetskaya to the Ploshchad Lenina stop (5–10 minutes), then walk as above.
4. Pay bus and trolleybus fares in cash (BYN); small notes help.
5. By taxi, ask for 'Pushkina 5, muzey voyennoy slavy'. The Museum of Criminology is opposite at Pushkina 1.

## Is the Museum of Military Glory worth visiting?

Yes, if you travel with children or like military history. The vehicle park is the most striking sight of its kind in Gomel, takes under half an hour, and it is open on Mondays, when the Hunting Lodge is not.

If war history leaves you cold and you only have a day, put the Rumyantsev–Paskevich Palace and the park above the Sozh first. The indoor rooms are dense and labelled in Russian or Belarusian, so without a guide much of the detail passes you by.

The easiest way to fit it in is on the way to the Hunting Lodge and the palace — all three sit along the same street and park.

## Before you go: checklist

- [ ] At the ticket desk before 18:30
- [ ] Cash in BYN
- [ ] Last Wednesday of the month? Half-price entry
- [ ] Coins for the shooting range if you have kids
- [ ] Warm layers — the vehicles are outdoors
- [ ] Translation app ready for the labels

## Military museum, Hunting Lodge or palace?

|  | Museum of Military Glory | Hunting Lodge | Gomel Palace |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| What it is | Military history, open-air vehicle park | 1820s mansion, city history museum | Rumyantsev–Paskevich palace |
| Adult ticket | 12 BYN | 10 BYN | Park free, palace ticketed |
| Time needed | About 1 h | About 45 min | 1.5–2 h with the park |
| Closed | Never | Mondays | See the palace page |
| With kids | Best pick: tanks and a range | Recreated old street | Park paths |

They line up neatly: the military museum, up Pushkina to the Hunting Lodge, then into the park for the palace.

## Gomel's historic sights compared

Every historic place in Gomel rated by YesGo.

- [Peter and Paul Cathedral](https://yesgo.io/belarus/gomel/gomel-peter-and-paul-cathedral) — YesGo score 45/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 30 min · Free
- [St Elijah Old Believer Church](https://yesgo.io/belarus/gomel/gomel-st-elijah-church) — YesGo score 44/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 25 min · Free
- [Sovetskaya Street](https://yesgo.io/belarus/gomel/gomel-sovetskaya-street) — YesGo score 41/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 1 h · Free, open 24/7
- [St Nicholas Monastery](https://yesgo.io/belarus/gomel/gomel-st-nicholas-monastery) — YesGo score 41/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 40 min · Free
- [Gomel Regional Drama Theatre](https://yesgo.io/belarus/gomel/gomel-drama-theatre) — YesGo score 40/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 30 min · Facade free; plays from 11 BYN
- [Hunting Lodge](https://yesgo.io/belarus/gomel/gomel-hunting-lodge) — YesGo score 39/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 45 min · 10 BYN, students 7.50, children 5
- [Paskevich Burial Chapel](https://yesgo.io/belarus/gomel/gomel-paskevich-chapel) — YesGo score 39/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 30 min · 5 BYN, outside free
- [Museum of Military Glory](https://yesgo.io/belarus/gomel/gomel-military-glory-museum) — YesGo score 38/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 1 h · 12 BYN, students 7, schoolchildren 4.50
- [Rumyantsev-Paskevich Palace](https://yesgo.io/belarus/gomel/gomel-palace) — YesGo score 36/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 2 h · Park free, palace 15 BYN

## Pushkina Street, the palace park and the Sozh in a day

The military museum, the Hunting Lodge, the palace, the cathedral and the riverside, in order with no backtracking. Add them to your route — YesGo fits in the timing and walks.

1. [Museum of Military Glory](https://yesgo.io/belarus/gomel/gomel-military-glory-museum) — YesGo score 38/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 1 h · 12 BYN, students 7, schoolchildren 4.50
2. [Hunting Lodge](https://yesgo.io/belarus/gomel/gomel-hunting-lodge) — YesGo score 39/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 45 min · 10 BYN, students 7.50, children 5
3. [Rumyantsev-Paskevich Palace](https://yesgo.io/belarus/gomel/gomel-palace) — YesGo score 36/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 2 h · Park free, palace 15 BYN
4. [Peter and Paul Cathedral](https://yesgo.io/belarus/gomel/gomel-peter-and-paul-cathedral) — YesGo score 45/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 30 min · Free
5. [Sozh River Embankment](https://yesgo.io/belarus/gomel/gomel-sozh-embankment) — YesGo score 43/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 1 h · Free, open 24/7

## Good to know

In Belarusian the city is Homiel, so you may see 'Homiel Regional Museum of Military Glory' on maps. Other Belarusian cities have military glory museums too — this one is only at Pushkina Street 5. The Museum of Criminology at Pushkina 1 is a branch with its own ticket, 4 BYN for adults and free on the last Wednesday of the month.

## Tips

- Do the vehicle park first while it is light; the indoor rooms work just as well at dusk.
- On the last Wednesday of the month entry is half price and the Museum of Criminology next door is free — easy to do both.
- To know what you are looking at, book the VIP tour: 50 BYN for up to 10 people, with the vehicle park included.
- Afterwards walk up Pushkina to the [Hunting Lodge](https://yesgo.io/belarus/gomel/gomel-hunting-lodge), five minutes away — but it is closed on Mondays.
- Then head into the Gomel Palace park and down to the [Sozh riverside](https://yesgo.io/belarus/gomel/gomel-sozh-embankment): half a day without transport.

## Questions

### Where is the Museum of Military Glory in Gomel?

At Pushkina Street 5, at the very start of the street, a 7–8-minute walk north of Lenin Square. Its branch, the Museum of Criminology, is opposite at Pushkina 1.

### How much are tickets?

12 BYN for adults, 7 BYN for students and 4.50 BYN for schoolchildren, according to the museum's price list. Children under 7 go free.

### What are the opening hours?

Daily, 10:00–19:00, with no closing day. Ticket sales stop 30 minutes before closing, at 18:30.

### Is it open on Mondays?

Yes. It opens seven days a week, unlike the nearby Hunting Lodge, which closes on Mondays.

### Can I pay by card?

Bring cash in BYN. Foreign Visa and Mastercard work only at some banks' terminals, Russian-issued ones not at all, and the museum doesn't state whether its desk takes cards.

### What tanks and vehicles are on show?

Over 40 pieces, including T-34-85 and T-72A tanks, a Katyusha rocket launcher, an ISU-152, a Shilka anti-aircraft gun, a Nona-S self-propelled gun and an Aist patrol boat, plus a partisan camp and a hospital railcar.

### Is there anything in English?

Labels are in Russian or Belarusian, and the website lists no English-language tour. The vehicles speak for themselves; for the rooms, a translation app helps.

### Can I take photos?

Yes, free with your own phone or camera. Posing with exhibits in hand costs 5 BYN.

### Is it good for children?

Very. Tanks, a boat, a partisan camp and a 3 BYN shooting range keep kids busy, under-7s get in free and school tickets are 4.50 BYN.

### How long do I need?

About an hour: 35–40 minutes for the eight rooms and 20 for the vehicles. The VIP tour takes up to two hours.

## How we checked

Address, hours, ticket and tour prices, discounts, photo rules, the shooting range and the desk phone come from the museum's official website on 30.10.2026. The site header says 10:00–18:30 while the price lists say 10:00–19:00 daily with ticket sales ending 30 minutes before closing; we show 10:00–19:00 with last tickets at 18:30, which fits both. A third-party directory gives 11:00–18:00, which contradicts the museum, so we leave it out. The vehicle count is over 40 on the museum website and Znai svoi krai, over 30 on Wikipedia; we use the official figure. The WWII vehicles are named by Znai svoi krai, the Cold War ones and the boat by the museum website; no source mentions aircraft or helicopters. Whether the vehicle park is included in the ticket is not stated and is marked as being checked. Label languages and the lack of an English tour are our reading of the Russian-only website. Walking times are estimated from map distance. Card payments are based on the Aviasales guide and marked as being checked.

## Sources

- Gomel Regional Museum of Military Glory, official website (voenmuz.by): home page, Visitors, History, Military Vehicle Exhibition, price lists, 30.10.2026
- Russian Wikipedia: Gomel Regional Museum of Military Glory; Wikidata Q17043528
- Znai svoi krai (my-places.by): Gomel Regional Museum of Military Glory
- Aviasales (aviasales.ru): How to pay in Belarus

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