The Bathyscaphe Museum on the pier at Peter Embankment is part of the exposition of the Patriot Kronstadt Park. Its main part is located on the territory of the Admiralty Dock near the Anchor Square. The exposition of bathyscaphes and deep-sea underwater vehicles on the embankment is called "Assault of the hydro space".
The double Peter Pier protrudes 400 meters into the sea. It is called Mouth-Slingshot. Warships are moored at the eastern pier, and the entire western pier is occupied by various types of bathyscaphes, torpedoes and underwater mines. The destroyer Restless is moored at the very edge of the pier. This warship has been turned into a museum, but for now the access of visitors to it is closed. A rocket boat R-47 is moored nearby on the pier.
Despite the name "Bathyscaphe Museum", the deep-sea vehicles presented here had different purposes. Triton 1M and Triton 2 are transporters of combat swimmers. The AC-5 was a deep-sea vehicle designed to rescue the crews of sunken submarines. The AC-2 was a deep-sea vehicle designed to explore the bottom and lift various objects from it. Langust and Reef are research underwater vehicles. MTK-200 was an underwater robot. Some devices were mass-produced, others were preserved only in the form of prototypes.
The entrance to the Museum is located near the Dutch Kitchen building. It was built in 1803, forming a rectangular Italian pond. Now you can visit two Museums there: the Museum of the models t of the Kronstadt Forts and the Museum of Dutch Kitchen.
The wooden lighthouse on the pier in the Bathyscaphe Museum is a famous landmark of Kronstadt. It was built in 1888. Some guidebooks say that this is the only lighthouse made of wood in the world. Perhaps this is true, since wooden boards are not the most resistant material during storms at sea. The wooden lighthouse on the pier of Patriot Park still serves as a lighthouse. Tourists are not allowed to climb it.
There are many attractions of Kronstadt near the Bathyscaphe Museum. To the east of the Bathyscaphe Museum is Peter Park with its famous granite embankment. To the west of the museum are the Italian Pond, the Italian Palace and the Bypass Canal.
