28.07.2015

“Moscow United Electric Grid Company” (belonging to “Rosseti” Company Group) completed the technological connection of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art in Bryanskaya ul. before the scheduled date.

The fifth branch of the museum is to be opened in the historical center of the capital. The premises more than one thousand square meters in area will receive 60 kW of electric power. The specialists from the Moscow Cable Grids, the branch of PJSC “MOESK”, have laid 0.4 kV cable line through the existing transformer substation in a complex environment observed in the center of the megalopolis. Its length has exceeded 120 meters. The new exhibition hall of the Museum of Modern Art is to be supplied with the electric power under the contract for technological connection to the electric grids, after the applicant executes its works related to the technical requirements.

The Moscow Cable Grids have completed all the works on time and with high quality. The equipment have passed the required inspections and tests, and is ready for the power transmission. The works executed by the powermen will allow the museum to open its doors for modern art lovers.

For reference:
The Moscow Museum of Modern Art is the first state museum in Russia that concentrates its activities exclusively on the art of the 20th and 21st centuries. The museum was opened on December 15, 1999 with the generous support of the Moscow City Government, Moscow City Department of Culture. Its founding director is Zurab Tsereteli, President of the Russian Academy of Arts.