Attractions

The Moscow Kremlin is citadel standing on a high bank of the Moscow River. Here was the residence of grand Russian Tsars and Emperors, now is the official residence of the President of the Russia.

The largest Russian museum was established by the emperor Alexander II of Russia in 1872. The collection of the museum completely reflects Russian centuries-old history and culture from ancient times to the present day.

The Museum of the Patriotic War of 1812 was established in 2012 within the new exhibition in one of the courtyards of the museum complex. Visitors will be impressed with the priceless relics of war of 1812.

St. Basil’s Cathedral (Pokrovsky Cathedral) on the Red Square is a great creation of Russian architects. The gorgeous temple is a gem of world architecture and a symbol of Moscow and Russia.

The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts is a museum complex that is currently in possession of one of the largest world art collections from Ancient Egypt and Greece to our days. Today the holdings of the museum contain around 700 000 art works of different epochs.

The Gallery comprises 26 rooms, where exhibits are arranged by theme, country or name. The pride of the Gallery consists of the paintings by French Impressionists and Post-Impressionists and masters of the early 20th century: Monet, Renoir, Van Gogh.

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The Gallerry is temporarily closed for visits.

The State Tretyakov Gallery - one of the most famous museums in the world - was founded in 1856 by the merchant, benefactor, collector Pavel Tretyakov, and in 1892 it was gifted to Moscow.

The Exposition of Tretyakov Gallery on Krymsky Val represents the Russian XX century art retrospective. The masterpieces of the Russian avant-garde, like Malevich's Black Square, are exhibited here.

Renewed Underground museum "Zaryadye" has become the site of the #Three project - to show art from different eras and styles - visual reader, combining the demonstration of painting and sculpture with multimedia immersion in the biography of artists and the historical context. Exhibitions last from two weeks to a month.

The Museum is strategically placed at the most vibrant area of Moscow centre as Tverskaya Street is a real entrance to the heart of the city. Museum collections maintain over one million items reflecting all history points of Russia since 19th century.

The "Epic Presnya: 1905" kinetic lighting diorama is one of the biggest in Europe and dedicated to the violent fighting between workers’ detachments and state army during the rebellion in 1905 in Moscow.

Just nearby the infamous Butyrka prison and police station Russian Social Democratic Labour Party had a secret safe-harbour and created "The Worker" newspaper and rebellion pamphlets. This place was never found by the authorities.

Works from Valentin Serov and Konstantin Korovin, Boris Kustodiev and Pyotr Konchalovsky – all the history of Russian Impressionism is gathered together in the collection of the Modern Museum of classical art.

The Museum of Cosmonautics (Space Museum) is one of the largest scientific and technical museums in Russia. The Museum is located in the basement of the monument ‘To the Conquerors of Space’, built in 1964 to commemorate the launch of Sputnik.

There is no sea or ocean in Moscow, however there is the Mosquarium that is one of the biggest oceanariums in Europe. It is located on the legendary Exhibition Center VDNH. It is a home for more than 12 thousand water animals from different parts of the planet.

The largest multimedia Museum in Europe gives you the opportunity to trace the path of Russia from ancient times to the present day length of over 1000 years.

The Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines gives you a great opportunity to return to carefree and colorful childhood. The museum's collection consists of more than 50 different types of slot machines.

The Schusev State Museum of Architecture, founded in 1934, is considered to be the first specialized museum of architecture in the world.

The Moscow State Art gallery of the USSR artist Alexander Shilov is located in the historical and cultural centre of Moscow, close to such famous architectural monuments as the Kremlin and Cathedral of Christ the Savior. Gallery presents the best works of the artist.

Museum is located on the territory the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. In the "Art Centre. Moscow" is exhibited private collections that have never been shown in museums around the world.

The Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography is located in the old palace on the Bolotnaya Square, where confectionery factory "Red October" previously situated.

This is one of the most modern museums. In 4D-cinema the water of the Flood is splashing, wind of the desert is blowing, square of the small town comes alive and the traditional music starts to play.

The Museum of Russian Icon is one of the largest private collections opened to the public in Russia. It is the exclusive private collection of Byzantine and Old Russian art that obtained the official status of public museum and became a member of the IСOM.

The museum-reserve Kolomenskoye is a residence of Russian Tsars and Emperors. It is a beautiful estate with majestic architectural monuments included in the UNESCO World Heritage List and a vast park.

The Palace of the Tsar Alexey Mikhailovich was built in the second half of the 17th century in Kolomenskoye village near Moscow. The palace was destroyed in the 18th century and reconstructed in 2010.

The Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve is the largest in Moscow and includes an architectural complex of the late 18th century, Greenhouses, Historical Landscaped Park with ponds and new park zones with Light dynamic fountain.

The Liublino Estate was first mentioned in the XVI century, but the form in which the manor has survived to the present day has been acquired at the beginning of XIX.

Izmailovo – the country Tsar’s residence – is a majestic estate with beautiful architectural monuments. The Monarchic court is located on the man-made island. 

The Vodka History Museum is indeed one the most unusual museums in Moscow. The museum exhibition includes more than 500 unique exhibits, from a variety of bottles, labels and types of the drink.

Here you can discover the history of Russian bread, its production methods and special recipes. There is a workshop, where you can bake and decorate cakes, bagels, dough balls, loaves of happiness.

Over twenty five items of small arms and more than one hundred of other military objects developed in USSR, Russia, UK, Germany, USA, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Hungary, Finland and Czechoslovakia are presented at the museum showroom.

The unique collection of works created over 50 years ago from a conventional colored plasticine. Their authors – Rostislav Olyunin and Andrew Miller. The exhibition features sculptural portraits of historical figure.

Experimentanium is a place of fascinating study of scientific laws and world’s phenomena. Visitors are involved in experiments and scientific tests.

The Orlov Museum of Paleontology is one of the oldest and the most impressive museums of natural science in the world. The exposition accounting for near 5500 paleontological objects.

The State Pushkin Museum is located in one of the most beautiful Moscow mansions. Here you will learn the sources of the poet’s tales, visit the fair, the peasant dwelling and the fabulous island.

In this Museum you can see original subjects of the 19th century, which tell about the theaters, shops, musical life, artists, writers and poets, whom Alexander Pushkin knew.

The museum offers its visitors the opportunity to experience the atmosphere of the first third of the 20th century, as well as to get acquainted with the biography and works of Andrey Bely.

This wooden house belonged to the uncle of the famous Russian poet A.S. Pushkin – Vasily Pushkin, a well-known poet of the early 19th century.

The memorial Bulgakov museum is located in the legendary flat 50 on Bolshaya Sadovaya, 10. This place is considered to be the real prototype for the wicked flat from his Master and Margarita novel.

The Museum is located close to the Bulgakov’s famous "wicked flat". Theater-museum The Bulgakov house and Bulgakov Museum are two different museums connected only with common theme of the exposition.