Museum Association «Moscow City Museum»
Moscow City Museum is one of the oldest culture institutions
of Moscow, being founded in 1896, as initiated by the City
Duma. It is a unique entity of culture keeping and representing
the Russian State history from the Stone Age up to the present
days.
The Museum holds a supremely rich collection of artifacts that
can tell you about the history of Moscow lands. The wide
variety of the ancient cultures is well represented. Currently,
The museum features over 1 million exhibits:
- vast archeological pieces
- graphical arts items ( series of paintings «Old Moscow» by
A. Vasnetsov, works of I. Aivazovsky, V. Makovsky, V. Polenov,
V. Surikov, L. Pasternak, V. Nesterov, R. Falk and oters)
- oldmaps
- models of urban houses, clothes and furniture
-sculpture reproductions of urban people from different
centuries
- Models of the city
Archives of city and state organizations, collections of Moscow
guide and reference books, historical documents, photos, rare
manuscripts, posters and advertising bills are of particular
interest. The material sources stock gives an idea about the
local lore and life of the Muscovites during the entire history of
the city.
Welcome to the Moscow City Museum website
Ссылкаwww.mosmuseum.ru
Address:2, Zobovsky Boulevard, Moscow
How to get there: underground station « Culture Park»
Business hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Fridays
from10:00 to 18:00;
Saturday, Sunday
from 11:00 to 18:00;
Thursday
from 11: 00 to 21: 00
Day-off:is on Monday ,last Friday of each
month is a cleaning day.
Moscow City Museum houses displays dedicated to the history
of the city of the city, collection exhibitions from the museum
stocks, makes regional and international projects, holds
concerts and youth festivals. Challenging different city
programs and events.
Museum programs and tours:
- General museum tour « Hello, Museum!»
- theme tours : « Ancient and Medieval Moscow»,
« Silent Culture»(Early Iron Age of the river basin ),
« History of clothing from the Ancient times to the late Middle
ages» and others.
Also you can find different
interactive educational programs for pupils of differentages:
- « Military Childhood»
- « History Armed with a Spade»
- « Time Mosaic»
- «Interesting Archaeology»
- « Room of Experimental Archaeology»
Theme lectureship on historical and modern development of
Moscow.
Field exhibitions and demo-lectures.
Play studio for children « Sunny Capital City»:
- « Clothes Count for First Impressions», « Building a City»,
« There is a time for all Things», « Schoolfellow Initiation»,
« New Year Journey», « Every Dog has his Day».
The Plan of Moscow City Museum
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The second
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The first pavilion
The summer stage
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cafe
entrance
Zobovsky Boulevard