Moscow is a city where every street preserves history and many museum treasures. There are large-scale state collections and cozy museum-apartments, scientific centers and manor reserves, which turn an ordinary walk into a real journey through time and art. A visit to Moscow museums brings emotions and new discoveries, even if you have been to the capital more than once.
A variety of museums are open in the capital: the museum-workshop of the people’s artist D. A. Nalbandyan with a chamber atmosphere of creative space, the Polytechnic Museum with a rich exposition of technology and technology, the State Museum of A. S. Pushkin and the Museum of L. N. Tolstoy, where manuscripts and memorial interiors are carefully stored. For lovers of science and cartography, there is a museum of geodesy and cartography in the Demidov estate, and the Vernadsky State Geological Museum impresses with ancient minerals and paleontological finds. Large exhibition projects are regularly opened at VDNKh, and the All-Russian Museum of Decorative, Applied and Folk Art demonstrates folk traditions and rare commercial collections. In the vicinity of Moscow, it is worth visiting the Melikhovo estate - a museum-reserve, where the atmosphere of A. P. Chekhov's houses and manuscripts is stored. Among the profile expositions are the Central Museum of the Armed Forces with extensive collections, the Museum of the History of Computer Engineering with rare samples of electronics and the People's Museums of railway and aviation profiles, where existing models and uncal artifacts of the history of transport are presented.
Museum life in Moscow is full of temporary exhibitions, thematic projects and imported expositions: exhibition halls on the Krymsky Val and in the branches of the Tretyakov Gallery regularly update programs, large-scale industrial and scientific projects are held at the Polytechnic Museum and VDNKh, and the Botanical Garden of Moscow State University on the Lenin Hills offers seasonal exhibitions and educational events. Many museums participate in festivals and citywide initiatives, and the poster is constantly replenished with new collaborations with foreign collections; check the schedule on official websites and plan your trip in advance so as not to miss the most interesting events.
Come to Moscow to make your ideal route through museums and estates. The best way to see the main thing is to book a tour with a private guide: local specialists will select a personal program, tell little-known stories, help with logistics and queues, and offer interesting combinations of halls and exhibitions. Book a tour, plan a trip and discover museum Moscow in a new way.
