Kremlin in Izmailovo

The complex "Kremlin and Vernissage in Izmailovo" is located in one of the most beautiful historical places in Moscow, on the banks of the Silver and Grape Pond. In the Izmailovo Kremlin, city holidays, fairs, festivals are held. On the territory of the complex is the Church of St. Nicholas - the highest operating wooden temple in Moscow; the world-famous Vernissage - the world's largest exhibition-fair of fine decorative and applied arts, folk crafts and crafts, souvenirs and antiques. The Kremlin in Izmailovo is a museum of museums, where in one place there are collected: the Museum of Russian Costume and Life, the Museum of Bells, the Museum of the Russian Tale, the Museum of the History of Vodka, the Museum of Russian Toys, the Court of Blacksmiths, the lyceum of folk art crafts "Danila-master", in which you can practically master the work with the potter's Circle, painting dishes and toys, weaving, etc. In the Izmailovo Kremlin, the Palace of the Russian Meal (an analogue of the historical wooden palace of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich in Izmailovo) was built, in which you can taste traditional dishes of different nationalities of Russia, the Palace of Happiness - the Wedding Palace, as well as cafes, inns and banquet halls.

Museum of Bells. The museum presents a collection of church bells of the XVII-XX centuries, rare historical illustrations, sound recordings of the “golden fund” of the canonical church bell, the restored horn ringing of the swinging bell. At the bell tower anyone can ring the bell!

Museum of Russian toys. Small visitors get acquainted with the most famous Russian traditional toy crafts, with genuine clay, wooden, straw, cloth, historical commercial dolls and jokes, with "Dymka", Kargopol, Filimonov, Polkhov-Maidan toy. Under the guidance of a master nesting doll, children will be able to paint the toy themselves and take it as a memory.

Museum of Russian Costume and Life. The museum presents folk clothes from various regions of Russia and objects of Russian life of the XIX-XX centuries. You will learn how our ancestors lived, what they dressed in, what was the meaning of creating patterns in Russian costume and household items.

Museum of Russian fairy tales. The museum hosts interactive theatrical excursions on the subjects of Russian folk tales, epics, Slavic mythology, during which children, like the heroes of fairy tales, go through various trials, learn about the world, overcome evil and learn to make the right moral choice.

Museum of vodka history. The collection of the museum demonstrates the 500-year history of Russian vodka from the moment of invention to the present day, contains more than 600 types of this drink, old vodka recipes of the XVIII century, advertising posters, photographs and historical documents, various types and forms of vodka labels and bottles - from scale and crib to rod and quarter. The exposition of the museum presents a unique object - the very first distillation apparatus, with the help of which in the XV century began to receive hop wine. The museum hosts a tasting of traditional Russian drinks.

At the Kremlin Forge Yard in Izmailovo, professional blacksmith artists create their amazing masterpieces, literally “reviving” metal. The blacksmiths work in the only forge in Moscow, which is designed, built and equipped not only as a workshop, but also as a kind of museum of art forging. Under the careful guidance of a professional, you can make small souvenirs, such as a coin or a real horseshoe, to hang it on the door of the house for good luck.