State Museum of Architecture named after A.V. Shchusev

State Museum of Architecture named after A.V. Shchusev is a unique museum center dedicated to the history of architecture. It is one of the world’s largest research and archival centers for the study and preservation of architectural heritage. Today, the museum is located in the building of the former Talyzin mansion on Vozdvizhenka.

The museum was founded in 1934. Then it was located in the walls of the Donskoy monastery. The building on Vozdvizhenka began to be used since 1945, when academician A.V. Shchusev, whose name the museum bears today, began to actively engage in the creation and development of the museum of Russian architecture, in which the brightest monuments of national architecture were presented.

Seminars are regularly held on the territory of the museum, lectures are given.