Museum of the Patriotic War of 1812

The Museum of the Patriotic War of 1812 is part of the Historical Museum of Moscow and is a military-historical museum complex opened in memory of the great war.

In 2009, the Russian government approved a plan to open the Museum of the Patriotic War of 1812. To the 200th anniversary of the beginning of the war, on September 4, 2012, the complex was opened. The first guest of honor was D. A. Medvedev, who signed the book of the museum center. For ordinary visitors, the complex opened 2 days later – on September 6.

The museum is located on two floors of the pavilion, which was built specifically for this center. Construction was carried out under the leadership of engineer-architect P.Y. Andreev. The exposition area of the museum occupies about 2000 square meters.

The museum collection includes more than 2000 items, including ancient documents and maps, uniforms, weapons, a collection of numismatics, decorative and applied arts, household items of military personnel, as well as works of painting, sculpture, graphics and miniatures.

An important place in the entire collection is given to the saber belonging to Emperor Napoleon I, personally handed over to him by P. A. Shuvalov, the count who saved Bonaparte from a crowd of angry Frenchmen on the way from Fontainebleau to the famous island of Elba.

Guests of the museum will be able to appreciate the features of the exhibition complex – an integrated multimedia system that demonstrates a video sequence to any section and reproduces maps of battles.