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All-Russian Museum of Decorative Art?Why this museumLacquer miniature of four schools and propaganda porcelain — the objects by which Russia is recognisable in world decorative art. The material is first-rate; the display is not up to it.

original name: Всероссийский музей декоративного искусства
Art · since 1981
our rating
significant
6+With childrenToys of the peoples of the world and lacquer miniature give children something to look at. From 6.wheelchairStep-free accessThe museum — partly. There are a ramp and a lift, but not into every hall of the estate.

Getting there — partly. Tsvetnoy Bulvar has no lift. Moscow metro stations almost never have lifts to the platform, except on the Big Circle line and the MCC. A wheelchair user is better served by the surface buses, which are low-floor across the centre.
1.5 hours
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All-Russian Museum of Decorative Art
shakko, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Reference

Russian folk and decorative art — more than 120,000 items. Formerly the All-Russian Museum of Decorative, Applied and Folk Art.

The building. The Osterman estate, a monument of the late 18th and 19th century.

What to see

Lacquer miniature — Palekh, Fedoskino, Mstyora, Kholuy; Soviet propaganda porcelain; toys of the peoples of the world; embroidery and samovars.

Minimum route — 1.5 hours for the essentials

Lacquer miniature first — Palekh, Fedoskino, Mstyora, Kholuy. Then the propaganda porcelain and the toys.

Getting in
Address
Delegatskaya 3, bldg 1 (on the map)
How to get there
Metro Tsvetnoy Bulvar, Sukharevskaya or Mayakovskaya
Opening times
opens today at 12:00
Monclosed
Tue, Wed11:00–19:00
Thu11:00–21:00
Fri11:00–20:00
Sat, Sun12:00–20:00
Closed Mondays; the last Monday of the month is a cleaning day.
Tickets
Adults 350 ₽; 200 ₽ with the Pushkin Card; under 16 free. Separate exhibitions are priced separately.
tickets online
When to go
Calm on weekdays. Saturday and Sunday start later, at 12:00.
Contacts
damuseum.ru · +7 (499) 973-32-14

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