Moscow museums · History
State Museum of the History of the Gulag?Why this museumThe only state museum of this subject in Russia. The value lies less in the collection than in the existence of the institution; it is now closed, and that fact says more than any display.
original name: Государственный музей истории ГУЛАГа
History · since 2001
our rating
significantadultsWith childrenThe museum is closed.wheelchairStep-free accessThe museum — not checked. The museum is closed.
checked 15 Aug 2026 · открытые источники · № 46
Annarapeyko, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Reference
Founded in 2001 by the historian Anton Antonov-Ovseyenko, himself a camp survivor. In 2015 the museum moved from Petrovka 16 to 1st Samotyochny Lane.
The building. A building of 1906, converted for the museum in 2015.
Good to know. The old address, Petrovka 16, has been out of date since 2015.
The museum is currently closed to visitors.
What to see
A reconstructed barrack and original camp doors; belongings and documents of prisoners; the Garden of Memory in the yard.
Getting in
Address
1st Samotyochny Lane 9, bldg 1 (on the map)
How to get there
Metro Dostoyevskaya or Novoslobodskaya
Opening times
The museum is closed to visitors.
The museum has been closed to visitors since 2024 and no opening date has been announced. Checked 15 August 2026.
Tickets
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When to go
Closed to visitors since 2024.
Contacts
gmig.ru · +7 (495) 621-73-10