Moscow museums · Art
Mikhail Abramov Museum of the Russian Icon?Why this museumFor Ethiopian Christian art it is the only collection in Russia; for the Russian icon it competes with state museums. Add a circumstance almost unheard of anywhere in the world for a collection of this level: admission is free.
original name: Музей русской иконы имени Михаила Абрамова
Art · since 2006
our rating
outstandingadultsWith childrenIcons say almost nothing to children; come as an adult.wheelchairStep-free accessThe museum — step-free. A lift to all four floors, level floors, an accessible toilet. Entry is free, and so is the companion’s.
Getting there — step-free. Taganskaya has no lift. There is a parking bay on Goncharnaya. 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
Getting there — step-free. Taganskaya has no lift. There is a parking bay on Goncharnaya. 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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Museum of the Russian icon, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Reference
The largest private collection of Eastern Christian art in Russia: about five thousand items on four floors. Founded in 2006 by the entrepreneur Mikhail Abramov, who died in 2019; the museum works on and keeps entry free.
The building. A town house on the Taganka hill, converted for the museum.
Good to know. The only museum of this level in Moscow that you enter free and without a ticket.
What to see
The Russian icon of the 14th to 20th century, from Novgorod panels to Old Believer painting; Ethiopian Christian art, the only such collection in Russia; a reconstructed iconostasis and post-Byzantine Greek icons.
Minimum route — 1.5 hours for the essentials
Go up floor by floor: Greek and Ethiopian art, then the Russian icon by century. Do not miss the iconostasis and the Old Believer hall.
Getting in
Address
Goncharnaya 3, bldg 1 (on the map)
How to get there
Metro Taganskaya, entrance from Bolshoy Vatin Lane
Opening times
opens today at 11:00
| Mon, Tue, Sat, Sun | 11:00–19:00 |
| Wed | closed |
| Thu, Fri | 11:00–21:00 |
Admission free. Guided tours to the timetable on the website.
Tickets
Free for everyone.
When to go
Thursday and Friday until 21:00. Entry is free, but weekends bring guided groups.
Contacts
russikona.ru · +7 (495) 098-02-99