Moscow museums · Art
Tropinin Museum?Why this museumThe Moscow portrait of the first half of the 19th century is nowhere else so densely gathered. The value is also in the origin: Vishnevsky’s private collection given to the city, a model of how Russian museums came to be.
original name: Музей В. А. Тропинина и московских художников его времени
Art · since 1969
our rating
significantadultsWith childrenA portrait gallery for adults; nothing for children to do.wheelchairStep-free accessThe museum — no. A mansion with stairs and no platform lift.
Getting there — partly. Polyanka 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 hour
Getting there — partly. Polyanka 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 hour
checked 15 Aug 2026 · открытые источники · № 31
Andrei Raikin / Андрей Райкин, Alexei Sidelnikov / Алексей Сидельников, Andrei Lobanov / Андрей Лобанов (фото), CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Reference
Founded in 1969 on the collection of the Moscow collector Felix Vishnevsky, who gave the city the house and 250 works.
The building. A former merchant house of the early 19th century.
What to see
Portraits by Vasily Tropinin and his Moscow contemporaries, work by serf artists, Russian Biedermeier. The quiet Zamoskvorechye lane and the house itself are half the pleasure.
Minimum route — 1 hour for the essentials
Three small halls: Tropinin’s portraits, serf artists, Moscow Biedermeier.
Getting in
Address
Shchetininsky Lane 10, bldg 1 (on the map)
How to get there
Metro Polyanka, Dobryninskaya or Tretyakovskaya
Opening times
opens today at 11:00
| Mon | closed |
| Tue, Wed, Fri–Sun | 11:00–19:00 |
| Thu | 13:00–21:00 |
Closed Mondays; the last Tuesday of the month is a cleaning day.
Tickets
Full 400 ₽; concessions 200 ₽; disabled visitors of groups I and II, veterans and children under 6 free.
tickets online
When to go
Quiet always. Thursday until 21:00; the last Tuesday is a cleaning day.
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