Moscow museums · Military history
Central Museum of the Armed Forces?Why this museumThe only place where the Victory Banner is the original rather than a copy, and where the wreckage of Powers’s U-2 can be seen. Everything else is a large but unremarkable military collection.
original name: Центральный музей Вооружённых Сил Российской Федерации
Military history · since 1919
our rating
significant7+With childrenTanks and aircraft in the open air are what children come for. From 7.wheelchairStep-free accessThe museum — partly. Ramps in the halls; the outdoor park is gravel and kerbs, hard going in a wheelchair.
Getting there — partly. Dostoyevskaya has no lift; the museum is 400 m away on level pavement. 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.2–3 hours
Getting there — partly. Dostoyevskaya has no lift; the museum is 400 m away on level pavement. 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.2–3 hours
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Reference
Founded in 1919. Some 800,000 items on Russian military history from the 18th century onwards: 24 halls and an open-air park of military hardware.
The building. Built in 1965 to a design by N. Gaigarov and B. Barkhin.
Good to know. Free on the second Wednesday of the month for under-18s, students and large families. Prams are not allowed in the halls.
What to see
The original Victory Banner raised over the Reichstag; wreckage of the Lockheed U-2 of Francis Gary Powers, shot down near Sverdlovsk on 1 May 1960; over 150 machines outdoors.
Minimum route — 2–3 hours for the essentials
The Victory Hall with the Victory Banner, then the U-2 wreckage. Keep half your time for the outdoor park.
Getting in
Address
Sovetskoy Armii 2, bldg 1 (on the map)
How to get there
Metro Dostoyevskaya, then 400 m on foot
Opening times
opens today at 09:00
| Mon, Tue | closed |
| Wed–Sun | 09:00–17:45 |
Box office closes half an hour early. Closed Monday and Tuesday. From 1 April to 30 September the outdoor hardware park stays open until 18:45.
Tickets
Admission 120 ₽.
When to go
The outdoor park needs dry weather. In winter it shuts at 17:45, so come before 15:00.
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