Museum of Moscow Archaeology?Why this museumA museum built around what cannot be moved: the 16th-century bridge piers stayed where they were and the building went up over them. That method of display is rare, and it is the reason to go down.
History · с 1997 года
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для увлечённых
7+With childrenAn underground museum on the site of a dig — children like the descent itself. From 7.wheelchairStep-free accessThe museum — partly. A descent of seven metres: there is a lift, but the aisles between cases are narrow.
Getting there — partly. None of the stations by Manezhnaya Square has a 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
A branch of the Museum of Moscow. Built in 1997 on the site of the 1993–1996 excavations, seven metres below ground.
The building. An underground pavilion of 1997, built during the works on Manezhnaya Square.
What to see
The white-stone piers of the Voskresensky Bridge of the 16th to 18th century — the museum was built around them; coin hoards found in the city centre; the everyday things of medieval Moscow.
Minimum route — 1 hour на самое важное
Go seven metres down to the bridge piers — that is the museum. Then the cases of finds and the coin hoards.
