Not every museum in the city — only those worth the trip. Every entry carries our own value rating, what to see, a minimum route, when to come and what it costs.
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.
adultsWith 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
Andrei Raikin / Андрей Райкин, Alexei Sidelnikov / Алексей Сидельников, Andrei Lobanov / Андрей Лобанов (фото), CC BY 3.0 · Викисклад
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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 на самое важное
Three small halls: Tropinin’s portraits, serf artists, Moscow Biedermeier.
Сведения сверены 15 августа 2026 года, источник — открытые источники.
№ 13
Apollinary Vasnetsov Museum?Why this museumApollinary Vasnetsov’s reconstructions of old Moscow are not painting but scholarship: the artist made archaeological observations, and his views still serve as textbook illustrations. Here they hang in the flat where they were made.
adultsWith childrenA cramped memorial flat on the third floor: awkward with children.wheelchairStep-free accessThe museum — no. Third floor of a residential building with no lift — a wheelchair cannot get in.
Getting there — partly. Krasnye Vorota and Chistye Prudy have no lifts. 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.45 minutes
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A branch of the Tretyakov Gallery. Apollinary Vasnetsov spent the last thirty years of his life in this flat; the studio and furnishings survive.
The building. An apartment house of the early 20th century.
Good to know. The flat is domestic in scale; groups come by appointment.
What to see
The studio with its original furnishings, and the views of old Moscow — historical reconstructions by which the medieval city is still imagined.
Minimum route — 45 minutes на самое важное
The studio with the same view from the window, then the views of old Moscow.
Getting in
Address
Furmanny Lane 6, flats 21–22 (3rd floor) (on the map)
How to get there
Metro Krasnye Vorota, Chistye Prudy or Kurskaya
Opening times
на сегодня закрыт
Пн, Вт, Чт
выходной
Ср, Пт–Вс
10:00–17:00
Entry and box office until 16:00. The last Thursday of the month is a cleaning day.
Tickets
Not confirmed at the check of 14 August 2026 — see the Tretyakov Gallery site.
билеты онлайн
When to go
Open only four days a week and until 17:00 — plan ahead.
Сведения сверены 15 августа 2026 года, источник — сайт музея.
№ 14
Museum of Folk Prints?Why this museumThe lubok is an independent visual system, not a low echo of high art, and in Moscow it is shown only here. The collection is small, the subject unique and almost nowhere else treated as art.
7+With childrenThe lubok is pictures with captions and children follow it. One hall, half an hour.wheelchairStep-free accessThe museum — not checked. Access not checked.
Getting there — partly. Sukharevskaya 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.45 minutes
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A museum of the lubok — the Russian folk print, a form that appeared in the middle of the 16th century. It stands where the prints were made: Lubyanka and Pechatnikov Lane are next door. Since 2014 a branch of the Museum of the Russian Lubok and Naive Art.
Good to know. The old site russianlubok.ru does not answer — checked on 14 August 2026.
What to see
Lubok sheets of the 17th to 19th century, printing boards and a press, and work by living artists who continue the craft.
Minimum route — 45 minutes на самое важное
One hall of lubok: printing boards, sheets of the 18th–19th century and work by artists who keep the tradition.
Volkhonka 10 · The permanent display has been closed since 2015: the building is part of the Pushkin Museum’s “museum town” works. Individual exhibitions of the department are shown in other buildings. Checked 14 August 2026.
Novaya Ploshchad 3/4 · The historic building has been under reconstruction since 2013; opening is promised for 2026. The museum park around it is open. Part of the collection is shown at the Technopolis Moscow, Volgogradsky Prospekt 42. Checked 15 August 2026.
1st Samotyochny Lane 9, bldg 1 · The museum has been closed to visitors since 2024 and no opening date has been announced. Checked 15 August 2026.
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