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.
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When to go
Open only four days a week and until 17:00 — plan ahead.
Сведения сверены 15 августа 2026 года, источник — сайт музея.
№ 36
Exhibition Hall of the Federal Archives?Why this museumNo collection of its own; the value is that originals otherwise available to nobody but researchers come here for two or three months. Go for a particular exhibition and only for that.
adultsWith childrenDocumentary exhibitions are not for children.wheelchairStep-free accessThe museum — not checked. Access not checked; entry is with a passport through the archive campus.
Getting there — partly. Frunzenskaya 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
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The main exhibition venue of the Russian federal archives, working since March 2000. There is no permanent display, only documentary exhibitions.
What to see
Original documents from the State Archive of the Russian Federation, RGADA, RGVIA and other federal archives: things that normally stay in the stacks.
Minimum route — 1 hour на самое важное
One documentary exhibition: originals from the federal archives.
Сведения сверены 15 августа 2026 года, источник — открытые источники.
№ 49
Experimentanium Museum of Entertaining Science?Why this museumA Western-style science centre, not a museum: no originals, only apparatus. Excellent for a first acquaintance with physics; it gives nothing at all for the history of science.
5+With childrenThe museum exists to be touched. From 5 to about fourteen is the best age.wheelchairStep-free accessThe museum — step-free. All three floors are connected by lift and the exhibits are at reachable height.
Getting there — step-free. Sokol has no lift; the building has parking and a level approach. 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.3 hours
Сведения сверены 15 августа 2026 года, источник — открытые источники.
№ 12
Lomakov Museum of Antique Cars and Motorcycles?Why this museumThe first private car collection in the country, begun in 1959 when there was almost nothing to collect and no reason to. The value is historical: a monument to private collecting under Soviet rule.
6+With childrenOld cars are a safe bet with children, but only on a booked tour.wheelchairStep-free accessThe museum — not checked. Access not checked; a hangar with thresholds.
Getting there — partly. Lyublino has no lift; the museum is 350 m away. 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
The first private car museum in Russia. The Lomakov family has been collecting since 1959; the collection now holds over 120 cars and motorcycles.
Good to know. Do not touch the exhibits. Groups are 20 to 55 people; a single visitor must also telephone in advance.
What to see
A Mercedes-Benz 540K the museum links to Joseph Goebbels; government ZIS limousines; vehicles from the collection have appeared in more than 120 films.
Minimum route — 1 hour на самое важное
A guided walk through the hangar: the Mercedes-Benz 540K, the ZIS limousines, motorcycles of the 1920s–30s. You cannot wander alone.
Сведения сверены 15 августа 2026 года, источник — открытые источники.
№ 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.
Сведения сверены 15 августа 2026 года, источник — открытые источники.
№ 15
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.
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.
Сведения сверены 15 августа 2026 года, источник — сайт музея.
№ 48
Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines?Why this museumThe only museum where the exhibit works: the machine starts on a coin, and that changes the whole way of meeting the object. As a monument of late Soviet daily life it is precise and honest.
7+With childrenThe machines start on a coin and actually work — from seven that beats any display case.wheelchairStep-free accessThe museum — partly. The hall is in a basement reached by stairs; there is no platform lift. Telephone ahead and staff will help.
Getting there — partly. Kuznetsky Most and Lubyanka 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.1.5 hours
Сведения сверены 15 августа 2026 года, источник — открытые источники.
№ 28
State Central Museum of Contemporary History of Russia?Why this museumThe collection is large, but the display is built ideologically and is unreliable as a source of knowledge — we say so plainly. The value is the building: this is the Moscow English Club, the one from the novels, and some objects such as the propaganda porcelain.
9+With children20th-century history is dull without preparation; for older children on a theme, yes.wheelchairStep-free accessThe museum — partly. An 18th-century mansion: a platform lift, some halls up steps.
Getting there — partly. Pushkinskaya 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.2 hours
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Russian history from the second half of the 19th century to today: about 1,300,000 items. Founded in 1917 as the Museum of the Revolution and opened to the public in 1924.
The building. The Razumovsky estate of the 1780s, rebuilt after the fire of 1812 (A. Menelaws, D. Gilardi). From 1831 to 1917 it housed the Moscow English Club.
Good to know. Free for under-16s, disabled visitors of groups I and II, Heroes of the Soviet Union and of Russia, ICOM members.
What to see
The building of the Moscow English Club — the club of Eugene Onegin and War and Peace, with the lions on its gate; Soviet propaganda porcelain; the collection of gifts to Stalin.
Minimum route — 2 hours на самое важное
The halls of the turn of the 20th century, then the propaganda porcelain and the gifts to Stalin. Look at the house itself: it is the English Club.
Сведения сверены 15 августа 2026 года, источник — открытые источники.
№ 29
The Victory Museum?Why this museumA memorial rather than a collection: its strength is the scale of the spectacle and the Hall of Remembrance, not the originals. By museum standards it is average, and you should know that before going.
8+With childrenThe subject is heavy and the dioramas hit hard. Not worth bringing anyone under eight.wheelchairStep-free accessThe museum — step-free. A modern complex: ramps, lifts, accessible toilets, wheelchairs lent.
Getting there — step-free. Park Pobedy is the deepest station in the Moscow metro, escalators only. By wheelchair, surface transport or a car; parking is ample. 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.3 hours
Closed Mondays. The outdoor hardware park runs to 20:00 from 1 April to 30 September and to 18:30 from 1 October to 31 March. Hours change on public holidays.
Tickets
Admission 450 ₽; concessions for schoolchildren 7–14 and pensioners.
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When to go
Around 9 May there are queues and changed hours. On an ordinary weekday it is empty.
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мирового значения
Собрание, ради которого стоит приехать в город.
выдающийся
Сильное собрание; стоит отдельной поездки через город.
значительный
Есть вещи, которые стоит увидеть.
для увлечённых
Интересно тому, кому интересна сама тема.
узкий интерес
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