State Central Museum for old Russian Culture and Art Andrej-Rubeljow

The Literature Museum of V. V. Mayakovsky

Tel.: (495) 921-9387
Fax.: (495) 928-6092

Info Telefon: (495) 921-3728
http://www.museum.ru/Majakovskiy/default...

The Museum of History of Exterior Lighting ''The Lights of Moscow''

Info Telefon: (495) 924-7374

"The Museum of History of Exterior Lighting "The Lights of Moscow" was opened in 1980...The gleaming white stone of the building is one of the best examples of architecture of the 17th century. It is single of its kind in Russia and really interesting for guests of different ages.
The exhibition shows the oldest and contemporary sources of light: oil-, paraffin oil-, gas-, electri§ã laterns and other street and domestic lamps. We can offer an interesting excursion "The History of Moscow Street Lighting from the 18th top the 20th century". We would be grateful for you visit." (Russian Museums, corrected)(c) for all data:VerlagDrM¨¹ller-Straten M¨¹nchen2005ff
 

The Museum of Moscow History (ex Communal museum, ex Moscow city museum)

Tel.: (495) 248-02-95
Fax.: (495) 924-3145

Info Telefon: (495) 925-4962
http://www.mosmuseum.ru/...

City of Moscow

Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays 10am - 6pm. Wednesdays and Fridays 11am - 7pm

"Moscow City Museum was founded on the initiative of the City Duma in 1896 as a museum of the Moscow municipal facilities and services, from 1920 Moscow communal museum, from 1940 till 1986 – Museum of history and reconstraction of Moscow, from 1987 – Moscow city Museum. In 2004 Museum became the United museum organization.

The Museum forming was started with a collection of articles that had been on display in the pavilion “Moscow”, exhibited by the Moscow City Duma at the All-Russia Craft Exhibition in Nizhny Novgorod. Originally, the Museum was situated in one of the Krestovsky Water Towers, later (from 1925) - in the Sukharev Tower and from 1934 until now it has been housed inside the building of the former Church of John the Divine “under the Elm”.

In the 1947 the exhibition was made in cronological order for the first time (which existed till the middle of 1970s). Now in the museum there is the exhibition “From the settlement till the capital. The history of Moscow from 12th till 17th century”, the exhibition “Gilyarovsky’s Moscow of the begining of the 20th century” made from the fund of Moscow City Museum. The Museum’s funds counting about 1 million items - numerous paintings (A. Vasnetsov, I. Ivazovsky, V. Polenov, V. Surikov, V. Nesterov, R. Falk and others), graphic works, sculptures, documents, photographic collections, archeological and ceramic exhibits, rare books, numismatic collections, furniture, fabric and clothing collections. The fund of everyday life objects: porcelain, glass, arms, numezmatics gives the impression of live of the moscovites during the history of the city.

The museum organization includes The Old English court, Moscow archeological museum, Museum of the Savior cathedral, Museum of culture of the country estate Kuzminki, Museum of history of Lefortovo, Museum of “Russian Harmonika” of A. Mirek.

The Church of John the Divine “under the Elm”, near by the Kitaigorodskaya stena (Novaya ploshchad, 12) was built in 1825-1837 at the place of former brick cathedral of 1658. The first wooden church of the end of XV century was built at the former small defence fortress. In the first half of XVI centure at this place the Kitaygorodskaya stena was constracted and the church became a part of Moscow. The church design in Empire style." (Museum website, corrected)
(c) for all data:VCMS MUC2005ff

 

The State exibition hall ''Na Solyanke''

Info Telefon: (495) 921-5572

The State Polytechnical Museum

Natalya Chechel, Chief curator
Tel.: (495) 623-42-87

Info Telefon: (495) 623-07-56
Besucher-Email: chechel@polymus.ru
http://eng.polymus.ru/rv/...

every day, except Mondays and the last Thursday of every month, 10am - 6pm

"The Polytechnical museum in Moscow is one of the oldest ones among technical museums all over the world. It was opened on December 12th, 1872. The large building with its original architecture, situated in the center of the city, is one of Moscow's places of interest. The museum was planned by Russian scientists, professors of the Moscow University just after the abolition of serfdom in Russia. There were a lot of people who took part in the creation of the museum — scientists, members of governments and Moscow Duma, merchants, entrepreneurs and ordinary Moscow citizen. The city presented the site for the museum in the center and donated part of the necessary sum of money for design and construction of the museum building. A large part of the needed money came from the state budget, the rest was donated by tradesmen. The Polytechnical Museum was patronized by the royal family. The spirit of the museum was created by the Russian intelligentsia of that time (end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th century), those who become famous in history of our country.

The Polytechnical Museum foundation was set up by organization of a great Polytechnical exhibition that was opened in Moscow on May 30th, 1872 and was devoted to the 200th anniversary of Peter the Great. After closing the exhibition at the end of 1872, part of the exhibits became the basis of the Polytechnical Museum's collection.

Now the Polótechnical Museum is the largest technical museum in the country. It keeps more than 160,000 objects, its galleries occupy about 10,500 sqm. A lot of exhibits are on display there, many of them are unique memorials of science and technology. There are many models and dioramas in the museum. Visitors can see how a TV set, a mine and a blast furnace plant work. They can meet a robot-guide, see fascinating holograms or play with a home computer." (RussianMuseums, corrected)

 

Theatre Dolls Museum

Info Telefon: 209- 43 -69
http://www.puppet.ru/museum...

Museum of the Birtplace of the Boyar Romanow

Thurs-Mon 10-17 h, Wedn 11-18 h

Museum of a History of the Moscow State University of Means of Communication

Tel.: (495) 978-3585
Fax.: (495) 235-9509

Info Telefon: (495) 235-5850

ATTENTION: Temporary closed for visits.

Church of ''Trinity in Nikitniki''

Tel.: (495) 298-5018

Info Telefon: (495) 298-345

The permament show rooms have 400 qm.(c) Verlag Dr.C. Müller-Straten MUC2005ff