10 Art Museums in Moscow That You Shouldn't Miss

June 10, 2021 Christa Meece

The political, scientific, historical, architectural and business center of Russia, Moscow displays the country's contrasts at their most extreme. The ancient and modern are juxtaposed side by side in this city of 10 million. Catch a metro from one of the ornate stations to see Red Square, the Kremlin, the nine domes of St. Basil's Cathedral, Lenin's Mausoleum, the KGB Museum and other symbols of Moscow's great and terrible past, then lighten up and shop Boulevard Ring or people watch in Pushkin Square.
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Lavrushinskiy ln 10, Moscow 119017 Russia +7 495 951-07-27 [email protected] http://www.tretyakovgallery.ru/about/history/zdanie-v-lavrushinskom-pereulke/
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State Tretyakov Gallery

The State Tretyakov Gallery is the national treasury of Russian fine art and contains more than 180,000 works of painting, sculpture and graphics created by generations of Russian artists.

Reviewed By PierreBMalta - San Gwann, Malta

The best Museum for Russian paintings. An incredible collection of paintings by the top Russian painters. A must see if you are into Russian art or an art lover in general. Well presented and easily viewed.

2. Scriabin museum

Bolshoi Nikolopeskovskiy Lane, 11, Moscow 119002 Russia +7 499 241-19-01 [email protected] http://www.scriabinmuseum.ru/
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Scriabin museum

The museum is devoted to the life and works of the famous Russian composer, Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915).

Volkhonka St., 14 Metro Kropotkinskaya, Moscow 119019 Russia +7 495 697-15-46 [email protected] http://www.arts-museum.ru/museum/buildings/gallery/
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Art Gallery of the European and American Countries of the XIX-XX centuries

Reviewed By ginsengNewYork

Located in an unassuming building near Pushkine Museum, these galleries contain some fascinating pieces of art from the great European and American painters of the 19th and early 20th centuries - Monet, Picasso, Degas, Van Gogh, Sisley, Gauguin, Cassatt and many more. It is well laid out, with the galleries spread over three compact floors. The rest of this incredible collection is in St Petersburg in the Hermitage beautiful modern wing.

4. The Museum of Russian Icon

Goncharnaya St., 3/1, Moscow 109240 Russia +7 495 221-52-83 [email protected] http://russikona.ru/en/
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The Museum of Russian Icon

The museum of Russian icon was founded in 2006 on the initiative of the patron and businessman Mikhail Abramov. It is a unique in Russia private collection of Byzantine and Old Russian art that obtained the official status of public museum and became member of the IСOM (International Council of Museums). Every day the Museum organizes free survey and thematic excursions for all comers, museum consultants are always available, a lecture centre is operated, concerts and presentations are organized. The subject of the excursion, the date and time of its conduct are agreed in advance by phone. We are always happy to see in our Museum everyone who is interested in Russian culture.

5. Art Center. Moscow

Volkhonka St., 15, Moscow 119019 Russia +7 495 989-95-58 http://artcentre.moscow
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Art Center. Moscow

6. Museum Collection

Solyanka St., 16 Yauzskiy Blvd. junction, Moscow 109240 Russia +7 495 234-06-30 [email protected] https://mus-col.com/
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Museum Collection

It is one of the largest private collections of the world's cultural heritage, the repositories of which hold over 20 000 items. The basis of the collection is built up with a great range of exhibits - self-playing musical instruments and mechanical rarities, among them are music boxes, organs, orchestrions, street organs, mechanical pianos and grand pianos, gramophones and phonographs, accordions, clocks and automata. The Museum houses a great variety of items of art and crafts, paintings and drawings, a comprehensive collection of Russian bronzes, including small statuary of illustrious artists of the 19th – 20th centuries, as well as the collection of old Russian and Foreign silver, glass and crystal.

7. Armoury Chamber

Dvortsovaya St., 1R, Moscow 103073 Russia +7 495 695-37-76 http://www.kreml.ru
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Armoury Chamber

A dazzling array of treasures from the 4th to the 20th century are housed in this Kremlin museum, including thrones and carriages of the tsars, the works of Moscow silver and goldsmiths, arms, jewels, precious Russian Easter eggs and other Russian and foreign decorative arts.

Reviewed By RitaC651 - Melbourne, Australia

We were overwhelmed by the treasures we saw and were surprised that such an amazing collection survived Russia’s turbulent history. Hundreds of objects made of gold and silver were encrusted with gems. The gold carriages were unbelievable. The collection of crowns was my favourite. So many display cases were filled with items that showed the wealth and lavish lifestyle of the Tsars. There were displays of clothes worn by the royal family, some famous Faberge eggs and many other items. Everything was beautifully styled. There were military uniforms, weapons and horse armoury that were all heavily decorated. There was also a number of religious items. This museum shows the connection between the wealth and power of the Tzar, the church and the state. No wonder there was a revolution in Russia.

8. Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts

Volhonka St., 12, Moscow 119019 Russia +7 495 697-95-78 [email protected] http://www.arts-museum.ru
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Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts

The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (Russian: Музеи изобразительных искусств им. А.С. Пушкина) is the largest museum of European art in Moscow, located in Volkhonka street, just opposite the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. The International musical festival Svyatoslav Richter's December nights has been held in the Pushkin museum since 1981. The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts holds one of Russia's largest collections of foreign art from ancient times to the present day. Its modern presentation introduces visitors to the Museum's extensive study collections of toned plaster casts reproducing works of Graeco-Roman art, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. The Museum also houses original paintings and sculpture, drawings and examples of decorative and applied art. In the halls on the ground floor original works of art are displayed from Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece and Rome, together with European paintings ranging in date from the 8th to the 8th centuries. Two halls, known as the Italian and Greek Courtyards, contain casts. The halls on the first floor display for visitors casts of art works from Ancient Greece and Rome, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. The halls, hung with paintings, exhibit works of art from the 19th and 20th centuries. Known for its outstanding temporary exhibitions, this museum also has an impressive permanent collection of Impressionist and post-Impressionist art.

Reviewed By SecondHalfTravels - New Mexico, United States

I bought a two-day ticket online, which worked out very well. I was glad I split my visit up into two days, as both branches would’ve been too much for me to take in in one day. The online system is not as user-friendly as the Hermitage’s, unfortunately, and the instructions were a bit confusing. You can buy the ticket up to 30 days in advance (unlike the Hermitage, which gives you 180 days), and you get two-day access to the two buildings of the Pushkin starting on the date you select for your ticket. You must print the voucher. Both Pushkin museum buildings open at 11 am (Note: wish they opened a bit earlier, at 10, as it’s a bit of a late start to the day!). At 11 am on the first day indicated on my ticket, I went to the Gallery of 19th and 20th Century European and American Art. There was virtually no line to get in, and I exchanged my printed voucher for a two-day ticket. I was expecting the gallery to be larger than it was, more like the General Staff building of the Hermitage, but it wasn’t that big, and I actually got through it in just over an hour. There are some extraordinary paintings, though, in this collection. The next day I went to the main Pushkin building with my two-day ticket. There was already a big line at 11 am, but I walked directly to the front of the queue and was waved in by a friendly security guard after showing my ticket from the day before. The ground floor was fantastic. Highlights for me were the ancient civilizations collection, especially the Egyptian artifacts and the treasures of Troy, and the Dutch masters section, including the Rembrandts. The second floor (first European floor) for me was less interesting. There are a lot of plaster cast replicas of famous Greek and Roman statues. There was also a temporary Venetian art exhibit included in the regular ticket that I wandered through. Currently there is also a popular temporary exhibit of Edo-era Japanese art upstairs requiring a separate ticket that I didn’t visit. I hadn’t bought the ticket online and there was a huge line to buy it, and it was just too much in addition to seeing the permanent collection. I left at 1:30 pm after two and a half hours. By that point on a Sunday, the museum had gotten extremely full, and the queue to get in even longer, so best to go early.

Krymskiy Val 10, Moscow 119049 Russia +7 495 957-07-27 [email protected] http://www.tretyakovgallery.ru/ru/museum/branch/gtg_krimskiy_val/
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New Tretyakov Gallery

New building of the Tretyakov Gallery at 10 Krymsky Val houses a unique museum exhibition of modern Russian art features works by Chagall, Kandinsky, Malevich and other 20th-century artists. In the same building there is the Central House of Artists, and around there is a Sculpture Park.

Reviewed By KatrinaMolini - Corciano, Italy

This fantastic museum is another must see if you are visiting Moscow and you love modern art. It’s a bit far from the main State Tretyakov Gallery, but it’s totally worth a trip. You will see many famous paintings here, the collection is wonderful! Besides, there is a lovely garden outside the building that contains many beautiful statues and sculptures as well. Plan at least two hours here. We unfortunately had only one hour and so we didn’t see everything (we skipped on temporary exhibits). The entrance is also 500 rubles just like the State Tretyakov Gallery and it has longer opening hours on some days too. There were almost no people when we visited in the evening so if you want some space while strolling, come after 6 PM on one of those days.

10. Museum of Private Collections

Volkhonka St., 10, Moscow 119019 Russia +7 495 697-16-10 http://www.arts-museum.ru/museum/buildings/mlk/index.php
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Museum of Private Collections

Once you've perused the Pushkin Museum, stop in next door to view the treasures in these private collections acquired in Soviet times, including works by Salvador Dali and Henri Matisse, ballet set designs, Russian icons and a whole floor of 20th-century art.

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