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Top 10 Museums in Meshchanskiy, Central Russia
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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1. Victor Vasnetsov House Museum
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5.0 based on 240 reviews
This interesting wooden hut that sits incongruously among block houses and high-rises was the home of one of Russia's greatest artists.
2. Museum of Ekslebris
3. Orekhov Gallery
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
Orekhov Gallery was founded in 2017 by sculptor Gregory Orekhov and is located in the historical center of Moscow, between Trubnaya Street and Kolokolnikov Lane in a unique building of 1914. This century house serves as a contemporary art gallery, which represents international artists that work in a variety of media.
4. Central Armed Forces Museum of Russian Federation
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4.5 based on 285 reviews
Reviewed By dgjohansson - Ronneby, Sweden
A bit hard to rate this museum since you probably either love it or are not interested in military history, and then hate it. But there is a grey area here since if you like military history, you also might either feel underwhelmed or overwhelmed. While the museum has a good mix of display cases with stuff in, they also have a lot of full-size dioramas. If you don't speak or read Russian, you must get the audioguide since there are no signs in English at all. The audio guide is very good if you just want an overview of the most important things in a room, but there is no option to get more information about a specific item not mentioned in the guide. That's why you either will be over- or underwhelmed depending on your interests. Also, the audioguide speaks about each room and directs you by the narrator where to go within a room, so jumping ahead is not possible. You'll have to listen or fast-forward the narrator within each room. Every room is a new track. There are about 24 rooms, each with a specific era or time period as a theme. A lot of rooms about WW2, but not so much about the war campaigns itself, but more about happenings before and after. Some very interesting Nazi artifacts are displayed, taken from Berlin for instance. Unfortunately, they have chosen to put them in red light (easy to spot the "enemy things") which makes them hard to see. Colors are disappearing or changed in the red light. Outside, there is a crowded display of Russian airplanes, tanks, missiles, and even a ship, but they are put very close together which makes it hard to get a really good look. Except for the boat, there are no ramps or anything making it possible to see the things from any view besides the front (more or less). Still very interesting. Also, there are only Russian things - no conquered Nazi tanks or planes or anything like that. The audioguide also speaks about several objects within each stopping point instead of giving each item a number of itself. There is a small cafe inside with fair enough food. As usual, you are not allowed to carry a backpack, outer clothes or anything like that. There are free lockers to lock away your backpack and smaller bags while clothes must be left at the wardrobe service in the basement (also free). The exit to the outside passes the wardrobe and makes it possible to dress on again before heading outside. You'll also need to put something as a deposit when getting the audio guide. Passport, 1000 Rub or Id-card will do. The only two only downsides of this place were the souvenir shops which only contained plastic toys, some medals, and some basic Russian things/shirts and such. No posters, no old Soviet replicas and things easy to take home. The second thing was that the audio guide lost its objectivity for each room you passed, becoming more and more patriotic the closer you came to the current time, that in the end, it became ridiculous. Keep that in mind and you can still enjoy this place as much as I did. The audio guide will entertain you about 2-3h, so I recommend you to stay here for 4-5h.
5. Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines
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4.5 based on 508 reviews
Welcome to Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines – place full of nostalgia and fun! Our museum is unique all over the world, it was founded by three young enthusiasts. They collected arcade machines from different countries of the former Soviet Union, removed them with love and care so you can watch and play. Our collection continues to grow constantly.
Reviewed By Steviefull - Kidderminster, United Kingdom
Located in the expo centre it was a little hard to find as I wasn't expecting it to be located in such a modern building, saying that the transport infrastructure made it pretty easy to get about. The museum was clean and the staff welcoming and explained the tokens that are used on the machines. A surprising amount of machines in there with instructions in Russian and a few in English, but as you can imagine they are pretty straightforward to play. As is to be expected with machines of this age they do tend to breakdown, so don't be surprised to see a few off for maintenance. The particular favourites of the wife and I were the basketball and hockey games, great fun and brings the competitive side out in anyone. Well worth the visit if in the area or if you have any passing interest in video games.
6. Dom Shchepkina
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4.5 based on 8 reviews
7. Ekaterina Cultural Foundation
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4.5 based on 3 reviews
The Ekaterina Cultural Foundation was established in 2002 as a non-commercial organization. Since then the Foundation has been engaged in a variety of activities, such as organizing exhibitions, publishing, collecting works by contemporary artists, and supporting cultural and educational projects. In February 2007, the first private exhibition space opened in Moscow — the halls of the Ekaterina Cultural Foundation in Kuznetsky Most. Since the very beginning the Foundation effectively cooperates with state museums, art centers, foundations and other non-commercial institutions both in Russia and abroad. One of the important aspects of the Foundation’s exhibition program is the introduction of Russian and international contemporary art to the Russian public.
8. Childhood Museum
9. Military History Gallery Military Thought
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4.0 based on 3 reviews
