Until recently, it was believed that visiting museums is a boring and uninteresting activity, but today this stereotype has long been destroyed. Interesting museums in Moscow, new and old, always attract the attention of tourists. Most of the guests of the city will not miss the opportunity to visit at least one of them, and such a pastime will be not only interesting, but also useful for both children and teenagers, and adults. Such excursions are also not uncommon, during which participants discover something new and very relevant for themselves, and can also take part in some exciting scientific experiment. Yes, quite a few unusual museums have been opened in Moscow for young people lately. In this article, we will take a brief tour of some of them, describe their internal structure and how they attract tourists.
Interesting museums in Moscow: options for visiting
Despite the fact that most entertainment in the capital costs a lot of money, excursions to attractions, including museums, continue to be quite affordable. And this despite the fact that these educational tours are accompanied by a guide who is ready to tell in Russian (English, French, German, Chinese, etc.) in great detail about each of the exhibits. You can also go to interesting museums in Moscow without a guide, carefully inspect each of the corners, each of the exhibits, take exclusive photos, if allowed by the administration.
Ticket price and benefits
Some tourists, before going on an excursion, begin to wonder how much tickets cost and which museums in Moscow are free. So, the price varies from 150 rubles to several thousand. There are practically no regularly operating ticketless exhibition establishments in the capital, however, most of them once a month (third Sunday) open their doors to visitors. There are also big discounts for students and for some other categories of citizens, such as war veterans, etc. For children (under 16 years old), the Ministry of Culture and Education is responsible for the costs of excursions. Always free museums in Moscow are the Museum of Water and the People's Museum of the Moscow Metro.
Museums of Moscow: old and new
Moscow has an incredible number of different sights. At the same time, the list of Moscow museums is so large that it will be impossible to visit them even for a dozenvisits to the capital. By the way, their number is growing every day, and since visiting exhibitions has become one of the most fruitful pastimes in the capital of the Russian Federation, the city administration is interested in creating completely new interactive museums organized according to today's realities. In them, tourists will be able not only to learn something new and useful for themselves, but also to take part in some situational or associative games.
No matter how many new museums appear in Moscow, nevertheless, the old ones have their own special energy, which exhibits with a rich history can have. What is the Moscow Kremlin worth, which, in fact, is a whole historical and cultural complex. For everyone who comes to the Russian capital for the first time, it is listed as the first number in the list of Moscow museums. Since it is impossible to talk about each of the exhibition complexes of the capital within the framework of one article, we will describe only the most significant and most original of them.
Moscow Kremlin
The founding date of this museum complex is March 10, 1806, it was at this time that the Armory received the status of a museum. In 1926, it included the cathedrals of the Kremlin, as well as the houses of the boyars, the Museum of Porcelain and Toys. Since 1991, the complex has become known as the State Museum-Reserve "Moscow Kremlin". For many years, its director has been Elena Yuryevna Gagarina, the daughter of the first cosmonaut of the USSR.
Today the complex also includes the Diamond Fund of the Russian Federation, which is a collection of unique worksart. It is here that the main symbols of the Russian tsars are kept - the Big and Small imperial crowns, as well as the scepter and orb of 7 historical stones, including the world-famous Shah and Orlov diamonds. The Moscow Kremlin is open to visitors daily from 10:00 to 17:00 (break from 13:00 to 14:00), Thursday is a day off.
Bunker-42 on Taganka
This is one of the most unusual and interesting museums in Moscow. It is located in a formerly classified military facility of the USSR, which was called the Tagansky ZKP, or GO-42. It was built in the 50s of the 20th century. The area of the underground bunker located at a depth of 65 m is more than 7000 sq. m. It was fully equipped in case the States declared nuclear war on the Union. The storage facilities were full of fuel, as well as food and water.
For many years, the facility was serviced around the clock by military personnel and technical personnel. The bunker was connected by underground passages to the Taganskaya and Kurskaya stations. In 1995, this top-secret object was declassified, and in 2007 it was sold at an auction by a private company for 65 million rubles, then it was reconstructed and a museum was organized in it.
When you find yourself here, you seem to be returning to the USSR in a time machine. The museum surprises visitors with its unusualness from the very entrance, where you are offered to put on a gas mask and take a picture for a pass. The museum is open around the clock on all days of the week. The entrance ticket here is quite expensive - about 3 thousand rubles per person for a group visit, and 22 thousand rubles forprivate tour.
The largest Paleontological Museum named after. Yu. A. Orlova
He is known in the capital not only as an exhibition, but also as a research institution. Students of the corresponding profiles often come here, for whom the exhibits are a visual aid. The Paleontological Museum in Moscow was founded in 1937. Initially, it had an area of 700 square meters. m, and today it has grown to 5000 sq. m. The first hall is introductory: here tourists get a general idea of the science of paleontology, then comes the hall dedicated to the period of the early Paleozoic and Precambrian, that is, the initial stages of the development of life on earth. The next hall of the Paleontological Museum in Moscow is dedicated to the geology of the local region. The fourth hall covers the Mesozoic period, and the 5th hall houses an exhibition of dinosaurs. The last, 6th, hall is dedicated to the era of mammals.
Opening hours - 10.00 - 18.00 on all days of the week except Monday and Tuesday. The ticket price is 300 rubles, for pensioners, students and schoolchildren there is a 50 percent discount.
Exhibition of prehistoric reptiles
Some call it the Dinosaur Museum in Moscow. However, these primitive reptiles in this institution own only one single room, although it is two-level. To be honest, it is this name that attracts more visitors here, especially school-age children, and they refuse the full tour and immediately head to the 5th hall. Here the children, and their parents feelas if in prehistoric times, the exposition of the exhibition is organized so naturally. By the way, according to some experts, it should have been called the Museum of Dinosaurs. In Moscow, and in other cities of Russia, there are many children who are very fond of ancient reptiles, and for them it is happiness to get into this museum and see how they really look.
All about space
There is a Museum of Cosmonautics in Moscow. And how could it be without this, because this city is the capital of the country that was the first to send a man into space?! The museum is located in the basement section of the monument called "To the Conquerors of Space". This is a unique monument that was erected in honor of the date of the launch of the 1st artificial satellite of the Earth. Its architect-designer is M. O. Barshch, and the sculptor is A. P. Faydysh-Krandievskiy.
The Museum of Cosmonautics of Moscow was opened on April 10, 1981 on the initiative of S. P. Korolev. Its exposition includes samples of space technology, archival documents and records, personal belongings of cosmonauts, as well as designers, photographic materials, etc. The Alley of Space Heroes adjoins the museum. There is also a miniature Mission Control Center, from where you can monitor what is happening on the International Space Station in real time. There are several other reproductions that give visitors the impression that they are on board a spaceship.
Museum of Modern Art in Moscow
For your information, this oneThe museum was the first to receive state status. It was founded in 1999 by Zurab Tsereteli and is entirely specialized in fine and applied arts of the 20th and 21st centuries. Its creation was supported by the Moscow City Council Department. The exposition of the Museum of Modern Art in Moscow includes the personal collection of the great architect. It consists of a huge number (about 2000) of works by the most famous artists of the 20th century. Over time, the museum fund was replenished with other works by contemporary masters, both Russian and foreign. The main part of the museum is located in the house of the merchant Gubin on Petrovka. There are three other buildings - in Ermolaevsky Lane, on Tverskoy Boulevard and on Gogolevsky Boulevard in the old building of the Russian Academy of Arts.
The most unusual museums in Moscow
Today it is very popular to create museums of entertaining sciences. People come here to participate in various experiments. An "Experimentarium" was recently opened in Moscow. It contains about 250 scientific exhibits, as well as sections of acoustics, magnetism, optics, electricity, mechanics, puzzles, water rooms, etc. Incredible shows are held here on weekends and holidays for visitors. Gift certificates and annual passes can be purchased at the museum. Inside the building there is a "Spherical Cinema", in which people are placed and entertaining science films are shown to them. This museum is open on weekdays from 9.30 to 19.00 and on weekends from 10.00 to 20.00. An adult ticket costs about 550 rubles, and a child ticket costs 400 rubles.
Museum for magic lovers
In the summer of 2014, in the heart of the capital, on an area of about 1000 sq. m opened the Museum of Illusions. Before that, there were no analogues in Moscow. It was created in 3D. It uses eternal themes: death and life, love and horror, fear and joy, etc. This museum will be of interest to everyone without exception: children, young and more mature visitors. At the very end, guests receive unusual bright pictures that can become a decoration for their home or office. A particularly exciting sight is the creation of a three-dimensional drawing, thanks to this technique it becomes possible to travel to the country of Gulliver, aboard the Titanic, etc. There are a lot of options, and everyone can choose to their taste. Many visitors admit that after visiting this museum they remain impressed for a long time, and it takes some time to return to reality.
