Visit Moscow Museums for Free
Get ready for an adventure through the heart of Russia's capital during Moscow Museum Week! From October 14 to October 20, select museums open their doors at no cost. This event takes place every third week of the month, and we are here to guide you on where to go and what to see.
The free tickets are available here. Please obtain them beforehand, as demand is high. If there are no tickets available in the reservation system, it means they are already sold out and there are no more spots available.
Before you set off on your museum adventure, be sure to check the official websites of the museums. Schedules may change due to holidays or special promotions.
Schedule
October 14, Monday
Panorama Museum ‘Battle of Borodino’
Panorama Museum ‘Battle of Borodino’ is a historical museum in Moscow dedicated to the Patriotic War of 1812. The museum's collection includes a panorama of the Battle of Borodino by the artist Franz Roubaud, collections of paintings, graphics, sculpture, decorative and applied arts and rare books, a numismatic collection and items of equipment and weapons.
Address: 38 Kutuzovsky Prospekt, Building 1
Working hours: Monday, 10 am–6 pm
Metro stations: Park Pobedy, Kutuzovskaya
October 15, Tuesday
State Darwin Museum
The State Darwin Museum is the largest natural science museum in Europe. The exposition talks about the history of the theory of evolution, the diversity of life on Earth, variability and heredity, natural selection and the battle for existence in nature. Today the State Darwin Museum is a modern permanent exhibition illustrating different evolution processes (5,000 sq. m) with a collection of about 400,000 exhibits.
Address: 57 Vavilova Ulitsa
Working hours: Tuesday, 10 am–6 pm
Metro station: Akademicheskaya
Moscow Museum of Modern Art
The Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA) is the first state museum in Russia to focus on Russian art of the 20th and 21st centuries, while also introducing viewers to the international art of this period. MMOMA has seven venues, six of them in Moscow’s historic center. The Museum hosts exhibitions at all its venues, each with its own focus, and annually launches a variety of projects, different in their genre and scale: from shows of emerging authors to retrospectives of major Russian and foreign artists, from conceptual exhibitions of the collection to international festivals.
Address: 25 Petrovka
There are several exhibitions in different locations, check the website for more details
Working hours: Tuesday, 12 pm–9 pm
Metro stations: Pushkinskaya, Chekhovskaya
October 16, Wednesday
The Museum & Nature Reserve Tsaritsyno
As part of the Moscow Museum Week campaign, all museum halls in the main buildings of the Tsaritsyno Palace Museum-Reserve complex—the Grand Palace, the Central Palace (Opera House), the Small Palace, the Bread House, the Third Cavalry House, and the Greenhouses—are open to visitors. They present temporary exhibitions devoted to various areas of arts and crafts. In addition, you can see permanent exhibitions that talk about the history of the Tsaritsyno Palace ensemble.
Address: 1 Dolskaya street
Working hours: Museum: Wednesday, 10 am–6 pm;
Park: Daily, 6 am–midnight
Metro station: Tsaritsyno, Orekhovo
October 17, Thursday
Museum of Cosmonautics
The Museum of Cosmonautics is one of the largest scientific and technical museums in the world. It was opened on April 10, 1981, on the 20th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's space flight. The collection of objects includes more than 96 thousand items: spacesuits, artificial satellites, spacecraft for the study of the Moon and planets of the solar system, and even the personal belongings of astronauts and engineers. All this awaits in the Museum of Cosmonautics, which is located at the base of the monument ‘Conquerors of Space’. Fasten your seat belts, we're taking off!
Address: 111 Prospekt Mira
Working hours: Thursday, 11 am–9 pm
Metro station: VDNKh
Timiryazev State Biological Museum
The Timiryazev State Biological Museum was founded in 1922. All fields of biology are represented in the exposition. The collections are diverse: taxidermy and preparations on developmental anomalies, paleontology and botany, animalistic painting and plastic anthropological reconstructions, dioramas and biological groups, seashells and mushroom models. Today, the museum's holdings comprise more than 90,000 items.
Address: 15 Malaya Gruzinskaya Ulitsa
Working hours: Thursday, 12 pm–9 pm
Metro stations: Krasnopresnenskaya, Barrikadnaya, Ulitsa 1905 Goda
October 18, Friday
The Pushkin State Museum
The Pushkin State Museum is a museum dedicated to the life and work of the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. It was opened in 1961 in the building of the noble estate of the Khrushchev-Seleznevs. The museum fund consists of more than 200,000 items, including household items, personal belongings, art collection and private collections.
Address: 12/2 Prechistenka Ulitsa
Working hours: Friday, 10 am–6 pm
Metro station: Kropotkinskaya
The Moscow State United Museum-Reserve
The Moscow State United Art Historical, Architectural and Natural Landscape Museum-Reserve was established in 2005 on the basis of the Kolomenskoye State Museum-Reserve, one of the most famous Moscow museums. Today the museum-reserve includes three historical territories: the ancient village of Kolomenskoye near Moscow with the buildings of the Sovereign's court, the museum of wooden architecture, ancient gardens and parks (XIV-XIX centuries); monuments on the territory of the Izmailovo estate (XVII-XIX centuries); the natural and historical-cultural complex of the estate of N.A. Durasov in Lublin (early XIX century).
Kolomenskoye
Address: 39 Andropova Prospekt
Working hours: Museum: Friday, 10 am–6 pm;
Park: Daily, 5.30 am–10 pm
Metro station: Klenovy Bulvar, Kashirskaya
Izmaylovo
Address: 2 Gorodok Baumana, Building 14
Working hours: Museum: Friday, 10 am–6 pm;
Park: Daily, 5.30 am–10 pm
Metro station: Partizanskaya, Izmaylovskaya
October 20, Sunday
The Museum of Moscow
The Museum of Moscow is one of the oldest museums of the city. Its collection was established on the initiative of Russian scientific community in 1896. The Moscow City Duma gave it a large collection of exhibits. In the 20th century museum several times changed its name and location. The museum acquired more than one million articles depicting life in the city throughout its history, from Moscow’s ancient beginnings to the present day. This collection contains the archaeological finds, ancient tools, jewelry, as well as bronze and stone items from most ancient period of Moscow history. There is a collection of maps and drafts, which show how the city grew from year to year. Great number of photos recreate the important occasions, celebrations, and events of Moscow since middle of the 19th century to the present day. The museum holds original costumes, accessories, furniture and other everyday objects produced by talented Russian and European masters.
The Museum of Moscow is a museum complex consisting of several museums and exhibition areas:
- Museum of Moscow, Provantry warehouses, 2 Zubovsky Boulevard
- Museum of Moscow Archeology, 1a Manezhnaya Ploshad
- Museum of History Lefortovo, 23 Kryukovskaya Ulitsa
- Sadovoye Koltso Museum, 14 Prospekt Mira, Building 10
Main address: Provision warehouses, 2 Zubovsky Boulevard
Working hours: Sunday, 11 am–9 pm
Metro station: Park Kultury
Do not miss this incredible chance to dive into Moscow's artistic treasures—mark your calendars and get ready for a week of inspiration and discovery!
By Elizaveta Masenkova