Moscow museums · Art
Art · since 1965
Apollinary Vasnetsov Museum
original name: Музей Аполлинария Васнецова
Apollinary Vasnetsov’s reconstructions of old Moscow are not painting but scholarship: the artist made archaeological observations, and his views still serve as textbook illustrations. Here they hang in the flat where they were made.
Minimum route
45 minutes
Founded
1965
Today
10:00–17:00
What to see
The studio with its original furnishings, and the views of old Moscow — historical reconstructions by which the medieval city is still imagined.
Minimum route — 45 minutes for the essentials
The studio with the same view from the window, then the views of old Moscow.
Reference
About the museum
A branch of the Tretyakov Gallery. Apollinary Vasnetsov spent the last thirty years of his life in this flat; the studio and furnishings survive.
The building
An apartment house of the early 20th century.
Good to know
The flat is domestic in scale; groups come by appointment.
Getting in
How to get there
Metro Krasnye Vorota, Chistye Prudy or Kurskaya
Opening timeschecked on 16 August 2026, the museum website
closed for the day
| Mon, Tue | closed |
| Wed–Sun today | 10:00–17:00 |
last admission 1 h before closing
Entry and box office until 16:00. The last Thursday of the month is a cleaning day.
When to go
Open only four days a week and until 17:00 — plan ahead.
Contacts
tretyakovgallery.ru · +7 (495) 608-90-45
Of interest to children
A cramped memorial flat on the third floor: awkward with children.
Access for visitors with limited mobility
The museum — no. Third floor of a residential building with no lift — a wheelchair cannot get in.
Getting there — partly. Krasnye Vorota and Chistye Prudy have no lifts. Moscow metro stations almost never have lifts to the platform, except on the Big Circle line and the MCC. A wheelchair user is better served by the surface buses, which are low-floor across the centre.
Getting there — partly. Krasnye Vorota and Chistye Prudy have no lifts. Moscow metro stations almost never have lifts to the platform, except on the Big Circle line and the MCC. A wheelchair user is better served by the surface buses, which are low-floor across the centre.
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