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History · since 2000
The Archives Exhibition Hall
Exhibition Hall of the Federal Archives
original name: Выставочный зал федеральных архивов
Originals from the state archives — the very sheets that normally lie in a storeroom and are never seen: decrees, letters, drawings, photographs. Here they are taken out and shown.
Minimum route
1 hour
Founded
2000
Ticket
free entry
Today
12:00–18:00
What to see
Originals that normally stay in the stacks and are never seen: decrees with the signatures still on them, drawings, letters, photographs. They come here from the Archive of Ancient Acts, the Military History Archive and other state repositories, into which one cannot simply walk.
Minimum route — 1 hour for the essentials
One documentary exhibition: originals from the federal archives.
Reference
About the museum
The main exhibition venue of the Russian federal archives, working since March 2000. There is no permanent display, only documentary exhibitions.
Getting in
How to get there
Metro Frunzenskaya, then along Kholzunov Lane
Opening timeschecked on 15 August 2026, open sources
closed for the day
| Mon, Tue | closed |
| Wed–Sun today | 12:00–18:00 |
The timetable depends on the exhibition: check that one is running. Entry with a passport — this is the territory of the archive campus.
Ticketschecked on 15 August 2026, open sources
Free.
When to go
Free, but bring a passport. Between exhibitions the hall is shut.
Contacts
Of interest to children
Documentary exhibitions are not for children.
Access for visitors with limited mobility
The museum — not checked. Access not checked; entry is with a passport through the archive campus.
Getting there — partly. Frunzenskaya has no lift. 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. Frunzenskaya has no lift. 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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