Moscow museums · Unusual
Unusual · since 1991
The Bookplate Museum
Museum of Bookplates and Miniature Books
original name: Музей экслибриса и миниатюрной книги
The only collection of bookplates in Russia — a field between graphic art and bibliophilia shown systematically nowhere else. The circle of admirers is narrow, the subject genuine.
Minimum route
45 minutes
Founded
1991
Ticket
from ₽100
Today
10:00–18:00
What to see
Bookplates by Russian and foreign artists, miniature editions and micro-books, writing on a grain of rice and miniatures on ivory.
Minimum route — 45 minutes for the essentials
One hall of bookplates, miniature editions and micro-books.
Reference
About the museum
The only museum of bookplates in Russia. Opened by the International Union of Booklovers in 1991; the miniature-book museum followed in 2003.
Good to know
Booklovers’ clubs meet here, and a workshop makes bookplates to order.
Getting in
How to get there
Metro Kuznetsky Most or Lubyanka
Opening timeschecked on 15 August 2026, open sources
closed for the day
| Mon–Fri today | 10:00–18:00 |
| Sat, Sun | closed |
By appointment only; book a tour in advance.
Ticketschecked on 15 August 2026, open sources
50–100 ₽.
from ₽100
by prior booking only
When to go
By appointment, weekdays until 18:00.
Contacts
exlibrismuseum.org · +7 (495) 621-82-21
Of interest to children
The bookplate is a subject for adult collectors.
Access for visitors with limited mobility
The museum — not checked. Second floor of an old building; access not checked.
Getting there — partly. Kuznetsky Most 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. Kuznetsky Most 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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