Moscow museums · History
History · since 1896
Museum of Moscow
original name: Музей Москвы
A city museum — an ordinary genre in Europe — but the material is unique in scale: a million objects about one city. The value is also the Provision Warehouses by Stasov, a model Empire building rarely accessible from inside.
Minimum route
2 hours
Founded
1896
Ticket
from ₽1,000
Today
10:00–20:00
What to see
The permanent display History of Moscow: the archaeology of Moscow soil, town life, plans and views of the city by century. And the Provision Warehouses themselves, an Empire monument after Vasily Stasov.
Minimum route — 2 hours for the essentials
Walk History of Moscow through — that is the core; then one temporary show in the second block. Linger in the yard: the parade ground between the warehouses is a rare piece of city.
Reference
About the museum
The head museum of the association that also runs the Museum of Archaeology and the Old English Court. Founded in 1896 as the Museum of Municipal Economy. About a million items on the city from the Stone Age onwards; since 2009 the museum occupies the Provision Warehouses.
The building
The Provision Warehouses, 1829–1835, after Vasily Stasov’s model design; a military store that became a museum in 2009.
Good to know
Tickets online only. Children under 13 must be accompanied.
Getting in
How to get there
Metro Park Kultury
Opening timeschecked on 15 August 2026, open sources
closed for the day
| Mon | closed |
| Tue, Wed, Fri–Sun today | 10:00–20:00 |
| Thu | 11:00–21:00 |
last admission 1 h before closing
Box office closes an hour early. Closed Mondays. Tickets online only. Free on the third Sunday of the month.
Ticketschecked on 15 August 2026, open sources
Combined ticket 1000 ₽, concessions 500 ₽. The permanent display History of Moscow alone 500 ₽, concessions 250 ₽.
from ₽1,000
tickets online only · timed entry
When to go
Thursday until 21:00 is the calmest. The third Sunday is free and therefore busy.
Contacts
mosmuseum.ru · +7 (495) 739-00-08
Of interest to children
The archaeology of Moscow and city life make sense to children: potsherds, bones, models. From 7, with children’s programmes.
Access for visitors with limited mobility
The museum — step-free. The Provision Warehouses were converted: ramps, lifts, a level courtyard.
Getting there — step-free. Park Kultury has no lift. Surface transport along Zubovsky Boulevard; the approach is level. 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 — step-free. Park Kultury has no lift. Surface transport along Zubovsky Boulevard; the approach is level. 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.
On now
21 August — 28 August 2026 · 9 days left
For the three hundredth year since the death of Peter the Great: the inheritance of the first Russian emperor and his chief reforms. A short run — check the dates before setting out.
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