Moscow museums · History
History · since 1997
Museum of Moscow Archaeology
original name: Музей археологии Москвы
A museum built around what cannot be moved: the 16th-century bridge piers stayed where they were and the building went up over them. That method of display is rare, and it is the reason to go down.
Minimum route
1 hour
Founded
1997
Ticket
from ₽400
Today
10:00–20:00
What to see
The white-stone piers of the Voskresensky Bridge of the 16th to 18th century — the museum was built around them; coin hoards found in the city centre; the everyday things of medieval Moscow.
Minimum route — 1 hour for the essentials
Go seven metres down to the bridge piers — that is the museum. Then the cases of finds and the coin hoards.
Reference
About the museum
A branch of the Museum of Moscow. Built in 1997 on the site of the 1993–1996 excavations, seven metres below ground.
The building
An underground pavilion of 1997, built during the works on Manezhnaya Square.
Getting in
How to get there
Metro Okhotny Ryad, Teatralnaya or Ploshchad Revolyutsii
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 and entry close an hour early. Closed Mondays. Timed tickets only: the hall is small.
Ticketschecked on 15 August 2026, the museum website
Adults 400 ₽; concessions 200 ₽; some categories free.
from ₽400
tickets online only · timed entry
When to go
A small hall with timed tickets. Come on a weekday: weekend slots go fast.
Contacts
mosmuseum.ru · +7 (495) 692-41-71
Of interest to children
An underground museum on the site of a dig — children like the descent itself. From 7.
Access for visitors with limited mobility
The museum — partly. A descent of seven metres: there is a lift, but the aisles between cases are narrow.
Getting there — partly. None of the stations by Manezhnaya Square has a 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. None of the stations by Manezhnaya Square has a 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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