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| | Arts Calendar / May 27 / Museums |
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| The Cloister, Pure and Divinely Decorated |
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Permanent exhibition: the writer's Moscow apartment with a small display of photos and manuscripts. A.P. Chehov lived in this house since the autumn of 1886 to the spring of 1890. The museum restored the Cabinet and bedroom of A.P. Chehov, his brother Michael's room, lounge and nurse Mary's room. In other rooms literary exposition devoted to the life and works of the writer are presented. The heart of exposition is made up by personal archive material about Chehov donated to the State by Chekhov's family.
Chekhov Memorial Flat  |
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Darwin Museum was established in 1907 under High Female Courses run by its founder professor Alexander Kots. In 1992 the museum welcomed its first visitors. Darwin Museum aims to cover as much information about origin of species as possible. Evolution from the very beginning to the present is on permanent display. Moving models of dinosaurs, stuffed animals and birds, underwater world, ecology, etc.
Darwin Museum |
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| History of Christ the Savior Cathedral |
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On permanent display are fragments of the memorial slabs with the names of the heroes, pieces of artistic and ornamentally-decorative art. Unique exhibits show the entire history of the great cathedral from its foundation n 1839 through destruction in 1931 and reconstruction in 2000.
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| History of Russia from the Stone Age to the 19th Century |
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On permanent display are archaeological artefacts covering different stages of Eurasian history (from the Palaeolithic Age to early Middle Ages) as well as historical costumes, weapons, jewellery, coins, personal and national State Seals and insignias, early printed Russian books and ancient manuscripts, historical portraits and photographs, cartographic items.
Historical Museum |
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History of Vodka in Russia from the 15th century to the present. On permanent display are 600 unique items including vodka bottles of different sizes (from shkalik or kosushka to shtoff and quarter), vodka recipes of the 18th century, posters, and labels. Museum’s pride is a vodka bottle produced at Kronshtadt distillery in 1862.
Vodka Museum |
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| Piece, Progress, Human Rights |
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Permanent exhibition chronicles political repressions of Soviet citizens from 1917 to the 1980s in photographs and documentary materials. In 1997 this exposition project was rewarded with The Best Interior Prize at the Architecture and Design exhibition. The exposition is comprised of several parts: Ideology in USSR, Political Repressions in USSR, Through GULAG, Resistance to Unfreedom, Andrey Sakharov: Human Rights Activist and Physicist, Personality and Destiny. All parts are saturated with the atmosphere of human persecution and final victory of common sense.
Andrei Sakharov Museum and Public Center |
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| Russian Art of the 11th - Early 20th Centuries |
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 Collection of the Old Russian painting in Tretyakov Gallery was initiated by P.M. Tretyakov: in 1890 he bought icons exhibited in Historical Museum within VIII Archeological Congress in Moscow. In 1904, they were for the first time exhibited in the gallery. On permanent display are complete and high-quality collections of Medieval Russian icon painting, including works by brilliant Andrey Rublev, works by well-known Russian artists of the 18th - early 20th centuries, including works by famous Peredvizhniki, as well as collections of precious stones and church plate from Moscow cathedrals demolished in 1920s-1930s.
Tretyakov Art Gallery |
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In memory of Alexander Pushkin, who died 170 years ago in a duel over his wife, the museum bearing his name showcases the gun that killed him. Other duelling tools on display, too.
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