Museums of Moscow

The Moscow Kremlin

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all_img_kremlin.jpg The Moscow Kremlin is a great monument of history and architecture; it has already become not only a symbol of Moscow but one for all Russia. Incomparable and grand ensemble of Kremlin rises on Borovitskiy Hill, in the very heart of Moscow.

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Novodevichiy Convent

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all_img_novodev.jpg Novodevichiy Convent was founded to the order of Moscow great prince Vasiliy III in 1524 to commemorate the regaining of Town Smolensk from Lithuanian hold. The architectural ensemble of the convent assumed its final shape by the end of XVII century. 

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Museum-Preserve Kolomenskoe

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all_img_kolomenskoe.jpg On the grounds of Kolomenskoe are located the premises of Gosudarev Dvor (Tsar’s Courtyard). The earliest building to survive nowadays is the Church of the Ascension. It was built in 1532 by the Moscow Grand Prince Vasili III in order to give thanks for the birth of his son and heir, Ivan, who later became Ivan IV, or the Terrible.

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The State Tretyakov Gallery

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all_img_tretyakovka.jpg The State Tretyakov Gallery is one of the largest museums in the world. The museum houses the main national collection, representing the evolution of Russian art from XI to XX century.The Museum was founded by the rich merchant Pavel Tretyakov in XIX century and he donated his collection to the city. 

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Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts

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all_img_ushkin_museum.jpg Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts has one of the largest and the most important collection of arts in Russia. It contains thousands of masterpieces of foreign works of  art (paintings, plastics, graphics, applied arts, archaeological findings and numismatics) from antiquity to the present day time.

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October in St.Petersburg

October 2, 2010, 15.00 Opening of action «Street. A place. For all» (Uralskaya str., 4) 314-65-35.

October 3, 2010, 12.00 - 17.00 Holiday «Is contact!» (The big area ЦПКиО it. C. M.Kirova). Read more...

September in St.Petersburg

September, 9-12                       The International professional exhibition of industry of beauty   “Nevskye Berega”.

In a period from 9 to September, 12 the long-awaited festival of beauty, sacred to the new breathings and tendencies in the world of fashion, will pass in the cultural capital Read more...