Museum Association «Moscow City Museum» Moscow City Museum is one of the oldest culture institutions of Moscow, being founded in 1896, as initiated by the City Duma. It is a unique entity of culture keeping and representing the Russian State history from the Stone Age up to the present days. The Museum holds a supremely rich collection of artifacts that can tell you about the history of Moscow lands. The wide variety of the ancient cultures is well represented. Currently, The museum features over 1 million exhibits: - vast archeological pieces - graphical arts items ( series of paintings «Old Moscow» by
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Museum Association «Moscow City Museum»
Moscow City Museum is one of the oldest culture institutions
of Moscow, being founded in 1896, as initiated by the City
Duma. It is a unique entity of culture keeping and representing
the Russian State history from the Stone Age up to the present
days.
The Museum holds a supremely rich collection of artifacts that
can tell you about the history of Moscow lands. The wide
variety of the ancient cultures is well represented. Currently,
The museum features over 1 million exhibits:
- vast archeological pieces
- graphical arts items ( series of paintings «Old Moscow» by
A. Vasnetsov, works of I. Aivazovsky, V. Makovsky, V. Polenov,
V. Surikov, L. Pasternak, V. Nesterov, R. Falk and oters)
- oldmaps
- models of urban houses, clothes and furniture
-sculpture reproductions of urban people from different
centuries
- Models of the city
Archives of city and state organizations, collections of Moscow
guide and reference books, historical documents, photos, rare
manuscripts, posters and advertising bills are of particular
interest. The material sources stock gives an idea about the
local lore and life of the Muscovites during the entire history of