Museums of Moscow 2015 (free): list, addresses, opening hours, reviews

Coming to the capital, tourists are eager to visit the main sights of the city. Few people know that you can visit the museums of Moscow (2015) for free. The list of the most popular places is presented in this article.

Museum of one district

The specificity of the Lefortovo Museum of History (1991) is that it introduces the history of just one metropolitan area. The visitor is given the opportunity to visit the famous German settlement of the early 18th century. Expositions - a collection of weapons, paintings and engravings - will acquaint with the great Russian emperor Peter I and like-minded Europeans who helped in the implementation of his innovations. The best perception of that era is promoted by a costume excursion. Lefortovo Museum will appeal to adults and children.

Many important events of the Russian state are associated with the Lefortovo area, which affected the course of historical and economic development. The emergence of the German settlement near the Yauza River falls at the time of the reign of Ivan the Terrible. However, in the Time of Troubles, it was completely destroyed by fire. Restore the German suburb was taken by Alexei Mikhailovich, father of the future Russian reformer. Construction was completed in 1652. In the German settlement, fate sent the young Peter one of his companions - Franz Lefort. A number of reforms in the social sphere and state life are connected with the name of this person. It is through his efforts that some of the best European shipbuilders and gunsmiths arrived in Russia, who helped realize Peter's dream - to create a naval fleet.

Personality you need to know

Subsequently, on the territory that adjoins the Yauza River, a sort of center was formed on the order of the tsar, where the best representatives of the high society worked on the embodiment of the emperor's ideas for reform. For the sake of this good deed, Peter the Great made a lot of efforts to create here the "Russian Versailles" with palaces and a park of European design. The new residence of the emperor - Lefortovo Sloboda - has now become the residence of like-minded people and comrades-in-arms of the tsar, prominent statesmen, who besides Franz Lefort were, for example:

• Jacob Bruce (originally from Scotland) - the creator of the Russian army, which met all the requirements of the military art of the time.
• Fedor Golovin, boyar, who led the ambassadorial order (the prototype of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs).

In addition, there was even a place for a military town with three regiments - Lefortovskiy, Semenovskiy and Preobrazhensky, as well as medical and church establishments.

Museum tours and visit times

Many interesting things can be learned from the expositions presented in the hall. For example, how the military-industrial complex developed. In the Soviet era, the well-established production of the famous Katyusha jet artillery installations was of great importance in the fight against the German invaders. Instruments were made for correcting the work of artillery. From here to the front went sanitary trains. Specialists of the Military Academy of Chemical Defense invented a "Molotov cocktail" - a bottle with an incendiary mixture for the disabling of armored vehicles.

About the events of the period of the 19-20th centuries you can find out by looking at the relevant photos, maps and documents of different years. The Lefortovo Museum is located on Kryukovskaya Street near the Semenovskaya metro station. Doors are open for visitors from Tuesday to Sunday (Monday - closed), museum opening hours: from 10 to 18. Be sure to visit this place, it is impregnated with the history of Russia and Moscow. Especially this exhibition should be seen students of historical faculties. If you are impressed by this place, then still worth visiting the museum of the history of the Gulag, opened in 2001.

Reviews about this museum are left by schoolchildren, students and people who accidentally came here. Many like the atmosphere and familiarization stories of the workers of the exposition.

Museum of Russian Harmonica A. Mirek

In the whole world, besides the Moscow museum, there are three other similar institutions. Two of them - in Europe (in German Klingtal, in Italian Castelfidardo), one - in the USA (Super Iore-Delus). It is convenient that you can visit such museums in Moscow (2015) free of charge. The list of such establishments is large enough, enough for a week.

The first harmonica was made in the far 1783, but the Russian masters managed to recreate it. Now the reconstruction as an exhibit is in the museum. The visitor is given the opportunity to visit the workshop where the harmonics were manufactured and repaired, plunge into the atmosphere of a pre-Soviet Moscow restaurant, enjoy the live sound of an accordion, bayan and harmonica.

Breaking the silence of the museum

In addition to the traditional boring walking through the halls, the program of excursions is dynamic: there sounds a provocative village melody, the guide suggests setting off to dance with dances. When else will there be a chance to become a direct participant in the festivities in the Moscow park almost 100 years ago? Well, how about no treats with native Russian hospitality, as they say, under the samovar? The museum of the Russian harmonica of A. Mirek should be seen by every tourist and resident of the capital.

The special exposition contains fascinating information about how key-and-wind instruments evolved from the territory of Russia, starting with simple harmonics with five valves (the middle of the 19th century) and ending with the improved bayans and accordions of the last century.

To the founder of the Museum of Russian Harmonics - Professor Mirek A.M. - the final section of the institution is dedicated. The institution is located near the Mayakovskogo metro station on 2 Tverskoy-Yamskaya street, house 18. On Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday you can visit the museum, in the morning it opens at 10.00, closes at 20.00 in the evening. On Thursday working from 11.00 to 21.00.

I would like to see the museums of Moscow (2015) open more often for free. The list will continue with other exhibition expositions. Each institution will acquaint visitors with the history of their country. There is knowledge that is accessible to everyone, you need to use such opportunities and attend exhibitions with the whole family.

Reviews about the museum are mostly positive. It will be interesting for everyone who loves music and folk instruments. Many pensioners are happy to attend the events organized by the exhibition holders.

Museum of Heroes of the Soviet Union and Russia

This object complements the famous panorama "The Battle of Borodino." In the museum there was a place for exhibits that tell not only about military feats of soldiers in 1941-1945, but also about ordinary Soviet people, without whose hard work it would be difficult to imagine successes on the fronts. The highest title for services to the socialist fatherland - Hero of the Soviet Union - was given to 11,600 citizens.

The idea of establishing an honorary award arose in 1934. This was prompted by an event almost 80 years ago, due to the unsuccessful attempt of the icebreaker "Chelyuskin" to break through the Arctic ice. Then seven experienced pilots hurried to help the daring polar explorers-the "Chelyuskinites", who were soon first awarded - they were awarded the title "Hero of the Soviet Union" (one of them posthumously).

What can you see in the museum of Heroes of the Soviet Union

Here visitors can see paintings that were drawn directly in the battlefields, photographs, documents, as well as personal items (including military equipment), which, before they were sent to the museum, were carefully kept by relatives, friends, acquaintances and colleagues . All these things could tell a lot of instructive stories of heroic and patriotic content.

In 2001, 10 years have passed since the title of hero was awarded to 1,5 thousand Russian citizens, including not only representatives of military professions, but also rescuers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, naval polar explorers and even athletes. A special exposition is dedicated to Astapov AS, under whose command the submarine raided Murmansk-Alaska under the ice of the ocean. The museum of the history of the Gulag will also be liked by all who are interested in the Second World War. There you can book an excursion by phone.

A year later part of the museum was located on Bolshaya Cheremushkinskaya 24. The conference hall, library and exhibition hall were located in separate rooms of the Museum of Heroes of the Soviet Union and Russia. The museum works six days a week, except Friday, from 10.00 to 18.00, except on Thursday - from 10.00 to 21.00.

In the book of reviews you can see a lot of written thanks for an interesting exhibition. Schoolchildren in the whole class express recognition to the workers of the institution and promise to return to the museum with their parents. "The history of the war should not be forgotten, memory makes us not do such actions in the future," - wrote one of the visitors to the exhibition, which is only 13 years old.

Other Free Museums in Moscow

These are not all cultural places of the capital. It is worth to visit other working museums in Moscow (2015) for free. The list is small, but enough to spend a week interesting and informative:

• Museum of water, Saryansky proezd, 13.
• Museum of horse breeding, Timiryazevskaya street, 44.
• Prospekt Mir 111, Museum of Astronautics.
• Museum of unique dolls, Pokrovka, 15.

Be sure to visit these institutions, rest will be interesting, and most importantly - free.