 Phone: (495) 692-4019, 692-3731
Address: 109012, Moscow, 1/2, Red Square
Location: metro stations 'Okhotny Ryad', 'Teatralnaya', 'Ploshchad Revolutsii'
Working hours:* Open every day, except Tuesday and the first monday of every month, 11am - 7pm (ticket office closes
Internet: www.russianmuseums.info/M414 - official web page The State Historical Museum - W469, official web site www.shm.ru
E-Mail:
eMail ('M414','mail.mus'+'eum.ru','M414'+'@'+'mail.museu'+'m.ru');
M414@mail.museum.ru,
eMail('shm','shm.ru','');
shm@shm.ru
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Description:
The unmissable red-brick palace with its silver roof, towering opposite St. Basil's Cathedral in Red Square, houses the State Historical Museum which is one of the main sightseeing attractions of the Russian capital. Designed by V.Shervud, this Museum was built to commemorate national history, and traces the development of Russia and its people from ancient times to the present. |
Museum's building(s):
The building itself is considered to be the most perfect example of the Russian Style of the 1870s. (architect -
V Shervud) |
Museum's services: equipped for invalid visitors
for museum professionals |
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Administrative phone: (495) 692-56-60,Fax (495) 692-62-67
Foundation and opening day: founded: 21.02.1872 opened: 27.05.1883
Organisation status: Federal
Organization form: non-for-profit
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