Attention please!

Dear guests of the Moscow Kremlin and its museums!
On May, 06, 2012, the territory of the Moscow Kremlin and its museums are closed for visiting till 1 p.m.
On May, 07 and May, 09, 2012, the territory of the Moscow Kremlin and its museums are closed for visiting the whole day long.

Welcome to the Moscow Kremlin!

The Moscow Kremlin is a symbol of the Russian State, one of the greatest architectural complexes in the world, a treasure house of magnificent relics and monuments of art.
Our website contains all the information required for planning a visit to the Kremlin.

The section "Kremlin map" represents an interactive map with pictures and description of all the towers and architectural monuments in the territory of the Moscow Kremlin as well as information on famous Tsar Bell and Tsar Cannon.

The section "Kremlin museums" is dedicated to remarkable expositions in the Moscow Kremlin museums, including the Armoury Chamber, the Assumption, Archangel’s and Annunciation cathedrals, the Church of Laying Our Lady’s Holy Robe, the Patriarch’s Palace with the Twelve Apostles’ Church and the Ivan the Great Bell-Tower complex.

The section "Exhibitions", the rubric "Exhibitions in the Moscow Kremlin" explores exhibition projects carried out in the Moscow Kremlin for you today.

In the section “Information”, the rubric “Tickets”, you can find information on ticket price for visiting the Moscow Kremlin, the museums-cathedrals and current exhibitions.

In our “Guestbook” you can leave comments and answer any questions concerning Moscow Kremlin Museums and its website.

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Ceremonial of the equestrian and pedestrian procession of the President regiment

Dear guests of the Moscow Kremlin and its museums!
From April to October, 2012, on Saturdays, at 12.00 a demonstration of the ceremonial of the equestrian and pedestrian procession of the President regiment takes place in the Cathedral Square of the Moscow Kremlin.

On the last Saturday of a month the ceremonial of the equestrian and pedestrian procession runs in Red Square at 14.00.

New exposition "Treasures and antiquities of the Moscow Kremlin" on the lower ground floor of the Annunciation Cathedral is to be opened soon

The exposition presents a collection of high historical and artistic value, containing precious artworks and utensils, most part which had been found and explored during the archeological excavations and scientific researches. These exhibits, closely related to the history of the Moscow state, development of the Russian Tsars’ treasure houses, are arranged within a unique display placed on the lower ground floor of the Annunciation Cathedral, where the treasury of Grand Princes has been kept for many centuries. Over 1500 items of the XIIth-XVIIth centuries, including pieces of jewellery, arms and armour, silver and gold bullions and coins, served as valuable material possessions and reveal the economic potential and level of prosperity of the Russian state and its high ranking officials in particular.

Terms of visiting

Henry Moore
and the Classic Canon of Modern Sculpture

The Kremlin museums' exhibition halls - the Assumption Belfry and One-Pillar Chamber of the Patriarch's Palace - host a specially selected exhibition dedicated to a legendary British artist of the XXth century Henry Moore. His works are being preserved in the world’s largest museums and his monumental sculptures are located around the world as public works of art. The exhibition is to give a retrospective of the Moore's career and oeuvre, from his early carvings in stone, wood and marble, to experiments into biomorphic surrealism in the 1930s, investigations into constructivism, abstract and figurative sculptures from the 1980s. The display also includes a remarkable collection of Moor’s graphics and drawings as well as fabrics tapestries, crafted according to his designs.

To learn more about the exhibition please visit the Henry Moore Foundation website.

The project is carried out by the Kremlin Museums and the Henry Moore Foundation in collaboration with the British Council.

General partner of the project is OAO NOVATEK.
With the assistance of ROSBANK, Statoil ASA.

Tickets for the exhibition

The opening of the exhibition in the Moscow Kremlin Museums from britishcouncilrus on Vimeo
Lecture delivered by Anita Feldman "Moore and Architecture" in English
Lecture delivered by Andrea Rose "Henry Moore and Public Sculpture" in English

Russian-German relations: a thousand-year history of history, culture and arts

The Moscow Kremlin Museums provide support for an international exhibition project, carried out by the leading museums and archives of Russia and Germany. The exhibition is held in the State Historical Museum and incorporates 500 unique artefacts, dating from the Middle Ages to the late XXth century, which are to reveal the history and peculiarities of the Russian-German political and cultural relations. Through the numerous outstanding pieces of decorative and applied arts, jewellery, paintings, historical records and relics, the exposition is intended to explore the distinguished persons and events of the past thus giving a clear picture of the differences and points of contact between our countries. 30 artworks of the XVIIth century are loaned by the Moscow Kremlin Museums, i.e. precious tableware and interior furnishings and utensils, crafted by the renowned goldsmiths from Nuremberg and Augsburg, the renowned European centers of precious metals processing industry.

Icon painters of the XVIIth century at the Tsars’ court

The exhibition, organized by the Kirillo-Belozersky State Historical Architectural Art museum-reserve in collaboration with the Moscow Kremlin Museums, is dedicated to the renowned icon painters of the XVIIth century from the Tsar’s workshops. Over 30 unique icons of high artistic and cultural value were loaned from the Moscow Kremlin funds specially for the display. The collection includes artworks by the distinguished Russian icon painters Simon Ushakov, Fyodor Zubov, Mikhail Milutin, Kirill Ulanov and others. The precious exhibits were crafted as christening (measured) icons with images of saints – heavenly patrons of members of the Tsar’s family, and as the icons for the iconostases placed in the Kremlin churches and cathedrals. The presented items reveal the level of craftsmanship of the XVIIth century painters, who exerted a considerable influence on the development of the Russian art of that historical period.

Gifts of the Sultans:
The Arts of Giving at the Islamic Courts

The Moscow Kremlin Museums take part in an international exhibition project which is to present Islamic art and culture from the VIIIth to the XIXth century through the universal tradition of gift giving. The exhibition, assembled in the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar, was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) with the support of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), Houston, and features more than 200 masterpieces gathered from museums and private collections of Europe, America and the Middle East. Having been composed of precious, historically significant pieces of Islamic art, most part of which can be classified as state, religious or personal gifts, the exhibition explores the impact of gift giving on the development of Islamic art. For the purpose of revealing the integral and complex nature of gift exchange in the Islamic world the Moscow Kremlin Museums have lent 16 artworks of the XVIIth century, which had been crafted by the Iranian and Turkish makers and presented to Russian tsars and their relatives as diplomatic gifts.

The State Historical cultural museum-preserve "Moscow Kremlin" has the honor to invite you to participate in the conference "The Moscow Kremlin in 1812", dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the victory of Russia in the Napoleonic War of 1812. The conference is being held from October, 30, to November, 02, 2012, in the conference hall of the Armoury Chamber.

Science projects

Dear guests! Please take notice of the website section "Science projects", which is devoted to a labour-intensive process of restoration works and research activities, intented for a long-term preservation of the monuments in the territory of the Moscow Kremlin.

Contact us

Directorate phone: (495) 624-55-03, fax: (495) 621-66-62, e-mail: head@kremlin.museum.ru International department phone: (495) 697-80-86 phone./fax: (495) 697-17-53, e-mail: interdep@kremlin.museum.ru Press-service phone: (495) 695-41-87, e-mail: prs@kremlin.museum.ru

Dear visitors! You are welcome to make a visit to a virtual exhibition "Wooden Sculpture in the Moscow Kremlin’s Fund", which is to introduce a remarkable collection of masterpieces of wooden church sculpture from the Moscow Kremlin museums' funds. The collection includes carved artworks of various types, i.e. statues of saints, relief icons, sculpture for iconostasis, small carved icons, crosses and icon with foldable side flaps of the period from the XVth to the early XXth century.

Dear guests!
You can see over 1000 images of the Moscow Kremlin exhibits, published on our website, to have a look at the main Museum's collection.

We are glad to inform you, that a new catalogue accompanying the exhibition "Henry Moore and the Classic Canon of Modern Sculpture" can be purchased in the museum's ticket offices and its exhibition halls. presents over 80 artworks from collections of the Henry Moore Foundation, the British Council, the Tate Gallery, the British Museum and gives a retrospective of the Moore's career and oeuvre, from his early carvings in stone, wood and marble, to experiments into biomorphic surrealism in the 1930s, investigations into constructivism, abstract and figurative sculptures from the 1980s.