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10 museums in Moscow: where to take your child on vacation

Museum-panorama "Battle of Borodino"

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Address: Moscow, metro station "Kutuzovskaya", "Victory Park", Kutuzovsky prospect, 38
Working hours: Mon-Wed, Sat-Sun 10: 00-18: 00, Thu 10: 00-21: 00, except on the last Thursday of the month
Ticket price: 20-160 rubles, for children under 6 years old - free

Museum-panorama "Battle of Borodino" is a complex of expositions telling about the heroism of the Russian people. However, the central place in them, undoubtedly, is occupied by an exposition telling contemporaries about the events of the Patriotic War of 1812, in particular, about the battle at Borodino and the subsequent fateful meeting of Russian generals in the village of Fili on September 13, 1812. By the way, the so-called "Kutuzovskaya hut", which exactly repeats the house in which famous historical events took place, is rightfully considered the highlight of the museum. The panorama of the Battle of Borodino, whose splendor has been admired by thousands of visitors for tens of years, was created by the battle painter Franz Roubaud by order of Emperor Nicholas II in 1912 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Borodino.

Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics

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Address: Moscow, metro station VDNKh, st. Prospect Mira, 111
Working hours: Tue-Wed, Fri-Sun 11: 00-19: 00, Thu 11: 00-21: 00
Ticket price: 20-200 rubles, for children under 6 years old - free

Despite the innovations that surround the lives of today's children, many of them still dream of becoming astronauts. And if not, perhaps this is due to the fact that children know little about the history of the exploration of space by Russian cosmonauts? You can correct this annoying misunderstanding in this museum. Astronaut diaries, the first satellite, the living capsule of the first astronaut dogs, stuffed animals of the world famous Belka and Strelka - all this, and much more, the guides will be happy to show curious kids.

Museum visitors are offered souvenir medals made of the metal of real spaceships, food that astronauts eat, etc.

Big Planetarium of Moscow

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Address: Moscow, Krasnopresnenskaya metro station, Barrikadnaya, st. Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya, 5, bldg. 1
Mode work: Mon, Wed-Sun 10: 00-21: 00
Ticket price: 120-700 rub

The planetarium has recently been improved and is worth seeing with your own eyes! The starry hall has dynamic seating. A panorama of the starry sky is now proposed to be viewed with the help of a dome-screen, by the way, the largest in Europe.

In addition, there is a 4D cinema in the planetarium.

Museum of Railway Transport of the Moscow Railway

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Address: Moscow, metro station "Paveletskaya", st. Kozhevnicheskaya, 2
Working hours: Tue-Sat 10: 00-19: 00, Sun 10: 00-17: 45
Ticket price: 40-80 rubles

State Museum of Defense of Moscow

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Address: Moscow, metro station "Yugo-zapadnaya", Michurinsky prospect, Olympic Village, 3
Working hours: Tue-Wed, Fri-Sun 10: 00-18: 00, Thu 13: 00-21: 00
Ticket price a: 40-120 rubles, every third Sunday of the month admission is free

This museum is dedicated to the most significant event during the Great Patriotic War and World War II - the defense of the capital. For the upbringing of patriotism and true love for the motherland among the younger generation, it is very important that the feat of Russian soldiers is not forgotten. Go to this museum with your child, he will get a lot of positive emotions.

Andrei Rublev Central Museum of Old Russian Culture and Art

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Address: Moscow, metro station "Ploshchad Ilyicha", st. Andronievskaya square, 10
Working hours: 11: 00-18: 00. The upper temple is open to the public from May 15 to October 15, days off - Tuesday, Wednesday
Ticket price: 75-300 rub

Museum of ancient Russian culture and art. Andrei Rublev is located on the territory of the former Spaso-Andronikov Monastery, founded in the XIV century. The Spassky Cathedral of the 15th century, which is part of this architectural ensemble, is one of the main historical and architectural sights of Moscow. It is known that the icon painter Andrei Rublev himself took part in the painting of the cathedral.

The museum contains a unique collection of ancient icons, frescoes, wooden sculptures and other items of church applied art.

Paleontological Museum. Yu.A. Orlova

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Address: Moscow, metro station "Teply Stan", st. Trade union, 123
Working hours: Wed-Sun 10: 00-18: 00
Ticket price: 100-250 rubles, for children under 6 years old - free

Thanks to the huge panel, which depicts the stages of evolution, the child can be explained what the world was like before the appearance of man. The museum exhibits a full-length mammoth skeleton. In addition, the remains of a Tarbosaurus, the largest predator found by the Soviet-Mongolian expedition, are on display here. But herbivores are represented by a cast of a 30-meter diplodocus. In a word, a tour of this museum will not leave indifferent any kid.

Museum of entertaining sciences "Experimentanium"