The Moscow Kremlin Museums participate in a large international exhibition project carried out by the State Historical Museum to mark the 1150th Anniversary of the origin of the Russian state. The exhibition, covering the period from the IXth to the XVIIth century, is intended to reveal the history of the medieval state of Rus, which arose in the IXth century due to collision and interaction between the barbarian world of the northeastern Europe and Byzantine Empire; its formation and development. The exposition incorporates the rare seen exhibits from the major museums of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.

The Moscow Kremlin Museums participate in the exhibition project, which is being carried out by the Federal Archival Agency of Russia to mark the 400th Anniversary of ending of the Time of Troubles – one of the most complicated periods in the Russian history, which covers the years of interregnum between the death of the last Russian Tsar of the Rurik Dynasty, Feodor Ivanovich, in 1598, and the establishment of the Romanov Dynasty in 1613. The exhibition incorporates archival documents and museum artifacts, revealing the overcoming of the Time of Troubles and establishment of the powerful Russian Empire under the Romanov dynasty.

The exhibition, being held in the Irkutsk Regional Art Museum, comprises artworks of the XVIIIth century from the Moscow Kremlin Museums and covers the period from the reign of Peter the Great to the time of Paul I. The presented items as a cultural heritage of the Imperial Russia reveal the unique atmosphere of the epoch of profound changes and outstanding achievements in science, political and cultural life of the country. Over 160 exhibits were loaned by the Moscow Kremlin Museums, including pieces of arms, insignia, precious tableware, interior furnishings and ceremonial and church utensils, decorative medals, tsar's garments, the rare seen memorabilia. The highlight of the exhibition is the group of artifacts, related to the figure of Peter I, one of the greatest and distinguished reformers of the country.

The Moscow Kremlin Museums participate in the international exhibition project carried out in the exposition hall of the Russian Federal Archival Agency. The historical and documentary exhibition, dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the Patriotic War of 1812, incorporates authentic documents and historical records of the period, brought together from the funds of the Russian State Historic Military Archive and other Russian federal archives, as well as original documents and copies from the archives of France, Finland and the Republic of Belarus. Within the display there are four pieces of firearms and cold arms of the XIXth century, lent by the Moscow Kremlin Museums. The collection includes a unique exhibit – the saber, which belonged to Emperor Alexander I.

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.

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.

The Moscow Kremlin museums take part in the exhibition project, carried out by the State Hermitage Museum, which covers the history of the monument of Saint-Petersburg’s architecture and culture - the palace of the city’s first governor Alexander Menshikov. The exposition includes prints, objects of decorative and applied arts, weapons and banners, books, documents and photographs, numismatic objects and archaeological finds recording different stages in the history of the palace. Five precious exhibits from the Kremlin Museums are presented within the display – the dirk and swords executed by the Olonets craftsmen, of which one had belonged to His Serene Highness Aleksander Danilovich Menshikov.

At the exhibition in the Samara Regional Art Museum the Moscow Kremlin present its famous collection of the Russian arms and armour. Over a hundred remarkable items of the XVIIth-XXIth centuries are on display, including arms and military equipment, used by the Russian warriors in battle, ceremonial and hunting weapons of the Russian Tsars, Emperors, leaders of the Soviet government and the current government officials of the Russian Federation. The exposition is completed with examples of awarded weapons of the Russian Empire epoch, handcrafted arms granted to the museum by modern craftsmen, ceremonial and memorial arms executed in our time.

The Moscow Kremlin museums assist in carrying out an exhibition project of the Russian Museum in the St. Michael's Castle, which is devoted to the culture of early Rus. The exhibition presents over three hundred artworks of the Xth-XVIIIth centuries from collections of the famous Russian museums, libraries and archives. The Moscow Kremlin Museums present over 40 outstanding artworks of the XIIth-XVIIth centuries, including icons, manuscript books, items of goldsmithery, pieces of pictorial and ornamental embroidery. Most of the items are usually exposed in the Armoury chamber or the Kremlin museums-cathedrals. Each of the presented articles is of high artistic and cultural value. Exhibits, worthy of special note, are the most ancient monuments of the Russian art of the pre-Mongolian period – items from Ryazan treasure-trove of the XIIth century

The exhibition, held in the Kazan Kremlin, has become one of the exhibition projects within the cultural collaborative programme carried out by the Moscow Kremlin museums and LUKOIL Oil Company in Russia’s regions. As the names of two museums are related to historical and cultural centers of the two cities the exhibition was decided to cover the history of the Moscow Kremlin.