Moscow Kremlin Museums: KIDS

What to see in the Kremlin

ARMOURY CHAMBERA world-wide known treasure house keeps a precious collection of ancient Russian regalia, ceremonial royal dresses, hierarchs' vestments, gold- and silverware, arms and armour, royal carriages and horse ceremonial harness made by Russian, European and Eastern masters.
ASSUMPTION CATHEDRALFor many centuries it has been the principal cathedral of the Russian State and the burial place of metropolitans and patriarchs.
ARCHANGEL CATHEDRALThe burial place of grand princes of Moscow, appanage princes and first Russian tsars. It is devoted to the Archangel Michael, patron saint of Russian warriors.
ANNUNCIATION CATHEDRALPrivate chapel of the Moscow grand princes and Russian tsars and an outstanding monument of Russian architectural tradition.
CHURCH OF THE DEPOSITION OF THE VIRGIN'S ROBEThe private chapel of metropolitans and patriarchs of Moscow and All Russia, with the unique interior of the 17th century, and the exposition of Russian wooden sculpture and carvings of the 15th-19th centuries in its gallery.
PATRIARCH'S PALACE AND THE TWELVE APOSTLES' CHURCHOne of the best monuments of Moscow civil architecture of the mid-17th century. Nowadays, the Cross Chamber, the Front Anteroom, the refectory and the Twelve Apostles' Church house the exposition exploring the history and peculiarities of Russian culture through the 17th century.
ARCHITECTURAL ENSEMBLE OF THE MOSCOW KREMLINThe territory of the Moscow Kremlin is a place of high historical and cultural value, housing architectural monuments of the 14th to 20th centuries.
'ASCENSION CONVENT IN THE MOSCOW KREMLIN' EXPOSITIONThe exposition in the southern annex of the Archangel Cathedral is devoted to one of the oldest and venerated monasteries in Russia – the Ascension (Voznesensky) Convent in the Moscow Kremlin, which was founded by Grand Princess Eudokia, the wife of Grand Prince Dmitry Donskoy.
EXPOSITION IN THE SIDE CHAPEL OF ST VARUSThe appearance of the side chapel of St Varus the Martyr is related to the late history of the Archangel Cathedral. The side chapel was originally constructed in the Kremlin’s earliest Church of the Nativity of John the Baptist, which was situated by the Botovitskaya Tower gates.
'TREASURES AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE MOSCOW KREMLIN' EXPOSITIONThe exposition arranged in the basement of the cathedral comprises monuments and artefacts found during archeological excavations and scientific researches on the Moscow Kremlin territory as well as those related to the history of the development of the Russian Tsars' treasure houses or derived from the collections and treasures of Russian noble people, high ranking officials and ancient monasteries.
EXPOSITION OF RUSSIAN WOODEN SCULPTURE AND CARVINGSExposition in the northern cloister of the church displays the collection of Russian wooden sculpture and carvings of the Moscow Kremlin Museums. Monumental iconic sculptures, carved icons, small crosses and folding icons give an idea of the development of church art in the 15th-19th centuries. The basis of the collection is pieces of art historically related to the Kremlin, its churches and monasteries. Most of them date back to the 17th century, the prosperity of the Armoury Chamber, which had become the biggest art centre of Russia by that time. The display presents works of different types made in such cultural centres as Moscow, Novgorod, Rostov Velikiy and the monasteries of the Russian North.
TSAR CANNONThe finest example of the bronze casting technology in the Tsardom of Russia is placed at Ivanovskaya Square.
TSAR BELLThe Tsar Bell, considered to be the largest bell in the world, is exposed in the Ivanovskaya Square standing on the stone base to the east of the Ivan the Great Bell-Tower.
ARTILLERY PIECESThe collection of artillery pieces of the Moscow Kremlin Museums, numbering about 800 items, is one of the largest of its kind in Russia.
MUSEUM OF HISTORY OF THE KREMLIN ARCHITECTURAL ENSEMBLE IN THE 'IVAN THE GREAT' BELL TOWER"He who has never climbed to the top of Ivan the Great, who has never had an opportunity to take in the whole of the ancient capital at one glance from end to end, who has never admired that majestic panorama, stretching almost beyond that range of vision, knows absolutely nothing about Moscow…" Mikhail Lermontov

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