Exhibits

Pyotr Ossovsky: retrospective of paintings and graphics that marks the artist's 90th birthday, to June 7. Located at 21 Prechistenka. M. Kropotkinskaya. Noon to 8 p.m., Sun. noon to 7 p.m., closed Mon. 495-637-4771, www.rah.ru

Alexander Fersman Mineralogical Museum:

Permanent display: √PICK√ a collection of minerals from all over the world. Located at 18 Leninsky Prospekt, Bldg. 2. M. Oktyabrskaya, Leninsky Prospekt, then any bus to Bolnitsa Svyatitelya Alexia. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., closed Mon. and Tues. 495-954-3900, www.fmm.ru

Alexander Pushkin Apartment Museum and Exhibition Hall:

Pushkin and Moscow: permanent display. Located at 55/32 Arbat, entrance from Denezhny Pereulok. M. Smolenskaya. Ticket office open 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Thurs. noon to 8:30 p.m., closed Mon., Tues. and the last Friday of the month. 499-241-9295, www.pushkinmuseum.ru

Alexander Pushkin Museum:

Open Storage of rare books, paintings, graphics, porcelain, bronzes, ceramics, genealogical materials and private collections.

Pushkin and His Age (Pushkin i Yego Epokha): permanent display.

Pushkin's Tales (Skazki Pushkina): permanent display. Located at 12/2 Ul. Prechistenka. M. Kropotkinskaya. Ticket office open 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Thurs. noon to 8:30 p.m., closed Mon. and the last Fri. of the month. 495-637-5674, www.pushkinmuseum.ru

Andrei Rublev Museum of Early Russian Culture and Art:

Permanent display: icons, wall paintings, decorative art, manuscripts and black-letter books in the restored buildings of the former Spaso-Andronikov Monastery. Located at 10 Andronyevskaya Ploshchad. M. Rimskaya, Ploshchad Ilicha. Ticket office open 11 a.m. to 5:15 p.m., closed Wed. and the last Friday of the month. 495-678-1467, www.rublev-museum.ru

Andriyaka's Watercolor School:

Russian Watercolorists Society. A Time of Flourishing √NEW√ (Obshchestvo Russkikh Akvarelistov. Vremya Rastsveta): drawings and watercolors from the turn of the 20th century from museum and private collections, to July 12. Located at 17/1 Gorokhovsky Pereulok. M. Kurskaya. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., closed Mon. and Tues. 499-267-5435, www.andriaka.ru

Arkhangelskoye Estate Museum:

18th-Century Palace and Park Ensemble (Dvortsovo-Parkovy Ansambl 18 Veka) features works from the collection of Count Yusupov, permanent display.

Samovars from the 18th to the 20th century from a private collection, to Dec. 31. Located at Posyolok Arkhangelskoye, 5th kilometer of Ilyinskoye Shosse. M. Tushinskaya, then bus 549 to Arkhangelskoye or bus 151 to Sanatory. Park open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Exhibitions open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sat., Sun. and holidays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., closed Mon., Tues. and the last Wed. of the month. 495-797-5409, www.arhangelskoe.su

ArtPlay:

World Press Photo 2015, to June 13. Located at 10 Nizhnyaya Syromyatnicheskaya Ul. M Kurskaya, Chkalovskaya. Noon to 8 p.m. 495-620-0882, www.artplay.ru

Bakhrushin Theater Museum:

Anatoly Efros: The Space of a Master Class (Anatoly Efros: Prostranstvo Master-Klassa): a multimedia exhibit exploring the career of master theater director Anatoly Efros (1925-1987), to June 10.

Golden Age of Russian Theater (Zolotoi Vek Russkogo Teatra): posters, photos, costumes and other memorabilia of famous Russian actors and directors of the last two centuries, permanent display. Located at 31/12 Ul. Bakhrushina. M. Paveletskaya. Ticket office open noon to 6:30 p.m., Thurs. 1 to 8:30 p.m., closed Mon., Tues. and the last Fri. of the month 495-953-4470/4848, www.gctm.ru/museum

Bogoroditse-Smolensky Novodevichy Convent:

Novodevichy Convent and Cemetery: A beautiful 17th-century complex that was founded in 1524 by Tsar Vasily III, then, after the Time of Troubles, was significantly rebuilt and enhanced by the Regent Sofia, who was later confined here by Peter the Great with his unwanted first wife. Now belongs to the Moscow Eparchy of the Russian Orthodox Church. Located at 1 Novodevichy Proyezd. M. Sportivnaya. 499-245-3168, www.mepar.ru/eparhy/temples/?temple=1166

Brothers Lumiere Center of Photography:

Laurent Cherere's Flying Houses: √PICK√ works by this acclaimed French art photographer, to June 21.

The Birth of Formula One: photographs by Jesse Alexander from 1955 to 1971, to June 7.

The Soviet Photo: 20th-century photographs, to Sept. 6. Located at 3 Bolotnaya Naberezhnaya, Bldg. 1. M. Kropotkinskaya. Noon to 9 p.m., Sat. and Sun. 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., closed Mon. 495-228-9878, www.lumiere.ru

Central House of Artists:

Arch Moscow 2015: international show of architecture and design, to Sun. Located at 10 Krymsky Val. M. Park Kultury, Oktyabrskaya. Ticket office open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., closed Mon. 499-238-9634/9843, www.cha.ru

Christ the Savior Cathedral Museum:

History of the Christ the Savior Cathedral: permanent display. Located at 15 Ul. Volkhonka. M. Kropotkinskaya. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., closed the last Monday of the month. 495-637-1276, 495-924-8058/8490, www.xxc.ru/complex/museum/index.htm, www.xxc.ru/english/index.htm

Exhibition Hall of the Federal Archives:

History Returned √NEW√ (Vozvrashchyonnaya Istoriya): new documents from the history of Russians in emigration, to July 5. Located at 17 Bolshaya Pirogovskaya Ul. M. Frunzenskaya. Ticket office open noon to 6 p.m., closed Mon. and Tues. 495-580-8825, 499-245-1925, www.rusarchives.ru/evants/exhibitions/vzfar.shtml

Gallery 21 at Winzavod Center of Contemporary Art:

Artificial Life (Iskusstvennaya Zhizn): multimedia works by Alexandru Bunescu, Alexander Pogorzhelsky, Radu Belcin, Kostya Belyayev, Frank Herfort, Sergei Lotsmanov and others, to June 22. Located at 1 4th Syromyatnichesky Pereulok, Bldg. 6. M. Chkalovskaya, Kurskaya. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., closed Sun. and Mon. Free admission. 8-910-463-0404, www.gallery-21.ru/en

Gromova Gallery:

Jewels of the Universe √PICK√ (Sokrovishcha Vselennoi): art dolls by Ima Naroditskaya, to June 14. Located at 23 Savvinskaya Naberezhnaya. M. Sportivnaya. Noon to 8 p.m. 495-642-7236, 507-1071, www.elenagromova.com

Historical Museum:

The Bronze Age (Epokha Bronzy): permanent display.

The History of Russia From Ancient Times to the Early 20th Century (Istoriya Rossii s Drevneishikh Vremyon do Nachala 20 Veka): permanent display.

The Patriotic War of 1812 (Otechestvennaya Voina 1812 Goda): an addition to the permanent display.

Historical Museum affiliate:

The Romanov Chambers in Zaryadye: authentic interiors of a 17th-century Russia boyar home, permanent display. Located at 1/2 Red Square. M. Ploshchad Revolyutsii. Ticket office open 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Thurs. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., closed Tues. 495-692-4019, www.shm.ru

In Artibus:

I Wished to Work in the Manner of Callot √NEW√ (Ya Khotel Rabotat v Manere Callot): engravings by French Baroque printmaker and draftsman Jacques Callot, graphic works by Rembrandt, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Honore Daumier, Theodore Gericault and others, and texts and music by E.T.A. Hoffmann, to Aug. 23. Located at 17 Prechistenskaya Naberezhnaya, entrance from Kursovoi Pereulok. M. Kropotkinskaya. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sat and Sun. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., closed Mon. 495-640-0249, www.inartibus.org

Institute of Russian Realist Art:

Art in Evacuation (Iskusstvo v Evakuatsii): paintings, graphics, photographs, videos and documents from Russian museum collections, to Oct. 11. Located at 7 Derbenyovskaya Naberezhnaya, Bldg. 31. M. Paveletskaya, Proletarskaya, tram 3 to Novosspasky Dvor, entrance from Derbenyovskaya Ulitsa. Tues. to Sun. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., closed Mon., ticket office open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. 495-276-1212, rusrealart.ru

Iragui Gallery:

The Untouchable Lightness of Being √PICK√ (Neprikosnovennaya Lyogkost Bytiya): Brigitte Nahon's sculptural works address opposites: balance and imbalance, solidity and fragility, heaviness and lightness, the temporary and the eternal, to Sun. Located at 7 Malaya Polyanka. M. Polyanka. Tues. to Sat. 2 to 7 p.m., or by appointment 8-903-562-7241, 495-978-3213, www.iragui.com

Jewish Museum & Tolerance Center:

History of the Jews: This multimedia interactive exposition focuses on key historical periods and begins at the Beginning Theater with a 4D film based on the Torah, permanent display. Located at 11 Ul. Obraztsova, Bldg. 1A. M. Savyolovskaya, then two stops by bus 12 to Ulitsa Obraztsova. Sun. to Thurs. noon to 10 p.m., Fri. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. closed Sat. and Jewish holidays. 495-645-0550, www. jewish-museum.ru

Kolomenskoye Estate Museum:

Russian Tsarist Estate: built between the 15th and 17th centuries, situated on a high bank of the Moscow River and now an architectural museum.

Stable Yard (Konyushenny Dvor): This exhibition complex includes stables with Orlov and Russian trotters, a coach house with carriages and sledges, a smithy and a hayloft.

Tsar's Feast at Kolomenskoye (Tsarsky Pir v Kolomenskom): multimedia reconstruction of feasts put on by Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich in the 17th century, permanent show at Dvorets Alekseya Mikhailovicha. Located at 39 Prospekt Andropova. M. Kolomenskaya, Kashirskaya. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., closed Mon. 499-782-8917/21, mgomz.ru/kolomenskoe

Kuzminki Estate Museum:

Museum of Russian Estate Culture (Muzei Russkoi Usadebnoi Kultury): permanent display. Located in the Kuzminki Park at 6 Topolyovaya Alleya. M. Ryazansky Prospekt, then bus 29. Ticket office open 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., closed Mon. and the last Fri. of the month. 495-377-9457, 376-7610, www.kuzminky.ru

Lyublino Estate Museum:

Durasov Palace: perfectly preserved, early 19th-century manor that belonged to Moscow landowner Nikolai Durasov, permanent display.

Palace and Park Ensemble, built by Moscow landowner Nikolai Durasov, represents the mode of life of the 19th-century Moscow nobility, permanent display. Located at 1 Letnyaya Ul. M. Volzhskaya. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., closed Mon. 499-722-7189, mgomz.ru/lublino

Manezh Exhibition Hall:

Open Space √NEW√ (Razvyornutoye Prostranstvo): a video installation by Yelena Koptyayeva, to June 21. Located at 1 Manezh Square. M. Okhotny Ryad, Alexandrovsky Sad. Noon to 10 p.m., closed Mon. 495-645-9277, moscowmanege.ru

Meyerhold Center:

Witkacy: √NEW√ exhibit of photographs by Polish writer, painter, philosopher, playwright, novelist, and photographer Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885-1939), commonly known as Witkacy, Fri. to June 30 in the Green Foyer. Located at 23 Novoslabodskaya Ul. M. Mendeleyevskaya. 495-363-1048, www.meyerhold.ru

Mikhail Glinka Museum of Musical Culture:

Permanent display of musical instruments. Located at 4 Ul. Fadeyeva. M. Mayakovskaya. Ticket office open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., closed Mon. and the last day of the month. 495-739-6226, www.glinka.museum

Moscow Kremlin:

The Diamond Fund (Almazny Fond): items from the State Fund collection, permanent display. Located at the Moscow Kremlin. Borovitsky Gate entrance. M. Borovitskaya. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed Thurs. 495-699-2036, gokhran.ru/ru/exhibition

Moscow Kremlin Museums:

European Orders of Knighthood √PICK√ (Rytsarskiye Ordena Yevropy), to Aug. 30 in the Patriarchy Palace.

Memory of Victory. Awards of World War II (Pamyat o Pobede. Nagrady Vtoroi Mirovoi Voiny): orders and medals of the USSR from the collection of the Moscow Kremlin Museums, to June 24 in the Armory Chamber.

The Armory Chamber (Oruzheinaya Palata), the Patriarchy Palace (Patriarshiye Palaty), the Ivan the Great Belfry (Kolokolnya Ivana Velikogo), the Assumption Cathedral (Uspensky Sobor), the Archangel Cathedral (Arkhangelsky Sobor) and other cathedrals, permanent display. Located at the Moscow Kremlin. Borovitsky Gate entrance. M. Borovitskaya. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed Thurs. 495-695-4146, www.kreml.ru/en

Moscow Museum of Modern Art on Gogolevsky:

Vladimir Nemukhin and Lidia Masterkova: √PICK√ retrospective of works by these two avant-garde artists from museum and private collections, to Sun. Located at 10 Gogolevsky Bulvar. Metro Kropotkinskaya. Noon to 8 p.m., ticket office to 7:15 p.m., Thurs. 1 to 9 p.m., ticket office to 8:15 p.m., closed every third Monday of the month. 495-231-3660, www.mmoma.ru

Moscow Museum of Modern Art on Petrovka:

The Living Dead (Zhiviye Myortviye): Ivan Korshunov shows portraits of the last eight inhabitants of his native Village of Olshanka, to Sun. Located at 25 Petrovka. M. Chekhovskaya. Noon to 8 p.m., ticket office to 7:15 p.m., Thurs. 1 to 9 p.m., ticket office to 8:15 p.m., closed every third Monday of the month. 495-231-3660, www.mmoma.ru

Moscow Museum of Modern Art on Yermolayevsky:

Figures of Intuition (Figury Intuitsii): retrospective of photographs, videos and installations by Timofei Parshchikov, to June 21. Located at 17 Yermolayevsky Pereulok. M. Mayakovskaya. Noon to 8 p.m., ticket office to 7:15 p.m., Thurs. 1 to 9 p.m., ticket office to 8:15 p.m., closed every third Monday of the month. 495-231-3660, www.mmoma.ru

Moscow Planetarium:

Permanent shows: interactive museum with the Lunarium, Big and Small Star Halls, the Urania Museum and 4D Cinema Theater. Located at 5 Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya Ul. M. Barrikadnaya. 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., weekends and holidays 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., closed Tues. 495-221-7690, www.planetarium-moscow.ru

Multimedia Art Museum:

Amnesia: √PICK√ retrospective of neon works by American conceptual artist Joseph Kosuth, to June 25.

Fashion and Style in Photography: √FEST√ "Coming into Fashion: A Century of Photographs at Conde Nast," to June 7.

In Full Light (Na Svetu): works by American photographer Herb Ritts, to June 28.

Robert Capa: √PICK√ Retrospective of works by this Hungarian photojournalist who covered five wars: the Spanish Civil War, the Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II across Europe, the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and the First Indochina War, to July 19. Located at 16 Ul. Ostozhenka. M. Kropotkinskaya. Ticket office open noon to 9 p.m., closed Mon. 495-637-1100, www.mamm-mdf.ru/en

Museum of Applied, Decorative and Folk Art:

Masterpieces of Soviet Porcelain from the 1920s to the 1970s, permanent display.

Russian Folk Art From the 18th to the 20th Century: permanent display.

Russian Lacquer Miniatures by masters of Palekh, Fedoskino, Kholui and Mstyora, permanent display. Located at 3 Delegatskaya Ul. M. Tsvetnoi Bulvar. Ticket office open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed Tues. and the last Mon. of the month. 495-609-0146, Thurs. 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., www.vmdpni.ru

Museum of Moscow:

The History of Moscow from old times to the present, permanent display. Located at 2 Zubovsky Bulvar, entrance from Ostozhenka. M. Park Kultury. Ticket office open Tues., Wed., Fri. 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Sat., Sun. 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., closed Mon. and the last Friday of the month. 499-766-4196, www.mosmuseum.ru

Museum of Private Collections:

Permanent display in 23 halls includes 1,500 works of art.

Tale Tellers (Skazochniki): book illustrations by Vladimir Konashevich, Erik Bulatov, Oleg Vasilyev and Viktor Pivovarov from the 1930s to the 1980s, June 28. Located at 10 Ul. Volkhonka. M. Kropotkinskaya. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Thurs.11 a.m. to 9 p.m., closed Mon. and Tues. 495-697-1610, www.arts-museum.ru, artprivatecollections.ru

Museum of Russian Icons:

Permanent display: East European Christian art from the 6th to the 20th century. Located at 3 Goncharnaya Naberezhnaya, entrance from Bolshoi Vatin Pereulok. M. Taganskaya. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., closed Wed. 495-221-5283, www.russikona.ru

Museum of the Contemporary History of Russia:

From the English Club to the Museum of the Contemporary History of Russia: permanent display.

State Symbols of Russia. History and the Present Day (Gosudarstvennaya Simvolika Rossii. Istoriya i Sovremennost): permanent display. Located at 21 Tverskaya Ul., M. Tverskaya. Ticket office open Tues., Wed. and Fri. 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.,Thurs. and Sat. 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Sun. 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., closed Mon. 495-699-5458, www.sovr.ru

New Tretyakov Gallery:

20th-Century Sculptures from the gallery collection, to Sept. 27.

Alexander Rodchenko. Workers Club: (1885-1953): The reconstructed interior of a club for workers designed by this constructivist artist, permanent display.

Georgy Yakulov. The Master of Multicolored Suns √PICK√ (1884-1928): paintings, graphics and scenography from major museum collections, to July 19.

Hyperrealism. When Reality Becomes Illusion √PICK√ (Giperrealizm. Kogda Realnost Stanovitsya Illyuziyei): Soviet hyperrealism from the 1960s to the early 1990s, to July 26.

Main exhibit halls: a display of 20th-century Russian art.

Nikolai Kasatkin. Double Picture √PICK√ (Nikolai Kasatkin. Dvoinaya Kartina): retrospective of paintings from the 1970s to the present, to July 26.

Victory Day (Den Pobedy): paintings, graphics, sculptures, photographs, documents and installations, to July 19. Located at 10 Krymsky Val. M. Oktyabrskaya, Park Kultury. Ticket office open 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., closed Mon. 499-230-7788, 238-1378, 495-951-1362. Excursions 495-953-5223. An Autoline minibus runs from outside the New Tretyakov Gallery to the Tretyakov Gallery at 10/12 Lavrushinsky Pereulok daily at 12:20, 1:20, 2:20, 3:20 and 4:20 p.m., www.tretyakovgallery.ru

New Western Art Gallery:

European and American Art from the 19th and 20th centuries. Located at 14 Volkhonka. M. Kropotkinskaya. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Thurs. 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., closed Mon. 495-697-1546, www.arts-museum.ru, www.newpaintart.ru

Mihaly Munkacsy √PICK√ (1844-1900): works by this Hungarian painter, who lived in Paris and earned an international reputation with his genre pictures and large biblical paintings, to June 28. Located at 14 Volkhonka. M. Kropotkinskaya. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Thurs. 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., closed Mon. 495-697-1546, www.arts-museum.ru, www.newpaintart.ru

Oriental Art Museum:

Extra Storeroom (Osobaya Kladovaya): North Caucasian archeological findings from the 5th century BC to the 14th century AD, permanent display. Reservations required.

Permanent Displays: art of Korea, India, Iran, China, Asia, Siberia and others, permanent display. Located at 12 Nikitsky Bulvar. M. Arbatskaya. Ticket office open 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., Thurs. noon to 8:30 p.m., closed Mon. 495-691-9614/0212, www.orientmuseum.ru

Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts:

Livre d'Artiste √PICK√ (Kniga Khudozhnika): illustrations by Spanish artists Joan Miro (1893-1983) and Antoni Tapies (1923-2012), to June 5.

Permanent collection: works from ancient Egypt, Assyria, Greece and Rome, plus works from the Middle Ages to the early 20th century.

The Younger Breugels √PICK√ (Mladshiye Breigeli): works by the Breugel Dynasty of artists from Konstantin Mauergauz's collection, to June 28. Located at 12 Volkhonka. M. Kropotkinskaya. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Thurs. to 9 p.m., closed Mon. 495-697-9578, www.arts-museum.ru

Regina Gallery at Winzavod Center of Contemporary Art:

Future In Love With the Past (Budushcheye, Vlyublyonnoye v Proshloye): new paintings and graphics by Pavel Peppeshtein, to June 26.

The Auditorium √NEW√ (Zritelny Zal): Alexei Kallima shows portraits of his friends, to June 26. Located at 1 4th Syromyatnichesky Pereulok. M. Chkalovskaya, Kurskaya. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., closed Sun. and Mon. Free admission. 495-228-1330, www.reginagallery.com

RuArts Gallery:

Constuctions: black-and-white photographs by Mikhail Rozanov, installations, objects and sculptures by Riccardo Murelli, to June 20. Located at 10 1st Zachatyevsky Pereulok. M. Kropotkinskaya. Noon to 8 p.m. Free admission. 495-637-4475, www.ruarts.ru

Shchusev Architecture Museum:

Now and After '15 (Seichas i Potom '15): international video art festival, to June 21.

Palladio in Russia. Part 2: √PICK√ 20th-century Russian architecture in drawings, designs, graphics and paintings from major Russian museums, to July 26. Located at 5 Vozdvizhenka. M. Biblioteka Imeni Lenina, Arbatskaya, Alexandrovsky Sad. Ticket office open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thurs. 1 to 7 p.m., closed Mon. 495-691-2109, www.muar.ru

Solyanka VPA:

Trees Grow on the Rocks √NEW√ (Na Kamnyakh Rastut Derevya): Northern landscapes in photographs by Vladimir Medvedev, and in fragments from works by great 20th-century filmmakers, to June 21. Located at 1/2 Solyanka. M. Kitai-Gorod. Tues. to Thurs. 2 to 10 p.m., Fri. noon to midnight, Sat. and Sun. noon to 10 p.m. 495-621-5672, solyanka.org

St. Basil's Cathedral:

Sacred Relics of the Pokrovsky Cathedral (Svyatyni Pokrovskogo Sobora): stunning medieval interior, icons, books and other religious relics. Located at 2 Red Square. M. Ploshchad Revolyutsii. Ticket office open in summer, 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., in winter 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 495-698-3304 www.saintbasil.ru

State Center of Contemporary Art:

Video Focus: √FEST√ Face Shift: works by Arthur Elsenaar (The Netherlands), to Sun. Located at 13 Zoologicheskaya Ul. M. Krasnopresnenskaya. Noon to 8 p.m., Thurs. noon to 9 p.m., closed Mon. 499-254-8492/0674, www.ncca.ru

State Literary Museum:

Permanent display: books, manuscripts and other items that tell the stories of Russia's great writers. Located at 28 Ul. Petrovka. M. Chekhovskaya. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thurs. 2 to 8 p.m., closed Mon. 495-625-1226, www.goslitmuz.ru/ru/gos-lit-museum

Stella Art on Skaryatinsky:

I Need to Tell You So Much With My Art√NEW√ (Mne Tak Mnogo Nado Skazat Vam Svoim Iskusstvom): an installation by Moscow conceptual artist Yury Albert, to July 26. Located at 7 Skaryatinsky Pereulok. M. Barrikadnaya. Noon to 7 p.m., closed Mon. 495-691-3407, www.safmuseum.org

Tretyakov Gallery:

18th-Century Russian Drawings: pastels, watercolors, pencil, charcoal and other drawings from the gallery collection, to Oct. 4.

Main exhibit halls: masterpieces of Russian icon art and world-famous 19th- and early 20th-century paintings.

Pavel Fedotov. Theater of Life: √PICK√ works by this 19th-century painter known as the Russian Hogarth, to June 14.

Preserve for Russia (Sokhranit Dlya Rossii): Paintings from the Russian Cultural and Historical Museum in Prague, which, in the 1920s and the 1930s, became a major cultural center for Russian emigres, to Aug. 2.

Sergei Konyonkov: sculptures from the gallery collection, to Jan. 17. Located at 10/12 Lavrushinsky Pereulok. M. Tretyakovskaya. Ticket office open Tues., Wed., Sat. and Sun. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thurs. and Fri. 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., closed Mon. 499-230-7788, 238-1378, 495-951-1362. An Autoline minibus runs from outside the Tretyakov Gallery to the New Tretyakov Gallery at 10 Krymsky Val daily at noon, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 p.m., www.tretyakovgallery.ru

Triangle Gallery at Winzavod Center of Contemporary Art:

Buongiorno, Stranieri! √NEW√ (Dobroye Utro, Inostrantsy): an installation by Valery Chtak, to Juny 25. Located at 1/8 4th Syromyatnichesky Pereulok, Bldg. 6. M. Chkalovskaya, Kurskaya. 1 to 7:30 p.m., closed Mon. 499-340-3802, www.gallerytriangle.com

Tsaritsyno Museum:

Catherine the Great: (Velikaya Yekaterina): an exhibit devoted to the Russian empress, permanent display.

Masterpieces of the Tsaritsyno Art Collection (Shedevry Khudozhestvennogo Sobraniya Tsaritsyno): West European tapestry from the 16th to the 18th century, and 20th-century Russian glass and tapestry, permanent display.

Palladio in Russia. Part 1: √PICK√ Russian architecture from Baroque to Modernism in drawings, designs, graphics and paintings from major Russian museums, to July 26.

The Past and Present of Tsaritsyno (Byl i Nov Tsaritsina): the history of Tsaritsyno, permanent display.

The Silver Storeroom (Serebryanaya Kladovaya): works of Russian jewelry from the 16th to the 20th century, permanent display.

Tsaritsyno Antiquities (Tsaritsynskiye Drevnosti): archaeological findings, permanent display. Located at 1 Dolskaya Ul. M. Tsaritsyno, Orekhovo. Ticket office open 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Sat. 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., Sun. and holidays 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., closed Mon. Park open daily 6 a.m. to midnight. 499-725-7287, www.tsaritsyno-museum.ru

VDNKh:

110 Years of Chinese Cinematography: multimedia show, to Aug. 16 in Pavilion 13.

All-Russian Exhibition Center offers various trade, cultural and art shows and fairs. Located near M. VDNKh. Gates open in summer (April 30 to Sept. 28) from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m., and in winter (Sept. 30 to April 29) from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., 495-544-3400, www.vdnh.ru

Vladimir Vernadsky Geological Museum:

Permanent displays: Planet Earth, the History of Earth, the World of Minerals, Geological Curiosities and other displays. Located at 11 Mokhovaya Ul., Bldg. 2. M. Okhotny Ryad. Ticket office open Tues. to Fri. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sat. and Sun. noon to 6 p.m., closed Mon. 495-692-0943, www.sgm.ru

Yekaterina Cultural Foundation:

On Sharks and Humanity √NEW√ (Ob Akulakh i Chelovechestve): Exhibit of contemporary Chinese art dedicated to sharks and the crucial role they play in the marine ecosystem. Yekaterina Cultural Foundation and Parkview Arts Action joint project, Fri. to June 28. Located at 21 Kuznetsky Most, entrance No. 8 from Ul. Bolshaya Lubyanka. M. Kuznetsky Most. Ticket office open 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., closed Mon. 495-621-5522, www.ekaterina-fondation.ru

Zurab Tsereteli Arts Gallery:

Photography of the Victorian Age √PICK√ (Fotografiya Viktorianskoi Epokhi): British photography from the 1850s to the 1870s, to Sun.

Victory as the New Epic (Pobeda Kak Novy Epos): works by Konstantin Batynkov, Alexander Dzhikiya. Andrei Bilzho, Vladimir Nasedkin, Nikolai Nasedkin, Bogdan Mamonov, Leonid Tishkov, Sergei Shutov and others. Krokin Gallery project. to July 14. Located at 19 Prechistenka. M. Kropotkinskaya. Noon to 8 p.m., Sun. noon to 7 p.m., closed Mon. 495-637-2569/4771, www.tsereteli.ru, www.rah.ru

Smaller museums and galleries

Alexander Goldenweiser Apartment Museum:

Memorial Apartment of this distinguished Russian pianist and composer, permanent display. Located at 17 Tverskaya Ul., apt. 110. M. Tverskaya. Open Wed. noon to 4 p.m. Excursions by appointment. 495-629-2929, www.glinka.museum/about/apartment_museum_goldenweiser/

Alexander Herzen House Museum:

Small Mansion where the Russian civic philosopher Alexander Herzen (1812-70), best known for his autobiographical book "My Past and Thoughts" and social novel "Who Is to Blame?" lived before leaving Russia. Located at 27 Sivtsev Vrazhek. M. Kropotkinskaya, Smolenskaya. Ticket office open 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Thurs. 2 to 7:30 p.m., closed Mon. and the last day of the month. 499-241-5859, www.goslitmuz.ru/ru/herzen-museum

Alexander Ostrovsky House Museum:

Permanent display, about the life and work of this 19th-century Russian playwright who almost single-handedly created a Russian national repertoire. Located at 9 Malaya Ordynka, Bldg. 1. M. Polyanka, Tretyakovskaya. Ticket office open noon to 6:30 p.m., Thurs. 1 to 8:30 p.m., closed Mon., Tues. and the last Fri. of the month. 495-953-8684, www.bakhrushin.theatre.ru/branches/dmo

Alexander Pushkin Apartment Museum and Exhibition Hall:

Pushkin and Moscow: permanent display. Located at 55/32 Arbat, entrance from Denezhny Pereulok. M. Smolenskaya. Ticket office open 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Thurs. noon to 8:30 p.m., closed Mon., Tues. and the last Friday of the month. 499-241-9295, www.pushkinmuseum.ru

Alexander Scriabin Memorial Museum:

Permanent display: the house furnished as it was when the composer lived here from 1912 to 1915, including the library, paintings and pianos. Located at 11 Bolshoi Nikolopeskovsky Pereulok. M. Smolenskaya, Arbatskaya. Wed., Fri., Sat. and Sun. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thurs. 1 to 9 p.m., closed Mon., Tues. and the last Friday of the month. 499-241-1901, www.anscriabin.ru

Anatoly Lunacharsky Memorial Study:

Permanent display: an exhibit devoted to Anatoly Lunacharsky (1875-1933) — Russian writer, translator, essayist, art critic, politician and the first Soviet Commissar of Enlightenment responsible for culture and education. Located at 9/5 Denezhny Pereulok, Apt. 1. M. Smolenskaya. By appointment 499-241-8873, www.goslitmuz.ru/ru/lunacharsky-museum

Andrei Bely Apartment Museum:

Permanent display: personal belongings, portraits and rare archive materials of this acclaimed Silver Age poet and novelist. Located at 55 Arbat. M. Smolenskaya. Ticket office open 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Thurs. noon to 8:30 p.m., closed Mon., Tues. and the last Friday of the month. 499-241-9295, www.pushkinmuseum.ru, kvartira-belogo.guru.ru

Andrei Sakharov Museum and Public Center:

Permanent display devoted to the legacy of this human rights activist and physicist chronicles the political repression of Soviet citizens from 1917 to the 1980s with photographs and documentary materials. Located at 57 Zemlyanoi Val, Bldg. 6. M. Kurskaya. Ticket office open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., closed Mon. 495-623-4401/4420, www.sakharov-center.ru

Anna Golubkina Studio Museum:

Collection of Sculptures by this prominent master of the Silver Age art culture, a student of Rodin, permanent display. Located at 12 Bolshoi Lyovshinsky Pereulok. M. Park Kultury, Smolenskaya. Wed., Thurs. and Fri. noon to 6 p.m., Sat. and Sun. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., closed Mon. and the last Friday of the month. 495-637-2564/5682, www.tretyakovgallery.ru/ru/museum/branch/museum_studio_golubkina

Anton Chekhov House Museum:

Permanent display: the writer's Moscow apartment, with a small display of photos and manuscripts. Located at 6 Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya Ul. M. Barrikadnaya. Tues., Thurs., Sat. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Wed., Fri. 2 to 8 p.m., closed Mon. and the last day of the month. 495-691-6154/3837, www.goslitmuz.ru/ru/chekhov-museum

Anton Chekhov Memorial Museum at Melikhovo:

Permanent display: the house furnished more or less as it was when the writer lived there from 1892 to 1899 and wrote the famous play "The Seagull." Located in Melikhovo, from Kursky Station to Chekhov, then bus 25. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed Mon. and the last Friday of the month. 499-270-7991, www.chekhov-melikhovo.com

Art Deco Museum:

Mkrtich Okroyan's Collection of Art Deco sculptures, furniture and decorative art, permanent display. Located at 2/4 Luzhnetskaya Naberezhnaya, Bldg. 4. M. Vorobyovy Gory. Tues. to Sat. 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., closed Mon. and Sun. 495-639-9484, www.artdecomuseum.ru

Art4.ru:

Contemporary Russian Art collected by Igor Markin and housed in a private museum. Located at 4 Khlynovsky Tupik. M. Tverskaya. By appontment 499-136-5656, art4.ru

Belyayevo Gallery:

On the Path of Language (Tropoi Yazyka): exhibit dedicated to poet Joseph Brodsky, to June 7. Located at 100 Profsoyuznaya Ul. M. Belyayevo. 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., closed Mon. 499-793-4121, 495-335-8322, www.gallery-belyaevo.ru

Boris Pasternak Museum:

Permanent Display: The famous dacha home where the author of "Dr. Zhivago" weathered attacks after being awarded the 1958 Nobel Prize for Literature. Located in Peredelkino, 3 Ul. Pavlenko. From Kievsky Station to Peredelkino. Ticket office open 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Thurs. 1 to 7:30 p.m., closed Mon. and the last day of the month. 495-934-5175, www.pasternakmuseum.ru/index_angl.html

Bulgakov House:

Odd Flat: The communal apartment, in which Mikhail Bulgakov lived from 1921 to 1924, and which became the prototype of the "Odd Flat" where Woland resided with his court. Displays, performances, exhibits and excursions highlighting the life and work of Mikhail Bulgakov and his novel "The Master and Margarita." Located at 10 Bolshaya Sadovaya Ul. through the arch, Apt. 50. M. Mayakovskaya. 1 to 11 p.m., Fri. and Sat. 1 p.m. to 1 a.m. Free admission. 495-970-01619, www.dombulgakova.ru

Cervantes Institute:

Children of the Civil War in Spain Tell Their Stories: documentary exhibit, to Sun. Located at 20A Novinsky Bulvar, Bldg. 1-2. M. Krasnopresnenskaya. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sat. and Sun. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 495-609-9022/9422, www.moscu.cervantes.es/ru/default.shtm

Darwin Museum:

Pass the Path of Evolution: a new interactive multimedia exhibition, permanent display.

Permanent displays: Macroevolution, Microevolution, Zoogeography, The Diversity of Life on Earth, Live Exhibition and others. Located at 57 Ul. Vavilova. M. Akademicheskaya. Ticket office open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thurs. 1 to 9 p.m. closed Mon. and the last Fri. of the month. 499-134-6124, 783-2253, www.darwin.museum.ru/eng

Dom Ikony Na Spiridonovke:

Icons and other works of Christian art from a private collection, permanent display. Located at 4 Ul. Spiridonovka. M. Arbatskaya, Tverskaya. Noon to 10 p.m. 495-690-5474, www.dom-ikony.ru

English Courtyard Museum:

Russian-English Trade Relations (Russko-Angliiskiye Torgoviye Otnosheniya): This building, the cultural and commercial center of the English community in Moscow in the 16th and 17th centuries, reflects the development of Russian-English relations through the centuries, permanent display. Located at 4A Ul Varvarka. M. Kitai-Gorod. Ticket office open 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Thurs. 1 to 8:30 p.m., closed Mon. and the last Friday of the month. 495-698-3952, www.mosmuseum.ru/museum-menu-english-dvor.html

Fyodor Chaliapin House Museum:

Permanent display: a small exhibit devoted to the great Russian bass. Located at 25 Novinsky Bulvar. M. Barrikadnaya. Ticket office open Tues. and Sat. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wed. and Thurs. 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sun. 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., closed Mon., Fri. and the last day of the month. 495-605-6236, 252-2530, www.shalyapin-museum.org

Fyodor Dostoevsky Apartment Museum:

Permanent display: a small exhibit devoted to the author of "Crime and Punishment" and "The Brothers Karamazov" in the house where he was born. Located at 2 Ul. Dostoyevskogo. M. Novoslobodskaya. Ticket office open 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Wed. and Thurs. 1 to 7:30 p.m., closed Mon. and the last day of the month. 495-681-1085, www.goslitmuz.ru/ru/dostoyevsky-museum

Gary Tatintsian Gallery:

Yevgeny Chubarov (1934-2012): abstract compositions, to June 30. Located at 19 Serebryanicheskaya Naberezhnaya. M. Chkalovskaya. Tues. to Fri. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sat. noon to 6 p.m. closed Sun. and Mon. 495-645-4404, www.tatintsian.com

Gogol House:

Memorial Museum and Scholarly Library in this Moscow estate house where Nikolai Gogol spent his four last years. Located at 7A Nikitsky Bulvar. M. Arbatskaya. Mon., Wed., Fri. noon to 7 p.m., Thurs. 2 to 9 p.m., Sat. and Sun. noon to 5 p.m., closed Tues. and the last day of the month. 495-9256, www.domgogolya.ru

International Roerich Center:

Nikolai Roerich Museum: a collection of works by the great painter and philosopher known best for his landscapes of India, permanent display. Located at 3/5 Maly Znamensky Pereulok. M. Kropotkinskaya. Ticket office open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., closed Mon. 499-271-3417/20, www.icr.su

Ivan Turgenev Museum:

Moscow. Ostozhenka. Turgenev: permanent display about the life and work of this beloved novelist, playwright and poet. 37 Ul. Ostozhenka. M. Park Kultury. Ticket office open 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Thurs. noon to 8:30 p.m., closed Mon., Tues. and the last Friday of the month. 495-695-1078, www.pushkinmuseum.ru

Konstantin Stanislavsky Museum:

Permanent display: the home that was occupied by the co-founder of the Moscow Art Theater and the creator of the famous acting system. Located at 6 Leontyevsky Pereulok. M. Tverskaya. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thurs. 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., closed Mon. and Tues. 495-629-2855, www.mxat.ru/museum

Kornei Chukovsky House Museum:

Permanent display: The famous dacha of Russia's most popular children's poet and an influential literary critic and essayist. Located in Peredelkino, 3 Ul. Serafimovicha. From Kievsky Station to Peredelkino. Ticket office open 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Thurs. 1 to 7:30 p.m., closed Mon. and the last day of the month. 495-593-2670, goslitmuz.ru/ru/chukovsky-museum

Krokin Gallery:

Alexander Dzhikiya shows drawings from the early 1980s, to Sun. Located at 9 Klimentovsky Pereulok. M. Tretyakovskaya, Novokuznetskaya. By appontment. 8-964-564-0303, www.krokingallery.com

Lefortovo Museum:

Lefortovo. Landmarks of History (Lefortovo. Vekhi Istorii): the history of this Moscow district named after a close associate of Tsar Peter the Great, Franz Lefort, whose troops were stationed nearby in the German Quarter, permanent display. Located at 23 Kryukovskaya Ul. M. Semyonovskaya, Aviamotornaya. Ticket office open 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., closed Mon. and the last Fri. of the month. 495-360-0147, www.mosmuseum.ru/museum-menu-lefortovo.html

Leo Tolstoy Museum:

Permanent display: This museum dedicated to the author of "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina" has three branches. Branch at 12 Pyatnitskaya Ul. M. Novokuznetskaya. 495-951-5808. Ticket offices open 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Thurs. noon to 7:30 p.m., closed Mon. and the last Friday of the month. tolstoymuseum.ru

Lopasnya-Zachatyevskoye Estate Museum:

Permanent display: park with seven ponds and a main building, known first as the Goncharov House and later as the Pushkin Nest. The exhibit illuminates ties among the estate-owning family the Vasilchikovs and the Pushkins, Lanskies and Goncharovs. Located in Chekhov, 10 Ul. Pushkina. M. Yuznaya, then bus 365 to Skver Imeni Chekhova. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed Mon. and the last Friday of the month. 496-723-0389, www.chekhov-melikhovo.com/index.php/en/museum-melikhovo/lopasnya

Maria Yermolova Museum:

Permanent display: a small but elegant apartment museum dedicated to the great Maly Theater actress of the end of the 19th century. Located at 11 Tverskoi Bulvar. M. Tverskaya. Noon to 7 p.m., Thurs. 1 to 9 p.m. closed Tues. and the last Fri. the month. 495-690-5416/4901, www.bakhrushin.theatre.ru/branches/dme

Marina Tsvetayeva Museum:

Permanent display: house museum where the poet lived from 1914 to 1922. Located at 6 Borisoglebsky Pereulok. M. Arbatskaya, Smolenskaya. Noon to 5:30 p.m., Thurs. noon to 8:30 p.m., closed Mon. and the last Friday of the month. 495-697-5369, www.dommuseum.ru

Mikhail Prishvin House Museum:

Summer Estate of Russian writer Mikhail Prishvin (1873-1954). Located at 2 Dunino Village. M. Molodyozhnaya, then bus 121 to Lesniye Dali, ticket office open 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Thurs. 1 to 6:30 p.m., closed Mon. 499-553-8132, www.prishvin.ru

Mikhail Shchepkin House Museum:

Permanent display, about the life and work of this 19th-century Russian actor. Located at 47 Ul. Shchepkina, Bldg. 2. M. Prospekt Mira. Ticket office open Wed., Fri., Sat., Sun. noon to 7 p.m., Thurs. 1 to 6:30 p.m., closed Mon., Tues. and the last Fri. of the month. 495-600-6149, bakhrushin.theatre.ru/branches/dmsch

Museum of Jewish History in Russia:

Permanent display: artifacts representing the history of Jews who lived under Russian rule after the three partitions of Poland. Located at 10 Petrovsko-Razumovskaya Alleya, Bldg.3. M. Dynamo. Mon. to Wed. and Fri. noon to 7 p.m., Thurs. noon to 9 p.m., Sun. noon to 5 p.m., closed Sat. Free admission. 495-656-4571, www.mievr.ru

Museum of Unique Dolls:

Permanent display of antique dolls. Located at 13 Ul. Pokrovka. M. Turgenevskaya, Kitai-Gorod, Chistiye Prudy. Fri., Sat. Sun. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tues., Wed. Thurs. excursions at noon, 2 and 6 p.m., closed Mon. Free admission. 495-625-6405/7512, www.dollmuseum.ru

Nemirovich-Danchenko Apartment Museum:

Permanent display: the home that was occupied by the stage director, playwright and co-founder of the Moscow Art Theater. Located at 5/7 Glinishchevsky Pereulok, entrance 5, apt. 52. M. Tverskaya. 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., closed Mon. and Tues. 495-650-5391, www.mxat.ru/museum

Nikolai Golovanov Apartment Museum:

Memorial Apartment of this distinguished conductor who was expelled from the Bolshoi Theater three times, in 1928, 1936 and 1953, permanent display. Located at 7 Bryusov Pereulok, apt. 10. M. Tverskaya, Pushkinskaya. Open Mon. and Wed. 2 to 5 p.m. 495-629-7083, www.glinka.museum/about/apartment_museum_golovanov

Roza Azora Gallery:

Brod&Brod: architectural works by Alexander Brodsky Sr. and Alexander Brodsky Jr., to June 7. Located at 14 Nikitsky Bulvar. Mon. to Sat. noon to 8 p.m., Sun. noon to 6 p.m. 495-695-8119, www.rozaazora.ru

Sergei Konenkov Studio Museum:

Permanent display: works by this influential Russian and Soviet sculptor who spent more than 20 years in the United States and returned home in 1945 at the age of 71. Located at 17 Tverskaya Ul. M. Tverskaya, Pushkinskaya. Ticket office open 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., closed Mon., Tues. and the last Friday of the month. 495-629-6139, www.rah.ru/museums/muzey_masterskaya_s_t_konenkova.php

Sergei Prokofiev Museum:

Memorial Apartment where the composer lived from 1947 to 1953, permanent display. Located at 6 Kamergersky Pereulok. M. Teatralnaya, Okhotny Ryad. Wed. to Sun. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed Mon. and Tues. 495-692-7959, www.glinka.museum/about/museum_of_prokofiev

Silver Age Museum:

Bryusov House: "Valery Bryusov Memorial Study" and "Pushkin and the Silver Age of Russian Literature," permanent displays. Located at 30 Prospekt Mira. M. Prospekt Mira (circle line). Ticket office open 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Thurs. and Fri. 1 to 7:30 p.m., closed Mon. and the last day of the month. 495-680-8683, www.goslitmuz.ru/ru/bryusov-museum

Svyatoslav Richter Memorial Apartment:

Permanent display: the great pianist's apartment, with a display of photos and paintings, video and sound recordings. Located at 2/6 Bolshaya Bronnaya Ul., Apt. 59. M. Pushkinskaya. By appointment Tues., Thurs. and the third Saturday of the month noon to 2 p.m. 495-695-8346, 697-7205, www.sviatoslav-richter.ru

Tchaikovsky and Moscow Museum:

Memorial Apartment where the composer lived from September 1872 to November 1873, permanent display. Located at 46/54 Kudrinskaya Ploshchad. M. Barrikadnaya. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., closed Mon. and Tues. 495-691-1514, www.glinka.museum/about/museum_of_moscow_tchaikovsky

The GULAG History Museum:

Permanent display: Documents, letters, memoirs and personal belongings of GULAG prisoners. Located at 16 Ul. Petrovka. M. Kuznetsky Most, Teatralnaya. Ticket office open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thurs. noon to 7 p.m., closed Mon. and the last Friday of the week. 495-621-7310, www.gmig.ru

Vadim Zadorozhny's Vehicles Museum:

Permanent displays: retro cars, motorcycles, weaponry and airplanes. Located at Posyolok Arkhangelskoye, 4th km of Ilyinskoe Shosse, Bldg. 8. M. Tushinskaya, bus 541, 549, 568, 151, 541, 549, 568. M. Strogino, shuttle Strogino-Zacharkovo to Lipovaya Alleya. By car Novorizhskoe Shosse, near Arkhangelskoye. Ticket office open Tues. to Fri. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sat. and Sun. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., closed Mon. 495-662-3818, www.tmuseum.ru

Vasily Pushkin House Museum:

Small Mansion where this Russian neoclassical poet and an uncle of Alexander Pushkin lived from 1824 to 1830, permanent display. Located at 36 Staraya Basmannaya Ul. M. Krasniye Vorota. Ticket office open 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Thurs. noon to 8:30 p.m., closed Mon. and the last Fri. of the month. 495-637-5674, www.pushkinmuseum.ru

Viktor Vasnetsov House Museum:

Teremok: This Russian-style house, where the painter lived from 1894 to 1926, was built to Vasnetsov's sketches and drawings, permanent display. Located at 13 Pereulok Vasnetsova. M. Prospekt Mira. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed Mon., Tues. and the last Thursday of the month. 495-681-1329, www.tretyakovgallery.ru/ru/museum/branch/dmvasnecov

Vsevolod Meyerhold Apartment Museum:

Permanent display: a small museum devoted to the director who, until his arrest and murder in prison in 1940, was one of the world leaders of the avant-garde. Located at 12 Bryusov Pereulok, Apt. 11. M. Pushkinskaya. Ticket office open noon to 5:30 p.m., closed Mon., Tues. and the last Friday of the month. 495-629-9437, www.bakhrushin.theatre.ru/branches/mkm

Watercolor and Fine Arts Academy:

Museum of Watercolors: permanent display. Located at 15 Ul. Akademika Vargi. M. Tyoply Stan, bus 144, 227, 281 to Ulitsa Akademika Vinogradova. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., closed Mon. and Tues. 495-531-5555, ext. 298, www.academy.andriaka.ru

Zdes Na Taganke Gallery:

Side Effect (Pobochny Effekt): sculptural works by Yegor Plotnikov, Natalya Sitnikova, Irina Filatova, Nikolai Smirnov, Maxim Kharlov and others, to July 12. Located at 31/22 Taganskaya Ul. M. Marksistskaya. Any bus to Bolshaya Andronyevskaya Ulitsa. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., closed Mon. 495-678-5578.

Zoological Museum of Moscow University:

Permanent displays: All groups of animals, from single-celled to birds and mammals, mostly moulages. Located at 6 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ul. M. Okhotny Ryad. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed Mon. and the last Tues. of the month. 495-629-4435, zmmu.msu.ru