By the number of such, the metropolitan region is inferior only to Moscow and St. Petersburg. Museums in the Moscow Region can be divided into several categories: military, historical, local history, literary, museum-reserves, house-museums. It is convenient to visit them on weekends, making trips from the Capital and nearby cities.
Museums in Istra and on the way to it
To the west of Moscow is the city of Istra. It is convenient to get to it by train. You need to take a ticket to the Novoyerusalimskaya station. On the outskirts of Istra is one of the most beautiful monasteries in Russia - New Jerusalem. It is worth a visit, perhaps even thrice, in the summer, winter and golden autumn.
Near the monastery is one of the largest museums in the Moscow region. It is built in the rare style of "green architecture". The New Jerusalem Museum has a collection of 180 thousand exhibits on various topics:
- Archeology and Ethnography.
- Iconography.
- Painting and graphics.
- Decorative art.
- Numismatics and rare books.
Near the museum there is a small exposition of wooden architecture - a mill, a hut, a chapel.
On the way to Istra or in the opposite direction, that is, to Moscow, you can visit the village of Snegiri, where the beautiful monument "Frontier of Glory" is located. From Istra it is worth moving to Dedovsk. This small town has a museum of the history of the universe. Among its exhibits there are various fossils and fragments of meteorites.
Even closer to the capital, in Krasnogorsk, there is a museum dedicated to anti-fascist Germans.
Unusual museums of the Moscow region. Which are worth a visit?
It is difficult to surprise a local history institution, but among the museums of the Moscow Region there are also non-standard ones. They are definitely worth a visit! For example, the Pastila Museum, which is located in the historical center of Kolomna. His visit can be combined with tasting, and then go to the museum-kalachnaya. Get a lot of impressions!
Another unusual object to visit is the clown museum. He is in the famous state farm named after Lenin. You should look for him in the lobby of the local cultural center near the pond.
With children in the Moscow region it is worth a glimpse into three museums, the theme of which are toys. In Klin, these are Christmas tree decorations, and in Sergiev Posad, they are ordinary. Kolomna also has a toy museum with a diverse collection of teddy bears, porcelain toys and other items.
In Serpukhov there is a peacock museum. It is this bird depicted on the emblem of the city.
Of the museums whose subjects are dishes of Russian cuisine, it is also worth recommending the dessert museum in Zvenigorod and mead in Kolomna.
In the very north of the region is the village of Spas-Ugol, where one of the three Saltykov-Shchedrin museums in Russia is opened in the church building.
Military Museums of the Moscow Region
The capital region has a glorious military history, which is why museums on military subjects are diverse here.
From the Belorussky railway station in Moscow, you can take an electric train to the Kubinka station and visit the museum of armored vehicles, where a variety of tanks are presented, from the primitive early 1920s to the huge tank with the strange name “Mouse”, which was made in the Third Reich.
After tanks it is worth getting to know aviation. From the Yaroslavl railway station of the capital, electric trains run to Monino station, and there are many planes and helicopters in the open air and in the hangar nearby. From small ones like the Yak-23 to the white and wide-winged Tu-144.
Further, it will be useful to learn more about conquering the sky, so you should drop by the city of Zhukovsky, where the museum of conquering the sky is located.
In addition, it is worth visiting such military museums:
- Air defense. It is located in Balashikha district.
- Military uniform. A rare theme for the museum, it is located in Bahchivanji (a village in the Schelkovo district).
- Panfilovtsev. It is located in the village of Nelidovo. Next to it is an impressive memorial to the heroes.
- General Chuikov. One of the most remote museums in the Moscow region. About 180 kilometers to go to it.
Literary Museums
The metropolitan area is associated with the activities of many writers. They lived here, were inspired, created, and now you can visit their estates or house-museums.
Such are in almost all directions from the capital, for example, the Tyutchev Museum in Muranovo north of the capital and the Chekhov museums south of it. One of them is located in the city, which is named after the writer, and the second not far from it - in Melikhovo.
There is a Gaidar Museum in Klin, and one of Tsvetaeva's museums in Bolshevo.
On the way to Klin, you can call in Solnechnogorsk, and from it go to two museums of the Blok near the village of Shakhmatovo.
Museum Reserves
One of the most interesting types of museums that occupy a large territory and are worth visiting in winter and summer. For example, a large open-air museum complex is located on the Borodino field. It was fought not only in 1812, but also in 1941.
Another museum-reserve is called "Lenin Hills", it is located near one of the stations of the Paveletskaya branch. Once, it was actively visited by citizens of the USSR and foreign guests. Now the popularity is less, but several museum objects are located on the territory, including the museum of peasant life.
Another Lenin Museum Reserve is located in Podolsk near the station.
It is best to visit museums on May 18 or April 18, when they are usually free. However, some may work for free on New Year's holidays and on May 9th.