Russian National Museum of Music

For 110 years, the Russian National Museum of Music has evolved into a unique institution with an extensive collection of exhibits that has no analogues in the world. Starting with a small museum at the Moscow Conservatory in 1912, he managed to survive many difficult periods. The institution was expanded, reorganized, and the collection of unique museum exhibits was replenished.

Today it is a large museum and exhibition complex, which includes several museums, museum-apartments of famous personalities in the musical field, where you can get acquainted with musical instruments of different periods, cultures and peoples, documents and personal belongings of famous musicians, notes and manuscripts .

The complex has several types of halls where visitors can not only get acquainted with the collection, but also listen to music, see a theatrical performance, visit experimental modern exhibitions, and take part in interactive and educational programs.

This is one of the oldest music museums in the world. Employees are engaged not only in the preservation of heritage, educational activities through the organization of exhibitions and expositions, they also study exhibits, and conduct scientific activities. The unique platform allows using modern technologies and equipment to preserve and transfer the musical past to the present.

Numerous halls help visitors to get acquainted with the collection in more detail and more carefully, as well as learn more about the world of music. Some halls are platforms for exhibiting musical instruments, documents and manuscripts. Others are comfortable and cozy concert venues where many events are held, and not only musical ones. It can be theatrical performances, lectures, seminars, interactive games.

In the warm season, you can visit the "Summer" hall; in the open air, where concerts, dance evenings, film screenings are held. It is convenient that the cafe of the museum is located nearby. Hall «Prokofievsky» allows you to enjoy concerts of organ music, theatrical performances. Hall "Stained Glass" – an experimental platform for the implementation of interesting modern projects.

For many years, the museum staff has managed to maintain the high status of one of the oldest and largest collections of exhibits in the musical world. A huge number of unique storage units allows you to immerse yourself in the world of music, touch the creative process and life of great musicians, learn how various musical instruments look and sound.