Vladimir Filonov / MT

Check out the winners of “The Best of Russia 2011” photography competition, on display at contemporary art center Winzavod.

11.12 Gallery at Winzavod Center of Contemporary Art:
Alexander Zhirnoklyuyev shows recent paintings from his “On Black” series, through Thursday. Located at 1 4th Syromyatnichesky Pereulok, Bldg. 6. M. Chkalovskaya, Kurskaya. Noon to 8 p.m., closed Mon. 798-5430, www.paperworks.ru

Aidan Gallery at Winzavod Center of Contemporary Art:
Surikov Art Institute Students show their works, to Feb. 27. Located at 1 4th Syromyatnichesky Pereulok, Bldg. 6. M. Chkalovskaya, Kurskaya. 1 to 8 p.m., closed Mon. 228-1158, www.aidangallery.ru/en

Anna Golubkina Studio Museum:
Zaraisk Angels (Angely Zaraiska): paintings and graphics by Vladimir Pimenov, to July 8. Located at 12 Bolshoi Lyovshinsky Pereulok. M. Park Kultury, Smolenskaya. Wed., Thurs. and Fri. noon to 7 p.m., Sat. and Sun. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 637-2564/5682.

Brothers Lumiere Center of Photography at Krasny Oktyabr:
Photography and Neo Realism in Italy 1945-65, to Feb. 26.
New Silver City. Petersburg Photography From the 20th and 21st Centuries (Serebryany Gorod. Peterburgskaya Fotografiya 20-21 vekov), to Feb. 26. Located at 3 Bolotnaya Naberezhnaya, Bldg. 1. M. Polyanka. Tues. to Fri. 2 to 9 p.m., Sat. and Sun. noon to 8 p.m., closed Mon. 795-1755, www.lumiere.ru

Central House of Artists:
Grey Monitors (Seriye Ekrany): a multimedia installation by Valentin Korzhov, to Feb. 25. Located at 10 Krymsky Val. M. Park Kultury, Oktyabrskaya. Ticket office open 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., closed Mon. 8-499-238-9634/1245, www.cha.ru

Classical Photography Gallery:
MT Pick Christopher Burkett: photographs, to April 15. Located at 23 Savvinskaya Naberezhnaya, Bldg. 1. Wed. to Sun. noon to 9 p.m., closed Mon. and Tues. 495-510-7714, classic-gallery.ru

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. 690-5474, www.dom-ikony.ru

Dom Nashchokina Gallery:
Lyalya Kuznetsova: retrospective of photographs, to March 4. Located at 12 Vorotnikovsky Pereulok. M. Mayakovskaya. Ticket office open noon to 7 p.m. 699-1178/4774, www.domnaschokina.ru

Era Foundation:
MT Pick New Processes of Life (Zhiznenniye Protsessy): videos by Alexandra Mitlyanskaya, to Feb. 29. Located at 13 Trubnikovsky Pereulok. M. Barrikadnaya. Tues. to Fri. 1 to 6 p.m., Sat. noon to 4 p.m., closed Mon. and Sun. 690-5146, www.erafound.org

Fine Art:
Igor Vulokh shows recent paintings and graphics, to Tues. Located at 3 Bolshaya Sadovaya Ul., Bldg. 10, in the yard of the Pekin restaurant. M. Mayakovskaya. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sat. noon to 6 p.m., closed Sun. 251-7649, www.galleryfineart.ru

FotoSoyuz Gallery:
Icy Regions of the Earth (Ledyaniye Kraya Zemli): photographs by Alexei Nagayev, through Thursday. Located at 5 Ul. Pokrovka. M. Chistiye Prudy, Kitai-Gorod. Tues. to Fri. 1 to 7 p.m., Sat. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., closed Sun. and Mon. Free admission. 621-5727, www.photounion.ru

Galeyev Gallery:
MT Pick Premiere of the 2010 Collection: Moscow Club of Fine Art Collectors shows over a hundred works. A detailed illustrated catalogue is available, to March 1. Located at 19/6 Bolshoi Kozikhinsky Pereulok. M. Mayakovskaya. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sat. and Sun. noon to 6 p.m., closed Mon. 699-8383/8550/9854, www.ggallery.ru

Gallery 21:
Traveling. Transitional Impressions (Puteshestvovat. Promezhutochniye Vpechatleniya): works by Sergei Ogurtsov, Sergei Lotsmanov, Alexander Povzner and other young artists, to Tues. Located at 11 Pugovishnikov Pereulok, Bldg. 3. M. Park Kultury, Frunzenskaya. By appointment 8-910-463-0404, 8-499-245-1125, www.gallery-21.ru/en

Historical Museum:
Happy New Year, Dear Comrades! (S Novym Godom, Dorogiye Tovarishchi!): New Year’s decorations, carnival costumes, postcards, posters, photographs and other items from the early 1900s to the1980s, to Feb. 27.
The Epoch of Bronze (Epokha Bronzy): new permanent display.
Located at 1/2 Red Square. M. Ploshchad Revolyutsii. Ticket office open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sun. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., closed Tues. and the first Mon. of the month. 692-4019/5660, www.shm.ru

Kovcheg Gallery:
MT Pick New Insured Accident (Strakhovoi Sluchai): floods, fires, eruptions, suicides and other force majeures in fine arts from the 20th and the 21st centuries, Fri. to March 18. Located at 12 Ul. Nemchinova. M. Timiryazevskaya, then bus 87 or 206 to Gostinitsa Molodyozhnaya. Ticket office open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., closed Mon. and Tues. 977-0044/88, www.kovcheg-art.ru

M&J Guelman Gallery at Winzavod Center of Contemporary Art:
New In Praise of Folly or the Architecture of Russian Capitalism (Pokhvala Gluposti ili Arkhitektura Russkogo Kapitalizma): paintings and graphics by Diana Machulina, to March 12. Located at 1 4th Syromyatnichesky Pereulok, Bldg. 6. M. Chkalovskaya, Kurskaya. Noon to 8 p.m., closed Mon. 228-1159, www.guelman.ru

M’ARS Center of Contemporary Art:
New Works From the Gallery Collection, to Feb. 28. Located at 5 Pushkaryov Pereulok. M. Tsvetnoi Bulvar, Sukharevskaya. Ticket office open noon to 8 p.m., closed Mon. 623-5610/6690, www.marsgallery.ru

Moscow Kremlin Museums:
New Henry Moore (1898-1986): retrospective of works by this English sculptor and artist best known for his semi-abstract monumental bronze sculptures, Wed. to May 10. 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:
Dust and Scratches: works by prominent contemporary photographers, to Sun. Located at 10 Gogolevsky Bulvar. Metro Kropotkinskaya. Noon to 7 p.m. 694-6600, www.mmoma.ru

Moscow Museum of Modern Art on Tverskoi:
MT Pick Juan Hernandez Pijuan (1931-2005): retrospective of works, to March 11. Located at 9 Tverskoi Bulvar. M. Tverskaya. Noon to 8 p.m. 694-6660, www.mmoma.ru

Moscow Museum of Modern Art on Yermolayevsky:
Totart: multimedia installation by Natalya Abalakova and Anatoly Zhigalov, to Feb. 26. Located at 17 Yermolayevsky Pereulok. M. Mayakovskaya. Ticket office open noon to 7:15 p.m. 231-4405/08, www.mmoma.ru

Multimedia Art Museum:
Kommersant. Free Camera: photographs from the Kommersant Publishers collection, to Feb. 26.
Nome, Cose, Citta (Imena, Veshchi, Goroda): Italian photographs by Svetlana Konegen, to Feb. 26.
Taryn Simon. Photographs and Texts, to Sun. Located at 18 Ul. Ostozhenka. M. Kropotkinskaya. Ticket office open noon to 9 p.m., closed Mon. 637-1100, www.mamm-mdf.ru

Nashi Khudozhniki Gallery:
MT Pick Alexander Kharitonov (1931-93): retrospective of paintings and graphics from private Moscow collections, to March 25. Located at Rublyovo-Uspenskoye Shosse, 36 Posyolok Borki. M. Molodyozhnaya, then bus 121 to Posyolok Borki. Noon to 8 p.m. 634-2222, www.kournikovagallery.ru

NB Gallery:
MT Pick New Duo: landscapes and still lifes by Yevsei Reshin and Valeria Zizyakova, Fri. to March 15. Located at 6/2 Sivtsev Vrazhek, entrance 1, 2nd floor, Apt. 2, code 002. M. Arbatskaya. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sun. noon to 6 p.m., closed Mon. Free admission. 697-4006, 737-5298, www.nbgallery.ru

New Tretyakov Gallery:
Alexander Rodchenko. Workers Club: (1885-1953): The reconstructed interior of a club for workers designed by this constructivist artist, permanent display.
Main exhibit halls: a recently revised display of 20th-century Russian art.
Vladimir Tatlin (1885-1953): designs, paintings and graphics by this influential constructivist artist, to Feb. 26. Located at 10 Krymsky Val. M. Oktyabrskaya, Park Kultury. Ticket office open 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Thurs. 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., closed Mon. 230-7788, 951-1362, 238-1378. Excursions 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

Oriental Art Museum:
Art and Culture of Korea (Iskusstvo i Kultura Korei): a new permanent display.
The Dragon and the Phoenix (Drakon i Feniks): items from the museum collection, to March 11. Located at 12 Nikitsky Bulvar. M. Arbatskaya. Ticket office open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., closed Mon. 691-8219/9614, www.orientmuseum.ru

Paperworks Gallery at Winzavod Center of Contemporary Art:
For Fair Elections (Za Chestniye Vybory): works by Nikita Alexeyev, Yury Albert, Dmitry Gutov, Vladimir Dubosarsky and Alexander Vinogradov, Igor Mukhin, Alexei Kallima and others, to March 2. Located at 1 4th Syromyatnichesky Pereulok, Bldg. 6. M. Chkalovskaya, Kurskaya. Noon to 8 p.m., closed Mon. 798-5430, www.paperworks.ru

Pobeda Gallery at Krasny Oktyabr:
The Egyptian Herd (Yegipetskaya Staya): conceptual photographs by Sergei Sonin and Yelena Smorodova, to Feb. 29. Located at 3 Bolotnaya Naberezhnaya. M. Kropotkinskaya, Polyanka. Tues. to Fri. noon to 8 p.m., Sat. and Sun. noon to 9 p.m., closed Mon. 644-0313, www.pobedagallery.com

Polina Lobachevskaya Gallery at Domik Chekhova:
MT Pick Circus! (Tsirk!): This New Year’s art show of paintings, installations and objects with magic and tricks features works by acclaimed contemporary Russian artists, to March 1. Located at 29 Malaya Dmitrovka. M. Mayakovskaya. By appointment. 694-2819, www.plgallery.ru

Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts:
MT Pick Caravaggio (1571-1610): paintings from Italian and Vatican collections, to Sun.
Permanent collection: works from ancient Egypt, Assyria, Greece and Rome, plus works from the Middle Ages to the early 20th century.
MT Pick William Blake and British Visionary Art: the art heritage of English poet and artist William Blake (1757–1827) and works by British masters Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Samuel Palmer, Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, Henry Fuseli, Francis Bacon and Cecil Collins, to Feb. 26. Located at 12 Volkhonka. M. Kropotkinskaya. Ticket office open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thurs. to 8 p.m., closed Mon. 697-7998/9578, www.arts-museum.ru

Regina Gallery at Winzavod Center of Contemporary Art:
New Rosemount: neo-expressionist paintings by British artist Rose Wylie, to March 10. Located at 1 4th Syromyatnichesky Pereulok. M. Chkalovskaya, Kurskaya. Noon to 8 p.m., closed Mon. Free admission. 250-8571, www.reginagallery.com

Roza Azora Gallery:
Alexander Vedernikov (1898-1975): works on paper, to March 8. Located at 14 Nikitsky Bulvar. Mon. to Sat. noon to 8 p.m., Sun. noon to 6 p.m. 695-8119, www.rozaazora.ru

RuArts Gallery:
Naked Bohemia (Golaya Bogema): works by Sergei Borisov, to Feb. 25. Located at 10 1st Zachatyevsky Pereulok. M. Kropotkinskaya. Noon to 8 p.m. Free admission. 201-4475, www.ruarts.ru

Shchusev Architecture Museum:
Yelena Tsikhon shows Northern scenes in photographs, to Sun. Located at 5 Vozdvizhenka. M. Biblioteka Imeni Lenina, Arbatskaya, Alexandrovsky Sad. Ticket office open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sat. and Sun. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., closed Mon. 691-2109, 690-0551, www.muar.ru

State Center of Contemporary Art:
MT Pick Vladimir Bashlykov: Paintings and drawings, through Thursday. Located at 13 Zoologicheskaya Ul. M. Krasnopresnenskaya. Noon to 7 p.m., closed Mon. 254-8492/0674, www.ncca.ru

Tretyakov Gallery:
Main exhibit halls: masterpieces of Russian icon art and world-famous 19th- and early 20th-century paintings.
O Dolce Napoli: Neapolitan landscapes from the 18th and 19th centuries by Italian and Russian artists, to March 11.
Valentin Serov (1865-1911): portraits, sketches and illustrations in charcoals, pastels, watercolors, temperas and gravures, to May 20.
Yelena Polenova (1850-98): illustrations to fairytales and works of decorative art, to Feb. 26 in the Engineer Wing. Located at 10/12 Lavrushinsky Pereulok. M. Tretyakovskaya. Ticket office open 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., closed Mon. 230-7788, 951-1362, 238-1378. 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

Yelena Vrublevskaya Gallery:
Marga: paintings by young St. Petersburg artist Alla Dul on the theme of the Buddhist path to enlightment, to March 17. Located at 19 Rozhdestvensky Bulvar. M. Tsvetnoi Bulvar. Noon to 8 p.m., closed Sun. 621-3586, www.vgallery.ru

Alexander Pushkin Museum:
Pushkin and His Age (Pushkin i Yego Epokha): permanent display. Located at 12/2 Ul. Prechistenka. M. Kropotkinskaya. Ticket office open 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., closed Mon. and the last Fri. of the month. 637-5674/3256.

Alexander Pushkin Museum Exhibition Hall:
Permanent display: a small display of items and paintings of the Pushkin era. Located at 55/32 Arbat, entrance from Denezhny Pereulok. M. Smolenskaya. Ticket office open 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Sat. and Sun. 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., closed Mon. 241-7586.

Andrei Bely Apartment Museum:
Permanent display: personal belongings of this acclaimed Russian poet and novelist of the Silver Age, portraits and rare archive materials. Located at 55 Arbat. M. Smolenskaya. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., closed Mon., Tues. and the last Fri. of the month. 241-7702.

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. 623-4401/4420, www.sakharov-center.ru

Anton Chekhov House at Melikhovo:
Permanent display: the house furnished more or less as it was when the writer lived there from 1892 to 1898 and wrote his famous play “The Seagull.” Located in Melikhovo, from Kursky Station to Chekhov, then bus 25. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 8-272-24079.

Anton Chekhov Museum:
Permanent display: the writer’s Moscow apartment, with a small display of photos and manuscripts. Located at 6 Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya Ul. M. Barrikadnaya. Ticket office open 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sat., Sun. and holidays 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed Mon. and Tues. 291-6154.

Arkhangelskoye Estate Museum:
History and Art Collection of the Arkhangelskoye Estate, in the Kontorsky Wing Hall. Located at M. Tushinskaya, then bus 549 to Arkhangelskoye or bus 151 to Sanatory. Park open 10 a.m. to 8 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. 561-9660. Excursions available upon request at 363-1375, www.arkhangelskoe.ru/collections

Art4.ru:
Contemporary Russian Art collected by Igor Markin and housed in a private museum. Located at 4 Khlynovsky Tupik. M. Tverskaya. Fri. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. 660-1156.

Bakhrushin Theater Museum:
Golden Age of Russian Theater (Zolotoi Vek Russkogo Teatra): new permanent display. Located at 31/12 Ul. Bakhrushina. M. Paveletskaya. Noon to 6 p.m., closed Tues. and the last Mon. of the month. 953-4470.

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. 924-8058/8490.

Dmitry Nalbandyan Studio Museum:
Permanent display: paintings, family photographs, books and other items tell about this “court artist” for Stalin and Brezhnev. Located at 8 Tverskaya Ul., Bldg. 2, entrance 1, code 31. M. Okhotny Ryad. By appointment only. 625-4576.

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. 690-5474, www.dom-ikony.ru

Fyodor Chaliapin 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 p.m., closed Mon. and Fri. 205-6236/7300.

Fyodor Dostoevsky Museum:
Permanent display: a small display 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. Thurs., Sat. and Sun. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Wed. and Fri. 2 to 5:30 p.m., closed Mon., Tues. and the last day of the month. 681-1085.

Historical Museum:
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. Located at 1/2 Red Square. M. Ploshchad Revolyutsii. Ticket office open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sun. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., closed Tues. and the first Mon. of the month. 692-4019/5660, www.shm.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. Located at 39 Prospekt Andropova. M. Kolomenskaya. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., closed Mon. 112-5217.

Konstantin Stanislavsky Museum:
Permanent display: the home that was long 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 5 p.m., Wed. and Fri. 2 to 7 p.m., closed Mon. and Tues. 229-2442/2855.

Kuzminki Estate Museum:
Kuzminki From Past to Present (Kuzminki iz Proshlogo v Nastoyashcheye): permanent display. Located at 6 Topolyovaya Alleya. M. Ryazansky Prospekt, then bus 29, or M. Kuzminki, then trolleybus 38. Ticket office open 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., closed Mon. and the last Fri. of the month. 377-9457.

Lefortovo Museum:
Lefortovo. Landmarks of History (Lefortovo. Vekhi Istorii): permanent display. Located at 23 Kryukovskaya Ul. M. Semyonovskaya, then tram 43 or 46. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., closed Mon. and the last Fri. of the month. 360-0147.

Leo Tolstoy Museum:
Permanent display: This museum dedicated to the author of “War and Peace” and “Anna Karenina” has three branches. Located at 11 Ul. Prechistenka. M. Kropotkinskaya. 202-2190. Branch at 12 Pyatnitskaya Ul. M. Novokuznetskaya. 951-6440. Branch in Khamovniki, 21 Ul. Lva Tolstogo. M. Park Kultury. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed Mon. 246-9444.

Literary Museum:
Permanent display: books, manuscripts and other items that tell the stories of Russia’s great writers. Located at 28 Ul. Petrovka. M. Pushkinskaya. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed Mon. and Tues. 623-7343.

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. Ticket office open noon to 6 p.m., closed Tues. and the last Mon. of the month. 290-5416/4289.

Marina Tsvetaeva Museum:
Permanent display: house museum where the poet lived from 1914 to 1922. Located at 6 Borisoglebsky Pereulok. M. Arbatskaya, Smolenskaya. Noon to 5 p.m., closed Sat. 202-3543.

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. 251-1066, 972-3237.

Mikhail Lermontov Museum:
Permanent display: a small display dedicated to the poet who was the closest Russian literature had to a representative of the Romantic movement. Located at 2 Malaya Molchanovka. M. Arbatskaya. Ticket office open Thurs., Sat. and Sun. 1 to 4 p.m., Wed. and Fri. 2 to 6 p.m., closed Mon. and Tues. 291-5298.

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. Located at 3 Delegatskaya Ul. M. Tsvetnoi Bulvar. Ticket office open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., closed Tues. and the last Mon. of the month. 8-495-609-0165, www.vmdpni.ru

Museum of Ceramics at the 18th-century Kuskovo Estate:
Masterpieces of Soviet Porcelain from the 1920s to the 1970s.
Russian Folk Art From the 18th to the 20th Century.
Masterpieces of Porcelain, Glass and Ceramics from the museum collection. Located at 2 Ul. Yunosti. M. Ryazansky Prospekt, then bus 133 or 108. Ticket office open 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., closed Mon., Tues. and the last Wed. of the month. 375-3131.

Museum of Private Collections:
Permanent display in 23 halls includes 1,500 works of art. Located at 10 Ul. Volkhonka. M. Kropotkinskaya. Ticket office open noon to 6 p.m., closed Mon. and Tues. 697-1610, www.museum.ru/gmii

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. 699-5458, www.sovr.ru

Museum of the History of Moscow:
From Village to Capital (Ot Poseleniya do Stolitsy): the history of Moscow from the 13th to the 17th century. Located at 12 Novaya Ploshchad. M. Lubyanka, Kitai-Gorod. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Wed. and Fri. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., closed Mon. and the last Fri. of the month. 624-8490.

New Western Art Gallery:
European and American Art from the 19th and 20th centuries. Located at 14 Volkhonka. M. Kropotkinskaya. Noon to 6 p.m., closed Mon. and Tues. 697-1546, www.museum.ru/gmii

Nikolai Roerich Museum:
Permanent display: a small display dedicated to the great painter known best for his landscapes of India. Located at 3/5 Maly Znamensky Pereulok. M. Kropotkinskaya. Ticket office open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., closed Mon. 203-7988.

Novodevichy Convent:
The Cloister, Pure and Divinely Decorated (Obitel Presvetlaya i Divno Ukrashennaya): permanent display in this museum of 16th- and 17th-century Russian history and architecture. Located at 1 Novodevichy Proyezd. M. Sportivnaya. Ticket office in summer is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., in winter from 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., closed Tues. and the first Mon. of the month. 246-8526.

Oriental Art Museum:
Art and Culture of Korea (Iskusstvo i Kultura Korei): permanent display. Located at 12 Nikitsky Bulvar. M. Arbatskaya. Ticket office open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., closed Mon. 691-8219/9614, www.orientmuseum.ru

Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts:
Biedermeier: 19th-century Austrian art from Liechtenstein, to Nov. 15.
Permanent collection: works from ancient Egypt, Assyria, Greece and Rome, plus works from the Middle Ages to the early 20th century. Located at 12 Volkhonka. M. Kropotkinskaya. Ticket office open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thurs. to 8 p.m., closed Mon. 697-7998/9578, www.museum.ru/gmii

Russian Harmonica Museum:
History of the Russian Harmonica: permanent display of musical instruments.
Russian Evening (Russky Vecher): an excursion for tourists upon request. Located at 18 2nd Tverskaya-Yamskaya Ul. M. Mayakovskaya. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Wed. and Fri. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., closed Mon. and the last Fri. of the month. 251-6730.

Sin-I Salon:
Traditional Chinese paintings, furniture, clothes and other attributes of Chinese culture. Located at 20A Vekovaya Ul., entrance from Maly Rzhevsky Pereulok. M. Ploshchad Ilicha. 3 p.m. to midnight. 783-8015.

St. Basil’s Cathedral:
Sacred Relics of the Pokrovsky Cathedral (Svyatyni Pokrovskogo Sobora): paintings, icons, books and other items. Located at 2 Red Square. M. Ploshchad Revolyutsii. Ticket office open 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 298-3304.

Stary Angliisky Dvor Museum:
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.
Reception at the Old English Yard: an excursion upon request. Located at 4 Ul. Varvarka. M. Kitai-Gorod. 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Wed. and Fri. 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., closed Mon. 624-8490, 298-3961/3952.

Svyatoslav Richter Memorial Apartment:
Permanent display: the great pianist’s apartment, with a display of photos and paintings, video and sound recordings of his concerts. Located at 2/6 Bolshaya Bronnaya Ul., Apt. 59. M. Pushkinskaya. By appointment. Excursions Tues. and Thurs. at 6 p.m., every third Sat. of the month at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. 202-8346, 203-7205.

Tsaritsyno Museum:
Tsaritsyno Through the Ages (Tsaritsyno Skvoz Veka): permanent display.
Tsars in Tsaritsyno (Tsari v Tsaritsyno): portraits of Russian emperors. Located at 1 Dolskaya Ul. M. Tsaritsyno, Orekhovo. 321-0743, www.tsaritsyno-museum.ru

Vladimir Mayakovsky Museum:
Vladimir Mayakovsky: documents and photographs from the life of the Futurist poet in the building where he lived and committed suicide. Located at 3 Lubyansky Proyezd, in the yard. M. Lubyanka. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thurs. 1 to 8 p.m., closed Wed. and the last Fri. of the month. 628-2569.

Vladimir Vernadsky Museum:
objects and artifacts associated with the work of this great scientist. Located at 11 Mokhovaya Ul., Bldg. 2. M. Okhotny Ryad. Tues., Thurs. and Sat. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. 292-0943.

Vsevolod Meyerhold 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. and Tues. 229-5322.