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Exhibits

Expressionist painter Aron Buch?€™s son, looking at a painting his father did of him as a child, with his grandmother and cat. The exhibition coincides with what would have been Buch?€™s 90th birthday, celebrating his individualism. Vladimir Filonov

Temporary Exhibitions

Permanent Displays

11.12 Gallery at Winzavod Center of Contemporary Art:

Toys. Perfect World: color sculptures by Olga Muravina, to Sun. Located at 1 4th Syromyatnichesky Pereulok, Bldg. 6. M. Chkalovskaya, Kurskaya. Noon to 8 p.m., closed Mon. 495-940-6471, www.11-12.ru

20th-Century Literature Museum:

Sergei Eloyan: illustrations to books by Viktor Astafyev and Valentin Rasputin to May 10.

Then, in the Sixties. The "Thaw" Experience (Togda, v Shestidesyatiye. Opyt "Ottepeli"): photographs and installations provide information about cultural life during the era of the "Thaw," to May 15. Located at 17 Trubnikovsky Pereulok. M. Barrikadnaya. 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. 495-695-4618, www.goslitmuz.ru/ru/ostroukhov-museum

Academy of Arts:

Alexei Shmarinov: jubilee exhibit marking the artist's 80th birthday, to Sun.

Fidail Ibragimov: art glass and graphics, to May 12. 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:

MT PICK Permanent display: 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 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 publicist and 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 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 and the Romanov Family (Pushkin i Semya Romanovykh): an exhibit from museum collections and archives, to July 14.

Pushkin's Tales (Skazki Pushkina): permanent display.

NEW Vatslav Zelinsky shows gravures and drawings from his series dedicated to Alexander Pushkin and Mikhail Lermontov, to May 26.

West European Art: paintings, graphics and sculptures from the museum collection, to July 1. 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

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 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

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

Andriyaka's Watercolor School:

NEW Pavel Popov: Russian landscapes, still lifes and portraits, to June 2. 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

Anna Golubkina Studio Museum:

Collection of Sculptures by this prominent master of the Silver Age art culture, 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."

The Anatomy of Production (Anatomiya Spektaklya): This exhibit illustrates Konstantin Stanislavsky's process of staging Chekhov's plays at the Moscow Art Theater, through August. 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

Arkhangelskoye Estate Museum:

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

Art Ru Agency:

NEW Vladimir Migachyov shows landscapes in oils, Fri. to May 30. Located at 26 Ozerkovskaya Naberezhnaya. M. Novokuznetskaya. Tues. to Fri. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sat. and Sun. noon to 8 p.m., closed Mon. 495- 943-9872, 499-261-7883, www.agencyart.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

Bakhrushin Theater Museum:

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

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

Brothers Lumiere Center of Photography:

100 Years of Tokyo (100 Let Tokyo): works from the Japan Camera Industry Institute collection, to May 12.

NEW MT PICK Igor Palmin shows architectural photographs from the "Light" series, May 15 to June 30.

NEW MT PICK Liv Ullmann and Ingmar Bergman: photographs, May 15 to June 30. 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

Bulgakov House:

Odd Flat: The communal apartment, in which Mikhail Bulgakov lived in 1921 to 1924, and which became the prototype of the "Odd Flat" where Woland took up residence with his court. Permanent displays, performances, exhibits and excursions devoted to 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

CCC Garage:

NEW The Museum of Everything. Exhibit No. 5 (Muzei Vsego. Vystavka No. 5): works by 50 Russian amateur artists, Fri. to June 2. Located at 9 Krymsky Val, in Gorky Park, near Pionersky Prud. M. Oktyabrskaya. Noon to 8:30 p.m. 645-0520, www.garageccc.com

Central House of Artists:

NEW World Without Borders (Mir bez Granits): paintings, graphics, sculptures, photographs and decorative art from Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Israel, Armenia and Italy, Wed. to May 12. 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

Cervantes Institute:

FESTIVAL Fashion and Style in Photography: Colors and Roots of Mexico (Meksika: Tsveta i Istoki): photographs by Dolores Dahlhaus, to May 31. 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, moscu.cervantes.es/ru/default.shtm

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

Classical Photography Gallery:

Life, Love, Death and Other Trifles (Zhizn, Lyubov, Smert i Drugiye Pustyaki): works by renowned Czech photographer Jan Saudek, to May 12. Located at 23 Savvinskaya Naberezhnaya, Bldg. 1. Wed. to Sun. noon to 9 p.m., closed Mon. and Tues. 495-510-7714, www.classic-gallery.ru

Darwin Museum:

NEW Dreams (Sny): Alexander Avalov show photographs of sleeping animals, to Aug. 18.

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.

Russian Moderne (Russky Modern): works by Russian artists from the turn of the 20th century, through November.

The Romanovs. The Fall of the Dynasty (Romanovy. Padeniye Dinastii): personal items, works of art and archival documents, to Dec. 19. Located at 4 Ul. Spiridonovka. M. Arbatskaya, Tverskaya. Noon to 10 p.m. 495-690-5474/2660, www.dom-ikony.ru

Dom Spiridonova:

NEW Christie's Spring Exhibit features 25 items, Thurs. and Fri. Located at 9/8 Maly Gnezdikovsky Pereulok. M. Pushkinskaya, Tverskaya. Noon to 8 p.m., closed Mon. 499-795-8578.

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

Exhibition Hall of the Federal Archives:

Russian Empresses: Fashion and Style (Russkiye Imperatritsy: Moda i Stil): costumes, jewelry, accessories, paintings, gravures, drawings, photographs and other items, to June 13. Located at 17 Bolshaya Pirogovskaya Ul. M. Frunzenskaya. Ticket office open noon to 5:15 p.m., closed Mon. and Tues. 495-580-8825, 499-245-1925, www.rusarchives.ru/evants/exhibitions/index.shtml

Fine Art:

NEW Personal Space (Lichnoye Prostranstvo): paintings by Dmitry Shorin, May 15 to April 20.

Red Pomegranates (Krasniye Granaty): paintings and videos by Yelena Kovylina, to Sun. 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. 499-251-7649, www.galleryfineart.ru

Folk Graphic Museum:

Russian Lubok: permanent display. Located at 10 Maly Golovin Pereulok. M. Sukharevskaya, Turgenevskaya, Sretensky Bulvar. Tues., Wed. Fri. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thurs. 2 to 9 p.m., Sat., Sun. noon to 5 p.m., closed Mon. 495-5608-5182, www.russianlubok.ru

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

Gallery Na Lenivke:

A Portrait With a Story (Portret s Istoriyei): portraits by acclaimed Russian artists, to Sat. Located at 6/7 Ul. Lenivka, entrance 2, floor 3. M. Kropotkinskaya. Noon to 8 p.m., closed Mon. and Sun. 495-691-1160, www.nalenivke.com

Glaz Gallery:

FESTIVAL Fashion and Style in Photography: Times New Roman. Episode 3: Moscow: photo works by Timofei Parshchikov, to May 8. Located at 23 Malaya Ordynka. M.Tretyakovskaya. Tues. to Sat. noon to 7 p.m. 495-978-8840, www.glazgallery.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

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

History of the Jews in Russia Museum:

Permanent display: authentic artifacts representing the history of Jews who lived under Russian rule after the three partitions of Poland. Located at 10 Perovsko-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

International Roerich Center:

NEW Inner Voyage: paintings by Feodosia, opens Friday, runs to June 16.

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

Iragui Gallery:

NEW Transgalactic Nirvana: sculptures by Nadine Blandiche, to May 31. 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

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

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.

MT PICK Poem of the Right Angle: (Poema Pryamogo Ugla): artist's book by influential Swiss architect Le Corbusier, to May 24. 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. Located at 39 Prospekt Andropova. M. Kolomenskaya. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., closed Mon. 495-232-6190, mgomz.ru/kolomenskoe

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

Kovcheg Gallery:

Pavel Nikonov: paintings and watercolors, to Sun. Located at 12 Ul. Nemchinova. M. Timiryazevskaya, then bus 87 or 206 to Gostinitsa Molodyozhnaya. Ticket office open 11 a.m. to 8:15 p.m., closed Mon. 499-977-0044/88, www.kovcheg-art.ru

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

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. Located at 11 Ul. Prechistenka. M. Kropotkinskaya. 499-766-9328. Branch at 12 Pyatnitskaya Ul. M. Novokuznetskaya. 495-951-5808. Branch in Khamovniki, 21 Ul. Lva Tolstogo. M. Park Kultury. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed Mon. 499-246-9444. 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. www.tolstoymuseum.org

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 museum exhibit tells the story of ties of the estate owners the Vasilchikovs with 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

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 19th-century Moscow nobility mode of life, permanent display. Located at 1 Letnyaya Ul. M. Volzhskaya. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., closed Mon. 499-722-7189, 495-350-1553, mgomz.com, mgomz.ru/lublino

Manezh Exhibition Hall:

Alexei Remizov (1877-1957): This exhibit of manuscripts, books, documents, personal belongings of this modernist writer also includes his graphic works and collages, to May 22.

Contemplating Death (Razmyshlyaya o Smerti): works by Joseph Beuys, Bill Viola, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Yang Zhenzhong, On Kawara, Marcel Mieth and others, to June 26.

NEW Crossings (Skreshchenya): an installation by Chiharu Shiota, to May 18.

MT PICK Packaging Design. Made in Russia (Dizain Upakovki. Sdelano v Rossii): pre-revolutionary trademarks, rare examples of bottles and cans, constructivist designs by Vladimir Mayakovsky, Alexander Rodchenko and others, to June 25.

MT PICK The Journey of Odysseus (Puteshestviye Odisseya): illustrations to Homer's epic poem by Andre Masson, Henri Matisse, Marc Chagall and Hans Erni, to May 22. Located at 1 Manezh Square. M. Okhotny Ryad, Alexandrovsky Sad. Noon to 10 p.m., closed Mon. 495-645-9277, www.moscowmanege.ru

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 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

Mikhail Prishvin House Museum:

Life Is a Journey (Zhizn Yest Puteshestviye): photographs by Mikhail Prishvin, to Tues.

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

Moscow Museum of Modern Art on Gogolevsky:

MT PICK Joan Miro: works by this avant-garde Catalan painter, sculptor and ceramicist from the Pilar and Joan Miro Foundation in Palma de Mallorca, Fri. to June 9.

NEW Russian Avant-Garde Art from the Samara Arts Museum collection. On display are works b David Burliuk, Boris Grigoryev, Pyotr Konchalovsky, Aristarkh Lentulov, Kazimir Malevich, Olga Rozanova and others, to July 7. 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:

Dreams for the Waking (Sny Dlya Tekh Kto Bodrstvuyet): all genres of contemporary art from the musem collection, to Sept. 29.

Expansion of the Object (Ekspansiya Predmeta): transforming objects in the visual arts of the 20th and 21st centuries, to Sept. 29.

NEW Image and Personality (Obraz i Lichnost): International Video Art Festival "Now and After" 2013, to May 25. 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 Tverskoi:

Aron Bukh (1923-2006): expressionist paintings and graphics, to May 12. Located at 9 Tverskoi Bulvar. M. Tverskaya. 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:

Bilzho: caricatures, paintings, graphics and other works by Andrei Bilzho, to May 15. 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:

MT PICK Horizon Sky (Nebosklon): Krokin Gallery shows works by Yury Avvakumov, Konstantin Batynkov, Leonid Tishkov, Sergei Shutov, Tayana Badanina, Alexander Dzhikia, Fransisco Infante and others, to May 19.

Permanent shows: Interactive museum 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:

FESTIVAL Fashion and Style in Photography: Lilya Brik. The Failed Journey (Lilya Brik. Nesostoyavsheyesya Puteshestviye): Alexander Rodchenko's photographs of this muse of Russian avant-garde and the Renault NN2 that Vladimir Mayakovsky bought for her in Paris in 1929, to May 5.

FESTIVAL Fashion and Style in Photography: Seydou Keita: works by this Malaian photographer from Jean Pigozzi's collection, to May 5.

FESTIVAL Fashion and Style in Photography: Veruschka. Self Portraits: works by Veruschka von Lehndorff and Andreas Hubertus Ilse, to May 5.

FESTIVAL Fashion and Style in Photography: Voici Paris: photographic modernities from 1920 to 1950, from the collection of Christian Bouqueret, to May 26.

FESTIVAL Fashion and Style in Photography: NEW Women of the Stalin Era in photographs from Pavel Khoroshilov's collection, Fri. to May 19.

NEW Stalingrad: The Stalingrad Battle in photographs from Russian and German museums and archives, to May 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:

MT PICK Collectors and Collections: graphics and decorative art from Moscow private collections, to June 17.

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 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:

Ninety Nine Names of God (Devyanosto Devyat Imyon Vsevyshnego): classical Islamic art from the 9th to the 19th century from the Mardjiani Foundation collection, to May 26.

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

NEW Two Academies: Moscow — Bratislava: graphics and art glass by professors and graduates of the Bratislava Academy of Performing Arts and the Moscow Stroganov Academy of Design and Applied Arts, to May 12. 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

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

Na Solyanke Gallery:

The Onion (Luk): a video work by Marina Abramovic, to May 11.

The Way She Moves: the history of the female image in animation, to May 11. (Luk): a video work by Marina Abramovic,

NB Gallery:

The City. Between Utopia and Reality: paintings, graphics, architectural designs and fantasies from the 1930s to the 2000s, to mid-May. 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., any time by appointment Free admission. 495- 737-5298, www.nbgallery.ru/en

Nemirovich-Danchenko Apartment Museum:

Permanent display: the home that was occupied by the stage director 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

New Tretyakov Gallery:

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

NEW Anatoly Komelin shows stone reliefs and minimalist sculptures of wood, Tues. to Aug. 11.

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

Mikhail Nesterov (1862-1942): paintings from museum and private collection, to Aug. 18.

Phantom Pains (Fantomniye Boli): sculptures and paintings by Boris Orlov, to June 23.

Valery Kapterev (1900-81): paintings from museum and private collections, to May 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.

Nudes. From Marble to Photography (Obnazhyonniye. Ot Mramora k Fotografii), to June 23. 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

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

Nikolai Ostrovsky Humanitarian Center:

Insomnia Museum (Muzei Bessonnitsy): works by designer Leonty Ozernikov, to May 30. Located at 14 Tverskaya Ul. M. Pushkinskaya, Tverskaya. Tues., Wed. Fri., Sat. and Sun. 10 a.m. to 5;30 p.m., Thurs. 1 to 8:30 p.m., closed Mon. and the last Fri. of the month. 495- 629-8552, www.museumpreod.ru

Novodevichy Bogoroditse-Smolensky Novodevichy Convent:

Novodevichy Convent and Cemetery: A beautiful 17th-century convent 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

Novy Manezh:

FESTIVAL Fashion and Style in Photography: Beauty as Power (Krasota kak Vlast): photographs from Vogue, GQ, Tatler, Glamour and others, to May 12. Located at 3 Georgiyevsky Pereulok. M. Okhotny Ryad, Teatralnaya. Noon to 9 p.m., closed Mon. 495-645-9277, www.moscowmanege.ru

Oriental Art Museum:

Permanent Displays: Art of Korea, India, Iran, China, Asia, Siberia and others. permanent display.

Svyatoslav Roerich's Portraits of Women, to May 19. 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

Pechersky Gallery at Winzavod Center of Contemporary Art:

Living in a Trunk (Zhivushchiye v Khobote): drawings, objects and videos by Leonid Tishkov, to May 5. Located at 1 4th Syromyatnichesky Pereulok, Bldg. 6. M. Chkalovskaya, Kurskaya. Noon to 8 p.m., closed Mon. 495-280-0772, www.pecherskygallery.com

Pop/off/art Gallery at Winzavod Center of Contemporary Art:

Cool Fool Mr. Brown: multi-matter works by German post-minimalist artist Peter Riss, to May 15. Located at 1 4th Syromyatnichesky Pereulok, Bldg. 6. M. Chkalovskaya, Kurskaya. Noon to 8 p.m., closed Mon. 495-775-8706, popoffart.com

Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts:

1000 Years of Inca Gold (1000 Let Zolota Inkov): items from the Oro del Peru Museum, to May 26.

German and Austrian Paintings from the 17th and the 18th centuries from the museum collection, to May 19.

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

Renowned and Unknown Karl Bryullov (Znamenity i Neizvestny Karl Bryullov): Italian watercolors and drawings, to May 12.

The World in Miniatures (Mir v Miniatyure): ancient gems and cameas from the museum collection, to June 2. 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

Rabochy i Kolkhoznitsa Exhibition Center:

International Women's Day. Feminism: From the Avant-Garde to the Present (Mezhdunarodny Zhensky Den. Feminizm: Ot Avangarda do Nashikh Dnei): works from Russian museum collections, to May 12. Located at 123B Prospekt Mira, Bldg. B. M. VDNKh. Tues. to Sun. noon to 9 p.m., closed Mon. 495-645-9277, www.moscowmanege.ru

Regina Gallery at Winzavod Center of Contemporary Art:

MT PICK Frames (Ramy): art objects by Oleg Kulik, to June 10. 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

Roza Azora Gallery:

My Desert (Moya Pustynya): paintings by Mikhail Yakhilevich, sculptures by Yelena Yazykova and watercolors by Lyubov Zhukhovicher, to May 5. 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

Russian Union of Artists Exhibition Hall:

NEW The Don Duet (Donskoi Duet): landscapes by Gennady Zapechnov and Cossack genre scenes by Lyudmila Ulybina, to Tues. Located at 37 Pokrovka. M. Chistiy Prudy. Mon. to Fri. 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Sat. by appointment, closed Sun. 495-917-5880, www.shr.su

S'Art Gallery:

NEW Anish Kapoor: video presentation of works by this Indian-born British artist — "Leviathan": a 35-meter tall inflated sculpture at the Grand Palais, "Ascension": a column of smoke at the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore Basilica and others, May 15 to Aug. 15.

Gao Brothers: retrospective of works in videos, to June 1.

Maurizio Cattelan: video presentation of works by this Italian artist, to June 1.

Svetlana K-Lie. Meat: video presentation of works by this conceptual Russian artist now living in England, to July 15. Located at Kurkino, 2 Vorotynskaya Ul., Bldg. 1. M. Planernaya, then bus 268 to Chetyrnadtsaty Mikrorayon. By appointment. 499-500-2366.

Sergei Konenkov Studio Museum:

Permanent display: Works by this most distinguished and influential Russian and Soviet scuptor 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

Shchusev Architecture Museum:

NEW Communications: installations by Igor Chirkin and Alexei Podkidyshev, to May 19.

Official and Particular (Kazyonnoye i Partikulyarnoye): Architect Matvei Kazakov's drawings of Moscow before the 1812 fires, to May 19.

NEW Tiles in Russian Architecture (Izraztsy v Russkoi Arkhitekture) from the 17th to the early 20th century from the museum collection, to May 19. 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

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

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:

Innovation: exhibit of works by nominees of this annual visual arts competition, to May 5. 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

Svyatoslav Richter Memorial Apartment:

Permanent display: the great pianist's apartment, with a display of photos and paintings, video and sound recordings.

Yelena Kolat: paintings, to June 25. 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

Tretyakov Gallery:

Boris Messerer shows paintings, graphics and installations, to June 23 in the Engineer Wing.

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

Russian Orthodox Church Antiquities (Pravoslavniye Drevnosti) from the Serpukhov Historical and Arts Museum collection — icons, decorative art works, manuscripts and books, to July 28 in the Engineer Wing. 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

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 centuries, and 20th-century Russian glass and tapestry, permanent display.

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): archeological 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.net

Udarnik:

NEW Grisha Bruskin. The Collection of an Archaeologist (Grisha Bruskin. Kollektsiya Arkheologa): an installation of 33 bronze sculptures, May 17 to Aug. 11. Located at 2 Ul. Serafimovicha. M. Polyanka, Kropotkinskaya. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., closed Mon. 495-657-9758.

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

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. M. Lubyanka. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thurs. 1 to 8 p.m., closed Wed. and the last Fri. of the month. 495-628-2569, www.mayakovsky.info

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

Volkhonka Fine Arts Center:

Russian Antiques and Fine Arts Fair, to Sun. Located at 15 Ul. Volkhonka. M. Kropotkinskaya. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. 637-1825, www.volkhonkafineart.com

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

Winzavod Center of Contemporary Art:

State Commission (Goszakaz): works by a group of 15 artists, to May 12 in Tsekh Krasnogo. Located at 1 4th Syromyatnichesky Pereulok, Bldg. 6. M. Chkalovskaya, Kurskaya. Noon to 8 p.m. 495-917-4646, www.winzavod.ru

Yekaterina Cultural Foundation:

FESTIVAL Fashion and Style in Photography: Britain. 1973-2012: works by Tom Wood, to May. 12.

FESTIVAL Fashion and Style in Photography: Heart Failure: works by Jim Lee, to May. 12.

FESTIVAL Fashion and Style in Photography: Life in Pink: works by Malick Sidibe, to May. 12.

FESTIVAL Fashion and Style in Photography: Marilyn and Me: works by Yury Toroptsov, to May. 12.

FESTIVAL Fashion and Style in Photography: People Who Changed Time: works by Inge Schoenthal Feltrinelli, to May. 12. 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

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

Zurab Tsereteli Arts Gallery:

Black Sea Holidays (Chernomorskiye Kanikuly): photographs by Nikita Shokhov, to May 12.

Italy in Russian paintings and graphics from the late 19th to the early 20th century, to May 26.

Reconstructivism: photo works by Vladimir Glynin, to May 12. 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

Zverev Center of Contemporary Art:

Eduard Kurochkin: retrospective of portraits and genre scenes in oils, to Sun. Located at 29 Novoryazanskaya Ul., Bldg. 4. M. Baumanskaya. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. 499-265-6166, www.zverevcenter.ru

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