Exhibits

Temporary Exhibitions

Permanent Displays

20th-Century Literature Museum:

Postcards From Artists (Otkrytki ot Khudozhnikov): annual Christmas exhibit and sale of small-size works by Moscow artists, through December. 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:

Viktor Korneyev shows recent sculptures, to Jan. 8. 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 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 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.

Pushkiniana: paintings, graphics and stage designs by Leningrad artists from the 1930s to the 1990s, to Jan. 31. 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:

Early Russian Icons and Crosses from the 11th to the 16th century from the Andrei Rublyov Museum and private collections, to Feb. 17.

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 Travels of Learned Draftsmen (Puteshestviya Uchyonykh Risovalshchikov): watercolors and drawings from the 19th century by students of the Baron Alexander von Stieglitz School of Technical Drawing (St. Petersburg), Dec. 21 to Feb. 23. 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." 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.

Russian Monarchs. The Romanov Dynasty (Russkiye Monarkhi. Dinastiya Romanovykh): costumed porcelain sculptures, to Jan. 12. 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 Deco Gallery:

FESTIVAL Biennale: Conscience Vanished (Propala Sovest): illustrations to works by major 19th-century Russian satirist Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, to Dec. 26. Located at 2/4 Luzhnetskaya Naberezhnaya. M. Vorobyovy Gory. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sat. and Sun. by appontment. 495-639-9484, artdecogallery.ru

Art & Science Space Laboratory:

Ice Laboratory: the first exhibit in a series of science art projects, to Feb. 15. Located at 3 Pereulok Obukha in the NIFKhI Karpova, entrance from the right. M. Kurskaya, Kitai-Gorod. Mon. to Fri. noon to 8 p.m., Sat. 2 to 8 p.m., closed Sun. 730-0167, www.newlaboratoria.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:

Photogravure Etchings by Peter Miller, to Jan. 26. 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

Central House of Artists:

Christmas Gifts Fair, to Dec. 22.

NEW MT PICK Useless Beauty (Bespoleznaya Krasota): works by Vladimir Nemukhin, Eduard Shteinber, Alexander Yulikov, Vladimir Nasedkin, Andrei Krasulin, Konstantin Batynkov and others, Dec. 26 to Jan. 12.

Winter Fairy Tale (Zimnyaya Skazka): paintings and graphics, to Dec. 22. 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:

Sea, Wine and Snow (More, Vino i Sneg): Chilean photographs by Alexander Zaks and Adriasola Salazar, to Feb. 20. 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

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:

Peter Miller: photogravures, to Jan. 26.

Photographic Legends (Legendy Fotografii): Tim Mantoani portrays photographers holding their favorite image, underscored by a hand-written inscription, thus paying tribute to the faces behind great pictures, to Feb. 2.

Russian Album: Russian landscapes in photographs, to Jan. 8.

Vaclovas Straukas: photographs, to Jan. 8. Located at 23 Savvinskaya Naberezhnaya, Bldg. 1. Wed. to Sun. noon to 9 p.m., closed Mon. and Tues. 495-510-7713/14, classic-gallery.ru

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.

Under the Sign of the Lucky Horseshoe (Pod Znakom Schastlivoi Podkovy): This exhibit, dedicated to the upcoming year of the horse, includes, paintings, graphics and sculptures, to Feb. 23. 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

Dayev 33 Arts Gallery:

Vladimir Orlovsky (1842-1914): paintings from private collections, to Jan. 31. Located at 33 Dayev Pereulok. M. Sukharevskaya, Turgenevskaya. Noon to 7 p.m., Sat. noon to 6 p.m., closed Sun. Free admission. 608-7775, www.daev-33.ru

Dom Ikony Na Spiridonovke:

Icons and other works of Christian art from a private collection, permanent display.

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

Dom Nashchokina Gallery:

Adam and Eve in contemporary Russian paintings, graphics and sculptures, to Jan. 15. Located at 12 Vorotnikovsky Pereulok. M. Mayakovskaya. Ticket office open noon to 7 p.m. 495-699-1178/4774, www.domnaschokina.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

Exhibition Hall of the Federal Archives:

The U.S.S.R. and the Winter Olympics 1956-88: historical and documentary exhibit, to Feb. 23. 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

Exposed Art Center:

The Start: selected works by gallery artists, through December. Located at 31G Ul. Shabolovka. M. Shabolovskaya. Tues. to Fri. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sat. and Sun. noon to 6 p.m., or by appointment. 495-952-0891, www.exposed.ru

Fine Art:

One Day in Heaven (Odin Den v Rayu): paintings by Pavel Polyansky, to Dec. 30. 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

Frolov Gallery at Winzavod Center of Contemporary Art:

In Motion (V Dvizhenii): works by gallery artists, to Dec. 30. Located at 1 4th Syromyatnichesky Pereulok, Bldg. 6. M. Chkalovskaya, Kurskaya. Noon to 8 p.m., closed Mon. 495-642-5445, www.frolovgallery.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

Galeyev Gallery:

Russian Graphics from the first half of the 20th century from Boris Suris' collection, to Dec. 31. 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. 495-699-8383/8550/9854, www.ggallery.ru

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 Bronze Age. Europe Without Borders (Bronzovy Vek. Yevropa Bez Granits): Russian and German museums feature rare archeological findings from the 4th to the 1st century B.C., to Jan. 13.

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.

The Romanovs. Portrait of the Dynasty (Romanovy. Portret Dinastii): paintings, sculptures, graphics, photographs and other items from the museum collection, to Jan. 30.

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

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

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.

Performance Now. Anthology From the 2000s, to Jan. 19. 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

Kino Gallery:

Messengers (Vestniki): angels in paintings by Irina Sergeyeva, to Dec. 22. Located at 8 Bolshoi Rzhevsky Pereulok, entrance from Ul. Malaya Molchanovka through the gates. M. Arbatskaya. Noon to 7 p.m., closed Sat. and Sun. 495-691-9115/8351, www.gallerykino.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

KultProekt:

Glitch: works by Vasily Shchetinin, Kirill Alexandrov and Kirill Rave, to Dec. 22. Located at 12A 2nd Obydensky Pereulok. M. Kropotkinskaya. Wed. to Sun. 1 to 8 p.m. 962-906-7151, kultproekt.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 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 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:

New Luxury. Dutch Design in the Age of Asceticism (Novaya Roskosh. Gollandsky Dizain v Epokhu Asketizma): art objects by acclaimed and young designers, to Jan. 11.

Pastorale: videos and multimedia installations by Roman Mokrov, to Jan. 12.

Traditional Chinese Toys from the National Museum of China, to Jan. 12. 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:

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 Kremlin Museums:

Coronations at the Moscow Kremlin: This large exhibit traces the evolution of the enthronement ritual in Russia from the 16th to the 19th century, to Jan. 22. 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:

Inner Features of a Landscape (Vnutrenniye Svoistva Peizazha): retrospective of paintings, drawings and photographs by musician Boris Grebenshchikov, to Jan. 12.

Yury Albert: full retrospective of works by this Moscow conceptual artist, to Jan. 12. 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:

Jan Van Toorn: exhibit of works by one of Holland's most influential graphic designers, to Feb. 9.

KHOLST Group of Artists: traditional paintings, to Feb. 9.

MT PICK M.C. Escher: exhibit of works by renowned Dutch graphic artist Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972), to Feb. 9. 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:

Transformation of Light: abstractions by Omar Chkhaidze, to Jan. 19. 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:

MT PICK Michail Grobman. Four Exhibits: retrospective of works by this renowned Israeli artist who, in the 1960s, was a leading figure of the Second Russian Avant-garde, to Jan. 26. 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:

Berenice Abbott. Photography and Science: photographs of scientific experiments, to Dec. 22.

MT PICK Freedom Not Genius: works from Damien Hirst's collection, to Feb. 2.

Russian in Vogue: photographs, to Jan. 26.

The Continuity of Change (Postoyanstvo Peremen): works by Igor Chelkovski, to Feb. 9. 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:

Bogorodsky Poem: 19th- and 20th-century hand carved wooden toys from the museum collection, to Jan. 19.

Dancing Dolls (Tanets Dvortsovykh Kukol): 19th- and 20th-century mechanical music instruments and dolls from the collection of David Yakobashvili, to Jan. 26.

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, to Jan. 20.

NEW The Beauty of Life (Krasota Zhizni): clay toys by Zhao Enmin, Dec. 24 to Jan. 25. 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:

Old Estates of New Moscow (Stariye Usadby Novoi Moskvy), to Jan. 15.

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:

MT PICK Man Ray. Portraits: works from 1916 to 1976, to Jan. 19.

Mikhail Baryshnikov's Art Collection, to Jan. 19.

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. 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 the 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

Na Solyanke Gallery:

The Snow Maiden Myth in Art and On Screen (Mif o Snegurochke v Iskusstve i na Ekrane): multimedia interactive show, to Jan. 26. Located at 1/2 Solyanka. M. Kitai-Gorod. Mon. to Thurs. 2 to 10 p.m., Fri. noon to midnight, Sat. and Sun. noon to 10 p.m. 495-621-5672, solyanka.org/en

Nagornaya Gallery:

NEW African Passion (Strasti po Afrike): exhibit of African art, to Jan. 19. Located at 10 Ul. Remizova. M. Nagornaya. Noon to 7 p.m., closed Mon. and Tues. 499-123-6569, 127-4702, www.galereya-nagornaya.ru

NB Gallery:

Moscow Revisited: paintings, graphics and photographs from the 1950s to the 1980s, to Feb. 16. 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.com/en

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

New Tretyakov Gallery:

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

FESTIVAL Biennale: Modern Art Museum: The Department of Labor and Employment (Muzei Sovremennogo Iskusstva: Departament Truda i Zanyatosti): a retrospective look at the history of labor, to March 30.

MT PICK Georgy Vereisky's Leningrad Symphony: drawings, etchings and lithographs, to Feb. 16.

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

MT PICK Natalia Goncharova (1881-1964): over 400 works by this prominent and influential avant-garde artist from Russian, French and Dutch museums, to Feb. 16. On Thursdays open till 10 p.m.

Pavel Korin. Requiem: restored preparatory portraits and sketches to Korin's unfinished project "Requiem. Russia Passing Away," to March 30. 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.

The Magic of Dutch Realism (Magiya Gollandskogo Realizma): selected works from the ING Group collection, to Jan. 26. 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

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

Oriental Art Museum:

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

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

Kirill Chelushkin shows a new series of large-scale drawings, to Jan. 26. 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:

Alexander Solzhenitsyn. Manuscripts, Documents, Photographs, to Feb. 2.

MT PICK Dutch Golden Age Group Portraits (Gollandsky Gruppovoi Portret Zolotogo Veka): 17th-century group portraits from the Amsterdam Museum collection, to Jan. 19.

MT PICK My Homeland Is in My Heart (Otechestvo Moyo — v Dushe Moyei): works from the late 19th and 20th century by West European and Russian artists from the Museum of Avant-Garde Mastery collection, to Feb. 16.

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. 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:

Hello, Museum? (Allo, Muzei?): a collection of antique telephone sets from the late 19th- to the early 20th century, to Jan. 10. 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:

Alexei Kallima shows a new series of Moscow landscapes, to Dec. 31. 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:

White Merry-Go-Round (Belaya Karusel): paintings by Tatyana Sergeyeva and white art objects by Dina Khaichenko, to Jan. 20. 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

RuArts Gallery:

Breaking the Ice: works by Chris Bracey, Sylvia Hommert, Greg Miller, Regine Schumann, Caroline Attan and other artists of Scream Gallery (London), to Jan. 18. Located at 10 1st Zachatyevsky Pereulok. M. Kropotkinskaya. Noon to 8 p.m. Free admission. 495-637-4475, www.ruarts.ru

Sergei Konenkov Studio Museum:

Oleg Uvarov shows paintings, sculptures and videos on summer themes, to Dec. 22.

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

Shchusev Architecture Museum:

Uchronia: videos, installations, photographs, paintings and objects by Natalya Abalakova, Nikita Alexeyev, Max Boschini, Nedda Al-Madani, Vladimir Potapov and others, to Dec. 21. 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:

Vilnius Pavilion (Vilnyusskaya Besedka): contemporary art of Lithuania, to Jan. 18. 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:

NEW History Zero: Stefanos Tsivopoulos' ironic videos, archival texts and images that question the value and the role of money. This was Tsivopoulos' project at the 55th Venice Biennale, Dec. 19 to Feb. 2. Located at 7 Skaryatinsky Pereulok. M. Barrikadnaya. Noon to 7 p.m., closed Mon. 495-691-3407, www.safmuseum.org

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

Tretyakov Gallery:

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

More Than Romanticism (Bolshe Chem Romantizm): Russian and Dutch paintings from the first part of the 19th century, to Jan. 12 in the Engineer Wing.

NEW The Art of Pastel: works from the 18th and early 20th centuries from the gallery's collection of graphics, Dec. 19 to March 18. 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.

In Search of Perfection (V Poiskakh Sovershenstva): experimental decorative works by European and Japanese masters of quilt art, to Feb. 9.

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): archaeological findings, permanent display.

Vladimir Kasatkin: art glass, to Feb. 9. 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/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

Veresov Gallery:

Russian Scenography from the 1900s to the 1940s, to Jan. 13. Located at 14 Leningradsky Prospekt, Bldg. 2. M. Belorusskaya. Noon to 7 p.m. 495-937-3371, www.veresov-gallery.ru

Vetoshny Art Center:

Samurai. 47 Ronin: This interactive historical show tells the Japanese legend about 47 samurai who avenge the murder of their master, to Jan. 30. Located at 13 Vetoshny Pereulok. M. Ploshchad Revolyutsii. Tues. to Sun. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., closed Mon. 799-0355, 8-985-222-2050, www.vetoshny.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

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

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

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:

NEW Milya Gataullina: paintings and graphics, to Jan. 11.

Sergei Feofanov shows his Persian paintings, sculptures and drawings, to Jan. 12.

MT PICK Viktor Popkov (1932-74): retrospective of works by this master of a severe, classic style, to Jan. 26. 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