Moscow Museum Week in September — list of free museums in the capital

On Monday, September 15, the traditional "Moscow Museum Week" started, during which residents and guests of the capital can visit a number of museums for free. More than 30 museums are participating in the event, dedicated to various topics from space exploration to splint art. Izvestia tells us which expositions will be available during the campaign.

Moscow Museum Week — about the action

Moscow Museum Week is an action launched in 2019 to increase the accessibility of cultural institutions. Every third week of the month, the capital's museums open their doors to everyone — admission to the main exhibitions and some temporary exhibitions becomes free.

Most museums participate in the promotion every month, but 10 institutions have free admission days that change throughout the year. To visit the exhibition, you must register a ticket on the museum's website or on the Mos Ticket portal. However, the number of free tickets is limited, so it is important to purchase them in advance.

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Moscow Museum Week in September 2025 — schedule

The first "Moscow Museum Week" of autumn will be held from September 15th to 21st. More than 30 cultural institutions of different orientation will be available for visiting. Below is a list of museums that will be free to enter during the promotion.:

Monday

• The Battle of Borodino Panorama Museum
• The Old English Courtyard in Zaryadye Park

Tuesday

• Vasily Nesterenko Gallery
• Moscow Museum of Modern Art

Wednesday

• Kuzminki-Lyublino Museum-Reserve
• Vladimir Mayakovsky State Museum
• Museum of the History of the Vnukovo district in the Vnukovo Cultural Center
• Alexander Scriabin Memorial Museum
• Nikolay Ostrovsky State Museum and Cultural Center "Integration"
• Museum of the History of the Russian Navy in the Museum and Park complex "Severnoye Tushino"
• Alexey Losev's House
• Moscow Exhibition Halls Association

Thursday

• Kliment Timiryazev State Biological Museum
• Kuskovo Estate Museum
• Ostankino Manor Restoration and Storage Center
• Marina Tsvetaeva House Museum
• Gorky Park Museum at the Maxim Gorky Central Park Museum
• Museum of Cosmonautics
• Vladimir Vysotsky State Museum
• Konstantin Paustovsky Museum
• The State Museum of Defense of Moscow
• Alexander Shilov Gallery
• The Dacha exhibition at the Ilya Glazunov Gallery
• The exhibition "Folk paintings" at the Ilya Glazunov Gallery
• Museum of Russian Lubka and Naive Art at Ilya Glazunov Gallery
• Ilya Glazunov Gallery
• The Museum of the Estates of Russia at the Ilya Glazunov Gallery
• The Museum of Vasily Tropinin and Moscow Artists of his Time
• Moscow State Museum of Sergei Yesenin

Friday

• Alexander Pushkin State Museum
• Kolomenskoye Museum-Reserve
• Izmailovo Manor
• The State Darwin Museum
• Tsaritsyno State Museum-Reserve

Saturday

• Museum Association "Museum of Moscow"
• Alexander Solzhenitsyn House of Russian Abroad

Sunday

• Memorial Museum and Scientific Library at the Gogol House
• Mikhail Bulgakov Museum

Recommendations for free visits to Moscow museums

To make viewing the expositions during the Moscow Museum Week comfortable, it is important to adhere to a number of simple rules.:

• It is better to plan a visit to the museum for the first half of the day, when cultural institutions are less busy. This is especially true for families with children and large companies.;
• If you plan to visit several museums on the same day, it is recommended to select institutions located in the same area and plan a route between them in advance.;
• Some museums provide access to temporary exhibitions as part of the campaign, as well as hold workshops, lectures, screenings and other additional events. Therefore, before going to the museum, it is important to familiarize yourself with the rules of visiting and the news of the institution.;
• If you have already run out of free tickets on the website, you can try to purchase them on the day of the visit at the box office. Sometimes a small number of tickets are allocated specifically for this purpose.

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