For six months, the Moscow Museum Week brought together more than 570 thousand people.

Over the past six months, more than 570,000 people have visited the capital's exhibition spaces for free as part of the Moscow Museum Week campaign. This was announced by Deputy Mayor Natalia Sergunina.

The most popular venues were the Kuskovo Estate, the Tsaritsyno and Kolomenskoye nature reserves, the Pushkin State Museum and the Museum of Moscow. "The number of participants in the campaign has increased by 45% compared to the same period last year. Muscovites and tourists visited exhibitions on various topics, from history to art and natural sciences," Sergunina said.

The next museum week will be held from July 14th to 20th.

In particular, the Battle of Borodino Panorama Museum has prepared an exhibition that introduces guests to the Battle of Waterloo. Among the exhibits are graphic works, portraits of military leaders and samples of cold weapons of that time.

The Kolomenskoye Museum-Reserve has opened an exhibition in Peter the Great's House, an architectural monument of federal significance. There are over 100 exhibits from the 17th and 19th centuries, including foreign books on navigation, translated especially for the emperor, as well as a wooden model of the Dvina galley.

Muscovites and tourists are also invited to the State Darwin Museum. There you can learn about different types of animals and see paintings by animal artists - Alexey Komarov, Konstantin Flerov, Vasily Vatagin.

Visitors are also welcome at the Zurab Tsereteli Museum-Workshop, which houses more than 250 of his works. These include enamel panels, mosaics and models of famous sculptures.