23 of the best · Moscow, Russia
Arts & Culture in Moscow
Ballet and opera at the Bolshoi, the Conservatory’s Great Hall, the Moscow Art Theatre, the Tretyakov’s icons and avant-garde, the Pushkin Museum, Garage and GES-2.
Our 23 favourites, listed A–Z · Updated October 2026
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Insiders' picks
Three of our favourites, from the Kremlin to the Bolshoi.
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The great Russian collection
State Tretyakov Gallery
The national gallery of Russian art, from icons to Repin, Vasnetsov and Levitan, in its fairy-tale building in Lavrushinsky Lane.
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From Egypt to the Impressionists
Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts
The great collection of European art on Volkhonka, from antiquity to Monet, Cézanne and Matisse.
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The Great Hall
Moscow Conservatory
The Tchaikovsky Conservatory and its Great Hall, on Bolshaya Nikitskaya.
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More areas 15
Visual arts
Museums 5
Great collections.
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UNESCO World Heritage
Moscow Kremlin
The red-brick fortress at the heart of Moscow, with its cathedrals, bell tower and the Armoury’s treasures.
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20th-century Russian art
New Tretyakov Gallery
The Tretyakov’s 20th-century collection on Krymsky Val, from the avant-garde to the present.
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From Egypt to the Impressionists
Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts
The great collection of European art on Volkhonka, from antiquity to Monet, Cézanne and Matisse.
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On Red Square
State Historical Museum
Russia’s national history museum, in the red neo-Russian building at the north end of Red Square.
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The great Russian collection
State Tretyakov Gallery
The national gallery of Russian art, from icons to Repin, Vasnetsov and Levitan, in its fairy-tale building in Lavrushinsky Lane.
Galleries 3
Painting, sculpture and photography.
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In Gorky Park
Garage Museum of Contemporary Art
The contemporary art museum in Gorky Park, in a 1960s pavilion remade by Rem Koolhaas’s OMA.
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A power station remade
GES-2 House of Culture
A former power station on the river, opposite the Kremlin, remade by Renzo Piano as a house of culture.
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Five sites in the city
Moscow Museum of Modern Art
The city’s museum of modern art, with its main building on Petrovka and a site on Gogolevsky Boulevard.
Architecture & landmarks 4
Great buildings, old and new.
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UNESCO-listed church
Kolomenskoye
The old royal estate on the Moskva, with the UNESCO-listed Church of the Ascension.
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Palaces underground
Moscow Metro stations
The palatial stations of the Moscow Metro, from Komsomolskaya to Mayakovskaya and Ploshchad Revolyutsii.
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The painted domes
St Basil’s Cathedral
The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed, with its painted onion domes, at the south end of Red Square.
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A Gothic palace
Tsaritsyno
The Gothic-revival palace of Catherine the Great’s architects, in a park of ponds and bridges.
Performing arts
Concert halls & music 2
Where to hear music.
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The Great Hall
Moscow Conservatory
The Tchaikovsky Conservatory and its Great Hall, on Bolshaya Nikitskaya.
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The Tchaikovsky Concert Hall
Moscow Philharmonic
The Moscow State Academic Philharmonic, with the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall on Triumfalnaya Square.
Theatre & musicals 4
Plays, musicals and the playhouses.
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Chekhov’s theatre
Moscow Art Theatre
The Chekhov Moscow Art Theatre in Kamergersky Lane, where Stanislavsky staged Chekhov.
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Opera, ballet & dance 3
The great houses and companies.
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Ballet and opera since 1825
Bolshoi Theatre
The great theatre of ballet and opera, with Apollo’s quadriga over the portico on Theatre Square.
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Opera and ballet
Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Music Theatre
The city’s second great house of opera and ballet, on Bolshaya Dmitrovka.
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Cinemas and film.
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In a Seven Sisters tower
Illuzion Cinema
The film archive’s cinema, in the Kotelnicheskaya Embankment tower, one of the Seven Sisters.
