Exhibits

Temporary Exhibitions

Permanent Displays

Alexander Pushkin Museum:

Pushkin and His Age (Pushkin i Yego Epokha): permanent display. Located at 12/2 Ul. Prechistenka. M. Kropotkinskaya. Ticket office open 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., closed Mon. and the last Fri. of the month. 637-5674/3256.

Alexander Pushkin Museum Exhibition Hall:

Permanent display: a small display of items and paintings of the Pushkin era. Located at 55/32 Arbat, entrance from Denezhny Pereulok. M. Smolenskaya. Ticket office open 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Sat. and Sun. 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., closed Mon. 241-7586.

Andrei Bely Apartment Museum:

Permanent display: personal belongings of this acclaimed Russian poet and novelist of the Silver Age, portraits and rare archive materials. Located at 55 Arbat. M. Smolenskaya. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., closed Mon., Tues. and the last Fri. of the month. 241-7702.

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. 623-4401/4420, www.sakharov-center.ru

Andriyaka's Watercolor School:

New Animals in the Fine Arts (Zhivotniye v Izobrazitelnom Iskusstve): paintings, graphics, sculptures and decorative works from the 18th to the 21st century, to Feb. 2. Located at 17/1 Gorokhovsky Pereulok. M. Kurskaya. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., closed Mon. and Tues. 8-499-267-5435, www.andriaka.ru

Anton Chekhov House at Melikhovo:

Permanent display: the house furnished more or less as it was when the writer lived there from 1892 to 1898 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. 8-272-24079.

Anton Chekhov Museum:

Permanent display: the writer's Moscow apartment, with a small display of photos and manuscripts. Located at 6 Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya Ul. M. Barrikadnaya. Ticket office open 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sat., Sun. and holidays 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed Mon. and Tues. 291-6154.

Arkhangelskoye Estate Museum:

History and Art Collection of the Arkhangelskoye Estate, in the Kontorsky Wing Hall. Located at M. Tushinskaya, then bus 549 to Arkhangelskoye or bus 151 to Sanatory. Park open 10 a.m. to 8 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. 561-9660. Excursions available upon request at 363-1375, www.arkhangelskoe.ru/collections

Art4.ru:

Contemporary Russian Art collected by Igor Markin and housed in a private museum. Located at 4 Khlynovsky Tupik. M. Tverskaya. Fri. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. 660-1156.

Bakhrushin Theater Museum:

Golden Age of Russian Theater (Zolotoi Vek Russkogo Teatra): permanent display. Located at 31/12 Ul. Bakhrushina. M. Paveletskaya. Noon to 6 p.m., closed Tues. and the last Mon. of the month. 953-4470.

Brothers Lumiere Center of Photography at Krasny Oktyabr:

Anton Lyalin shows photographs from the Portrait of Africa series, to Dec. 9. Located at 3 Bolotnaya Naberezhnaya, Bldg. 1. M. Polyanka. Tues. to Fri. 2 to 9 p.m., Sat. and Sun. noon to 8 p.m., closed Mon. 795-1755, www.lumiere.ru

Cervantes Institute:

Gabriel GarcТa Marquez. One Hundred Years of Solitude:  paintings, sculptures and installations inspired by the famous novel, to Jan. 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. 609-9055.

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. 924-8058/8490.

Dacha:

New Vinaigrette: new works by Semyon Peterson, Andrei Tochilkin, Dmitry Zapylikhin, Mikhail Rubtsov and others, to Sun. Located at 70 Rublyovo-Uspenskoye Shosse, Derevna Zhukovka. M. Molodyozhnaya, bus 121 or 150. 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. 778-1486.

Dmitry Nalbandyan Studio Museum:

Permanent display: paintings, family photographs, books and other items tell about this "court artist" for Stalin and Brezhnev. Located at 8 Tverskaya Ul., Bldg. 2, entrance 1, code 31. M. Okhotny Ryad. By appointment only. 625-4576.

Dom Ikony Na Spiridonovke:

Icons and other works of Christian art from a private collection, permanent display. Located at 4 Ul. Spiridonovka. M. Arbatskaya, Tverskaya. Noon to 10 p.m. 690-5474, www.dom-ikony.ru

Fine Art:

Color — Form — Space (Tsvet — Forma — Prostranstvo): works by Israeli sculptor David Gerstein, to Jan. 12. 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. 251-7649, www.galleryfineart.ru

Frolov Gallery at Winzavod Center of Contemporary Art:

Boris Smelov (1951-98): selected works by this acclaimed St. Petersburg photographer, to Jan. 20. Located at 1 4th Syromyatnichesky Pereulok, Bldg. 6. M. Chkalovskaya, Kurskaya. Noon to 8 p.m., closed Mon. 495-642-5445, www.frolovgallery.ru/en

Fyodor Chaliapin 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 p.m., closed Mon. and Fri. 205-6236/7300.

Fyodor Dostoevsky 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. Thurs., Sat. and Sun. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Wed. and Fri. 2 to 5:30 p.m., closed Mon., Tues. and the last day of the month. 681-1085.

Gallery 21:

Elements of a Theory About Phantoms (Elementy Teorii Prizrakov): Sergei Ogurtsov's installation touches on current problems of the contemporary cultural and political context, to Dec. 19. Located at 11 Pugovishnikov Pereulok, Bldg. 3. M. Park Kultury, Frunzenskaya. By appointment 8-910-463-0404, 8-499-245-1125, www.gallery-21.ru/en

Historical Museum:

French Clocks From the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Historical Museum and private collections, to Feb. 28.

The Bronze Age (Epokha Bronzy): new 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. Located at 1/2 Red Square. M. Ploshchad Revolyutsii. Ticket office open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sun. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., closed Tues. and the first Mon. of the month. 692-4019/5660, www.shm.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. 112-5217.

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 5 p.m., Wed. and Fri. 2 to 7 p.m., closed Mon. and Tues. 229-2442/2855.

Kovcheg Gallery:

10 Summers and 17 Winters (10 Let i 17 Zim): paintings and drawings by Pyotr Miturich (1887-1956) and Vera Khlebnikova (1891-1941), to Dec. 16. Located at 12 Ul. Nemchinova. M. Timiryazevskaya, then bus 87 or 206 to Gostinitsa Molodyozhnaya. Ticket office open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., closed Mon. and Tues. 977-0044/88, www.kovcheg-art.ru

Krokin Gallery:

12 Hidden Artists. Dreams of Heroes (12 Spryatannykh Khudozhnikov. Sny Geroyev):Yevgeny Semyonov's video performance on the themes of Gilbert & George, to Sun. Located at 15 Ul. Bolshaya Polyanka. M. Polyanka. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sun. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admission. 959-0141/38, www.krokingallery.com

Kuzminki Estate Museum:

Kuzminki From Past to Present (Kuzminki iz Proshlogo v Nastoyashcheye): permanent display. Located at 6 Topolyovaya Alleya. M. Ryazansky Prospekt, then bus 29, or M. Kuzminki, then trolleybus 38. Ticket office open 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., closed Mon. and the last Fri. of the month. 377-9457.

Lefortovo Museum:

Lefortovo. Landmarks of History (Lefortovo. Vekhi Istorii): permanent display. Located at 23 Kryukovskaya Ul. M. Semyonovskaya, then tram 43 or 46. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., closed Mon. and the last Fri. of the month. 360-0147.

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. 202-2190. Branch at 12 Pyatnitskaya Ul. M. Novokuznetskaya. 951-6440. Branch in Khamovniki, 21 Ul. Lva Tolstogo. M. Park Kultury. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed Mon. 246-9444.

Literary Museum:

Permanent display: books, manuscripts and other items that tell the stories of Russia's great writers. Located at 28 Ul. Petrovka. M. Pushkinskaya. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed Mon. and Tues. 623-7343.

Literature Museum Affiliate:

New Postcards From Artists (Otkrytki ot Khudozhnikov): small paintings, graphics, photographs and objects created specially as Christmas gifts, to Dec. 20. Located at 17 Trubnikovsky Pereulok. M. Barrikadnaya. Tues., Wed., Fri., Sat. and Sun. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thurs. 1 to 8 p.m., closed Mon. 695-4618, goslitmuz.ru/ru/ostroukhov-museum

Manezh Exhibition Hall:

MT Pick Publisher Vollard and His Artists (Izdatel Vollard i Yego Khudozhniki): 23 artists' books published by one of the most important dealers in French contemporary art Ambroise Vollard from 1900 to 1939 with original graphic prints by Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Auguste Renoire, Aristide Maillol, Pierre Bonnard, Paul Cezanne, Edgar Degas, Georges Braque and others, to Jan. 20.

Soviet Design from the 1950s to the 1980s, to Jan. 20.

Those Again at the Manezh (Te Zhe v Manezhe): This multimedia show tells about the 1962 Manezh Exhibition that Nikita Khrushchev criticized and closed at the opening, to Wed.

Video Holes (Video Dyry): video works by Yang Fudong, Jesper Just, Provmyza, Julian Rosefeldt, Bill Viola and others artists, to Jan. 20. Located at 1 Manezh Square. M. Okhotny Ryad, Alexandrovsky Sad. 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., closed Mon. 698-1660.

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. Ticket office open noon to 6 p.m., closed Tues. and the last Mon. of the month. 290-5416/4289.

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 p.m., closed Sat. 202-3543.

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. 251-1066, 972-3237.

Mikhail Lermontov Museum:

Permanent display: a small display dedicated to the poet who was the closest Russian literature had to a representative of the Romantic movement. Located at 2 Malaya Molchanovka. M. Arbatskaya. Ticket office open Thurs., Sat. and Sun. 1 to 4 p.m., Wed. and Fri. 2 to 6 p.m., closed Mon. and Tues. 291-5298.

Moscow Kremlin Museums:

The Golden Age of the English Court: From Henry VIII to Charles I (Zolotoi Vek Angliiskogo Dvora: ot Genrikha VIII do Karla I ): items from British collections — paintings, drawings, portrait miniatures, jewellery, precious tableware, arms and armour, textiles, rare books and prints, to Jan. 27 in the Belfry and Patriarchy Palace. 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:

Fascinans and Tremendum: drawings, paintings, sculptures and videos by Aidan Salakhova, to Jan. 20.

New Red: paintings by Aslan Akhmadov, Tues. to Jan. 20. 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. 694-6600, www.mmoma.ru

Moscow Museum of Modern Art on Petrovka:

New Black: new series of works by Nikolai Basedkin, Dec. 20 to Jan. 27. Located at 25 Petrovka. M. Chekhovskaya. Ticket office open noon to 7:15 p.m. 694-2890, www.mmoma.ru

Moscow Museum of Modern Art on Tverskoi:

Vanitas. Contemporary Reflections: installations, videos, sculptures and photographs by European artists, to Sun. 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. 694-6660, www.mmoma.ru

Moscow Museum of Modern Art on Yermolayevsky:

Here Come the New (Noviye Idut): works from museum and private collections by Timur Novikov, Afrika and other members of the New Artists Group founded in the early 1980s, to Sun. 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. 231-4405/08, www.mmoma.ru

Multimedia Art Museum:

Charlie Chaplin: exhibit of photographs, videos, posters and documents based on the Chaplin family archive, to Feb. 17.

Father Pavel Florensky — The Russian Leonardo: items from the Florensky apartment museum, to Dec. 16.

MT Pick Marc Quinn: sculptures, paintings and multimedia installations, to Dec. 16.

MT Pick Weegee. Retrospective: works by Arthur Fellig (1899-1968), known for his street photography of crime scenes and emergencies, to Dec. 16. Located at 16 Ul. Ostozhenka. M. Kropotkinskaya. Ticket office open noon to 9 p.m., closed Mon. 637-1100, www.mamm-mdf.ru/en

Museum of Applied, Decorative and Folk Art:

Masterpieces of Soviet Porcelain from the 1920s to the 1970s, permanent display.

Mstyora Lacquer Miniatures, to Jan. 7.

Riga Art Porcelain 1925-40, to Wed.

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 6 p.m., closed Tues. and the last Mon. of the month. 8-495-609-0165, www.vmdpni.ru

Museum of Ceramics at the 18th-century Kuskovo Estate:

Masterpieces of Porcelain, Glass and Ceramics from the museum collection. Located at 2 Ul. Yunosti. M. Ryazansky Prospekt, then bus 133 or 108. Ticket office open 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., closed Mon., Tues. and the last Wed. of the month. 375-3131, www.kuskovo.ru

Museum of Private Collections:

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

Under the Sign of Rembrandt (Pod Znakom Rembrandta): graphics from the collection of Nikolai Mosolov (1847-1914), to Jan. 12. Located at 10 Ul. Volkhonka. M. Kropotkinskaya. Ticket office open noon to 6 p.m., closed Mon. and Tues. 697-1610, www.museum.ru/gmii

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. 699-5458, www.sovr.ru

Museum of the History of Moscow:

From Village to Capital (Ot Poseleniya do Stolitsy): the history of Moscow from the 13th to the 17th century. Located at 12 Novaya Ploshchad. M. Lubyanka, Kitai-Gorod. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Wed. and Fri. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., closed Mon. and the last Fri. of the month. 624-8490.

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 Kaplan (1902-80): lithographs, etchings and drawings, Wed. to Feb. 24.

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

Romantic Russia (Romanticheskaya Rossiya): 19th-century sculptures and paintings from the Tver Art Gallery collection, to Jan. 27.

Still Lifes. Metamorphoses. The Dialogue of Classics and Modernity (Natyurmort. Metamorfozy. Dialog Klassiki i Sovremennosti): various kinds of still lifes by Russian artists from the 18th to the 21st century, to Feb. 24. Located at 10 Krymsky Val. M. Oktyabrskaya, Park Kultury. Ticket office open 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Thurs. 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., closed Mon. 230-7788, 951-1362, 238-1378. Excursions 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. Located at 14 Volkhonka. M. Kropotkinskaya. Noon to 6 p.m., closed Mon. and Tues. 697-1546, www.museum.ru/gmii

Nikolai Roerich Museum:

Permanent display: a small display dedicated to the great painter known best for his landscapes of India. Located at 3/5 Maly Znamensky Pereulok. M. Kropotkinskaya. Ticket office open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., closed Mon. 203-7988.

Novodevichy Convent:

The Cloister, Pure and Divinely Decorated (Obitel Presvetlaya i Divno Ukrashennaya): permanent display in this museum of 16th- and 17th-century Russian history and architecture. Located at 1 Novodevichy Proyezd. M. Sportivnaya. Ticket office in summer is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., in winter from 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., closed Tues. and the first Mon. of the month. 246-8526.

Oriental Art Museum:

Art and Culture of Korea (Iskusstvo i Kultura Korei): a new permanent display. Located at 12 Nikitsky Bulvar. M. Arbatskaya. Ticket office open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., closed Mon. 691-8219/9614, www.orientmuseum.ru

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

Siggy: paintings by Vika Begalskaya, to Sun. Located at 1 4th Syromyatnichesky Pereulok, Bldg. 6. M. Chkalovskaya, Kurskaya. Noon to 8 p.m., closed Sun. 8-495-766-4519, popoffart.com

Project Fabrika:

In Time: Sergei Katran and Ekaterina Sisfontes' installation about time and its interpretations in different cultures, to Wed. Located at 18 Perevedenovsky Pereulok. M. Baumanskaya, Elektrozavodskaya, then trolleybus 22 or 25 to Balakirevsky Pereulok. 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., closed Mon. 265-3926/3935, www.proektfabrika.ru

Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts:

New Erich Borchert (1907-44): graphics by this German artist who came to Moscow in 1930, was arrested in 1942 and died in the Karaganda labor camp in Kazakhstan, to Jan. 27.

New Five Centuries of Italian Drawings (Pyat Vekov Italyanskogo Risunka): Italian drawings from the 16th to the 20th century, from the museum collection, to Jan. 27.

New Lorenzo Lotto (1480-1556): paintings from Italian collections, Dec. 14 to Feb. 10.

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. Ticket office open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thurs. to 8 p.m., closed Mon. 697-7998/9578, www.arts-museum.ru

Rabochy i Kolkhoznitsa Exhibition Center:

New Soviet Venus (Venera Sovetskaya): paintings, graphics, sculptures, posters and photographs, Tues. to Feb. 3. Located at 123 Prospekt Mira, Bldg. B. M. VDNKh. Tues. to Wed. and Fri. to Sun. 10 a.m. to 8 p.m, Thurs. 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., closed Mon. 495-683-5640, www.mvc-ric.ru

Roza Azora Gallery:

MT Pick The Joke (Shutka): paintings by Natalia Nesterova, to Sun. Located at 14 Nikitsky Bulvar. Mon. to Sat. noon to 8 p.m., Sun. noon to 6 p.m. 695-8119, www.rozaazora.ru

RuArts Gallery:

New Vincent Perez shows photo works featuring stars of the Bolshoi Ballet, Sat. to Jan. 19. Located at 10 1st Zachatyevsky Pereulok. M. Kropotkinskaya. Noon to 8 p.m. Free admission. 201-4475, www.ruarts.ru

Russian Harmonica Museum:

History of the Russian Harmonica: permanent display of musical instruments.

Russian Evening (Russky Vecher): an excursion for tourists upon request. Located at 18 2nd Tverskaya-Yamskaya Ul. M. Mayakovskaya. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Wed. and Fri. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., closed Mon. and the last Fri. of the month. 251-6730.

Shchusev Architecture Museum:

The Apocalypse Prophesy in Gravures by Albrecht Durer and West European Masters (Prorochestva Apokalipsisa v Garvyurakh Dyurera i Zapadno-Yevropeiskikh Masterov): original prints from Moscow private collections, to Feb. 1.

Unrealized Future. Architect Vasily Bazhenov's Model of the Grand Kremlin Palace (Nesluchivsheyesya Budushcheye. Model Bolshogo Kremlyovskogo Dvortsa Arkhitektora Vasilya Bazhenova): This exhibit opens the Shchusev Architecture Museum permanent display, to Dec. 31. Located at 5 Vozdvizhenka. M. Biblioteka Imeni Lenina, Arbatskaya, Alexandrovsky Sad. Ticket office open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sat. and Sun. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., closed Mon. 691-2109, 690-0551, www.muar.ru

Sin-I Salon:

Traditional Chinese paintings, furniture, clothes and other attributes of Chinese culture. Located at 20A Vekovaya Ul., entrance from Maly Rzhevsky Pereulok. M. Ploshchad Ilicha. 3 p.m. to midnight. 783-8015.

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 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 298-3304.

Stary Angliisky Dvor Museum:

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.

Reception at the Old English Yard: an excursion upon request. Located at 4 Ul. Varvarka. M. Kitai-Gorod. 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Wed. and Fri. 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., closed Mon. 624-8490, 298-3961/3952.

State Center of Contemporary Art:

German Paintings From 1950 to 2010: works from German art collections, to Dec. 16. Located at 13 Zoologicheskaya Ul. M. Krasnopresnenskaya. Noon to 8 p.m., closed Mon. 254-8492/0674, www.ncca.ru

Stella Art on Skaryatinsky:

Russian Roots of Buddhism (Russkiye Korni Buddizma): German Titov's series of paintings, videos and a photo installation serve as Zen Buddhist Koans on the theme of the Way, to Jan. 13. Located at 7 Skaryatinsky Pereulok. M. Barrikadnaya. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., closed Mon. 691-3407/2675, 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. Excursions Tues. and Thurs. at 6 p.m., every third Sat. of the month at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. 202-8346, 203-7205.

Tretyakov Gallery:

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

New Pyotr Nilus (1869-1943): paintings and graphics, Fri. to March 10 in the Engineer

Russian Drawings and Watercolors from the Pushkin Fine Arts Museum collection, to Feb. 24. Located at 10/12 Lavrushinsky Pereulok. M. Tretyakovskaya. Tues., Wed., Sat. and Sun. ticket office open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thurs. and Fri. ticket office open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., closed Mon. 230-7788, 951-1362, 238-1378. 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:

The Shadow of Time (Ten Vremeni): installations, paintings, sculptures, objects and videos by contemporary Russian artists, to March 10.

Tsaritsyno Through the Ages (Tsaritsyno Skvoz Veka): permanent display.

Tsars in Tsaritsyno (Tsari v Tsaritsyno): portraits of Russian emperors. Located at 1 Dolskaya Ul. M. Tsaritsyno, Orekhovo. 321-0743, www.tsaritsyno-museum.ru

Veresov Gallery:

Tatyana Nazarenko shows recent works from her "Collection of Human Lives" series, to Sun. Located at 14 Leningradsky Prospekt, Bldg. 2. M. Belorusskaya. Noon to 7 p.m. 495-937-3371.

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

Vladimir Vernadsky Museum:

Permanent display: objects and artifacts associated with the work of this great scientist. Located at 11 Mokhovaya Ul., Bldg. 2. M. Okhotny Ryad. Tues., Thurs. and Sat. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. 292-0943.

Volkhonka Fine Arts Center:

RAFAF: Russian Antiques and Fine Arts Fair, to Dec. 25. Located at 15 Ul. Volkhonka. M. Kropotkinskaya. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. 637-1825, www.volkhonkafineart.com

Vsevolod Meyerhold 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. and Tues. 229-5322.

Winzavod Center of Contemporary Art:

New Christmas Art Bazaar: original Christmas gifts for kids and grownups from all over the world, Dec. 15 and 16. Located at 1 4th Syromyatnichesky Pereulok, Bldg. 6. M. Chkalovskaya, Kurskaya. Noon to 8 p.m. 917-4646, www.winzavod.ru

Yekaterina Cultural Foundation:

John Cage's Experiments in Context: This multimedia display shows the influence of Cage's ideas and experiments on artistic culture, to Jan. 20.

Stars Between the Sky and Earth. Passing Glances: actors, musicians, politicians and other famous persons in black-and-white photographs from the Air France Company collection, to Jan. 27. Located at 21 Kuznetsky Most, entrance No. 8 from Ul. Bolshaya Lubyanka. M. Kuznetsky Most. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., closed Mon. 621-5522, www.ekaterina-fondation.ru