Moscow State Historical Museum

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The State Historical Museum (Russian: Государственный исторический музей, Gosudarstvenny istoricheskiy muzyey) of Russia is a museum of Russian history wedged between Red Square and Manege Square in downtown Moscow.

 

Its exhibitions range from relics of prehistoric tribes that lived on the territory of present-day Russia, through priceless artworks acquired by members of the Romanov dynasty. The total number of objects in the museum's collection comes to millions.

 

The State Historical Museum building clearly stands out as it overlooks the Red Square.
The building is of red color and is visible from many angles when you are in downtown core.

Any broadcast of a military parade or any other major public gathering on the Red Square is clearly gets into the picture of TV cameras covering those events.

 

Notable items include a longboat excavated from the banks of the Volga River, gold artifacts of the Scythians, birch-bark scrolls of Novgorod, manuscripts going back to the sixth century, Russian folk ceramics, and wooden objects. The library boasts the manuscripts of the Chludov Psalter (860s), Svyatoslav's Miscellanies (1073), Mstislav Gospel (1117), Yuriev Gospel (1119), and Halych Gospel (1144).

The museum's coin collection alone includes 1.7 million coins, making it the largest in Russia.

In 1996, the number of all articles in the museum's collection reached 4,373,757.

A branch of the museum is housed in the Romanov Chambers Zaryadye and Saint Basil's Cathedral.

In 1934 The Museum of Women's Emancipation at the Novodevichy Convent became part of the State Historical Museum.

Some of the churches and other monastic buildings are still affiliated with the State Historical Museum.