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Moscow Places of Interest
Moscow Museum of Modern Art
MMOMA is the first museum in Russia and it is fully based on XX and XXI centuries art. Nowadays the museum has 5 buildings that are located in historical place in the center of Moscow, and the heart of the museum is on Petrovka St. Art objects that are placed in MMOMA illustrate the development of Russian Avant-Garde style. Apart from this, you can discover the Soviet Non-Conformist art which was developed in 1960-1980. If you are not a keen on Modern Art this does not mean that it is not worth visiting MMOMA. The museum has its own Art school for the adults and kids, library, and a lecture center.
Contacts:
Working hours
Monday-Sunday 12:00-20:00
Wednesday 13:00-21:00
Address: Several locations: Petrovka Street 25, Gogolevsky 10, Tverskaya Street 9, Ermolaevsky 17, Bolshaya Gruzinskaya Street, 15 Moscow.
Phone: +7 495 231-44-06
Web: www.mmoma.ru
ARTPLAY Design Center
If you feel like there is a lack of creativity around you, you should absolutely visit ArtPlay center. It has combined everything that is related to art. There is a British School of Design, shops of individually designed furniture and souvenirs, quest rooms, cafes and book stores.
ArtPlay had united architects, artists and designers in one place, giving off regular lectures about art and creativity, workshops, master classes and dozens of temporary exhibitions. Even if you are not into this, you still won’t get bored in ArtPlay. You may just come there for a few shots and take some photos in the extraordinary environment.
Address:
Nizhnyaya Syromyatnicheskaya St. 10, Nearest Metro Station - Kurskaya.
Phone: +7 495 620 08 83
Web: www.artplay.ru
Expocentre
«Expocentre» is a well-known Russian company and it exerts the largest international exhibition center in Eastern Europe. «Expocentre» represents Russia in all of the international EXPO exhibitions and it is the oldest Russian participant of UFL. The exhibitions which «Expocentre» introduces attract international investors, tourists, and entrepreneurs. Annually it gives around 100 exhibitions connected with technologies, science, fashion, and art.
Contacts
Address: Krasnopresnenskaya naberezhnaya, 14, Moscow
Phone: +7 499 795-37-99
Web: www.expocentr.ru
Park of Legends
It is one of the most modern sports parks that you will see in Moscow. Park of legends consists of an ice palace, a hockey museum, cafes, shops and a water sports complex. Depending on a season and events, park of legends transforms into a concert arena or a fair place. On the Day of Moscow, there are many concerts and shows, including car races. There are also regular hockey games in VTB arena and most of the international competitions take place in VTB. You can see all the games that are going to take place in VTB here: http://en.parklegends.ru/calendar-and-tickets/calendar/
Address: Avtozavodskaya St. 23, Nearest Metro Station -Avtozavodskaya.
Phone: +7 495 796-86-80, +7 495 223-01-37 (museum)
Web: www.parklegends.ru
Gostiny Dvor
Located in 150 meters away from the Red Square, Gostiny Dvor is one of the largest centers of business, trade and fair today. Before the Russian revolution, it was a shopping center. However, it is not only a place for exhibitions now. It is a historical building with great and interesting past. Gostiny Dvor combines together old and modern: the walls of the pavilion were constructed in the late 1790s and the glass roof was made in a modern style in 1995.
Atrium courtyard hosts cultural events, holiday celebrations and festivals for children, city, and federal holiday celebrations, international exhibitions and salons, concerts, shows and fashion shows. «Gostiny Dvor» also includes bars, restaurants, beauty stores and shops for the visitors' comfort.
Address: Ilyinka Street, 4, nearest Metro Stop is Teatralnaya
Web: гостиныйдвор.москва
Multimedia Art Museum Moscow
The museum's collection mostly includes the works of Russian modern photographers. In their photos, you are able to see the other side of Russia and the mindset of Russians that is usually hidden from tourists. Multimedia Art Museum Moscow also introduces multimedia installations that are about famous people, the world, and culture. There are plenty of temporary exhibitions that you will not see anywhere else. Last summer MAMM introduced a big installation about modern gadget addiction and was beloved by critics. The museum introduces a new way of art and goes together with the world progress. All the latest trends of art are displayed here.
Address: Ostozhenka St.16. Nearest Metro Stop is Kropotkinskaya
Working Hours: 12:00-21:00 everyday except Monday
Phone: +7 495 637-11-00
Web: www.mamm-mdf.ru
