Published on: 2026-09-08
Source: Moscow Government – Правительства Москвы –
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Museums subordinate to the capital city Department of Culture, invite city residents to discover new facets of art. In addition to traditional painting and sculpture, the halls feature interactive installations, art objects, and video projections, as well as topics that are definitely worth contemplating. Mosbilet prepared a selection of unconventional exhibitions capable of leaving the most vivid impressions.
Fatherhood, silence, and a rabbit the size of a house
An unusual exhibition awaits visitors at Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MOMMA). On September 9, a solo exhibition of Misha Nikatin will open in its halls on Petrovka (house 25) “Father Mode”. The series of paintings is dedicated to the experience of modern parenthood and the changes brought about in life by the birth of a child. The author of the works focuses on simple and touching moments, such as a baby asleep in a car, a mother holding an infant, toys, flowers, groceries, and random objects that have become part of the home environment. The project is being implemented as part of the MMOMA young art support program and the “Young Lions” program of the Triumph Gallery.
Another interesting exhibition — “Silence of the Star”. It operates in a building on Gogolevsky Boulevard, uniting about 70 works of painting, graphics, sculpture, and installation, and explores themes of memory and the relationship between humans and the world. The artists invite viewers to see barely perceptible processes that make up the surrounding reality: plants breaking through concrete, the flow of time, the interconnection of body and environment. In this perspective, a person is not the center of what is happening but one of the elements of a complex system where life continues independently of their presence.
Will also leave unforgettable impressions Zurab Tsereteli Museum-Workshop on Bolshaya Gruzinskaya Street (building 15). More than 250 works created in various techniques such as painting, graphics, enamel, serigraphy, and easel sculpture are presented across three floors. Here you can see images of Pablo Picasso and Marc Chagall, a sculpture of a giant giraffe, a rabbit the size of a house, and even the Little Prince watering a rose on his planet.
Ancient treasure, secret lines, and the black pearl
History enthusiasts will enjoy Museum of Moscow. Here, guests will be told ancient legends and introduced to the archaeological heritage of the capital. The museum’s collections include many items with inscriptions that pose numerous questions to scholars or, conversely, can help unveil a veil of mystery. Among them are lines carved into stone, graffiti, and even words applied to pottery before firing. All of this can be seen in the main exhibition “History of Moscow” on Zubovsky Boulevard (building 2, block 3).
In the capital Museum of Archaeology, a branch of the Moscow Museum, holds the largest treasure in the history of the capital. It was discovered in 1996 at the Old Gostiny Dvor. It is assumed that the treasure was hidden by a wealthy townsman, possibly the owner of one of the merchant chambers. The find contained 16 silver vessels, 335 Western European thalers, and over 95 thousand other coins.
Another branch of the Museum of Moscow, a unique urban space, will introduce the history of the capital in an unusual format — Coat of Arms Hall of the city of Moscow. The guests will be told why the rider and the winged serpent are depicted on the capital’s heraldic emblem, and what they look like district coats of arms of the city and the legends behind them. For example, you can learn which mystical creature symbolizes Izmailovo, how Vnukovo, a feather, and Pegasus are connected, and how the black pearl ended up on the coat of arms of Filimonkovsky district.
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From the metro to the theater and space
Guests of the association “Exhibition Halls of Moscow” They are expecting non-classical exhibitions for every taste. For example, an exhibition by Dmitry Zhiltsov is on display at the “Na Kashirke” gallery “The Other Side of the Theater”. The exhibition features works created for the stage and inspired by the backstage space: installations, paintings, photographs, sculptures, and art objects.
At the center of the project is a characteristic theatrical play with perception. The scenery and props, which appear convincing and realistic from the audience’s seat, reveal their artificiality upon closer inspection: an elegant casket may turn out to be made of papier-mâché, and sparkling jewels — items made from everyday materials.
The “Belyaevo” Gallery invites you to see familiar transportation in a new light. There is an exhibition here “Let’s meet in the center of the hall”, dedicated to the capital’s metro. The metro is usually perceived as a transportation system, an architectural monument, or a part of the city’s history. The exhibition offers a perspective through people: passengers on platforms, images in passageways, silhouettes on escalators. In the works, the metro balances between the density of human flow and the emptiness of evening stations. Thus, transportation ceases to be just a means of movement and becomes part of everyday life — a place of meetings, waiting, observations, and solitude.
And the “Vargi” exhibition hall offers to leave the city and even the planet. Here an exhibition is open “The Multiform Cosmos” with photographs taken during space flights, graphic works featuring fantastic plots, and the most unusual art objects. Among them, for example, is a stylized satellite shaped like a tin can. A special section of the exhibition is dedicated to historical artifacts. Here you can see the magazine “Ogonyok” from April 16, 1961, with a double cover (prepared in case of any outcome of Yuri Gagarin’s flight), Soviet badges, space food in tubes, watches from that period, and fragments of meteorites.
You can purchase a ticket to the capital’s museums through the service “Mosbilet”.
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“Mosbilet” is the official service on the mos.ru portal, through which you can purchase tickets to theaters, museums, concert halls, and other institutions without commission or markups. The service page features announcements of the most anticipated events, season premieres, activities within city festivals, exhibitions, performances, and concerts taking place in the upcoming weekend. Tickets can be bought directly through the service. For events requiring personal data to purchase a ticket, entering surname, name, patronymic, and visitor information is not necessary: if the user has a standard or full account, it is enough to leave the default value — Mos ID — in the document selection field. Mandatory fields must be filled in manually if the account is simplified.
When booking tickets for young guests through the service, all data must be entered only by the accompanying adult. For children under 14 years old, only the last name, first name, patronymic, and date of birth can be specified; when attending cultural events, the child’s document is not required to be shown. In addition, authorized users will be able to open ticket QR codes in the mobile applications “My Moscow”, “My ID”, and “Moscow Public Services.”
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