Published on: 2026-09-25
Source: Moscow Government – Правительства Москвы –
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Moscow is a city of many events, and weekends here cannot be boring. The best solution after a tough work or study week is to unwind and change your environment. For those who have long wanted to act in a film wearing historical costumes, there is the MosKino film park, where staged shootings and quests will take place. Lovers of peaceful walks are invited to the Kuzminki-Lyublino museum-reserve, where historic estates and the K.G. Paustovsky Museum are open. Those wishing to stroll through the city center can visit exhibitions at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA) and the Zaryadye park. We tell you how to spend the weekend together with “Mosbilet”.
Weekend and movie adventures
The most cinematic place in the city — MosKino Film Park. You can safely come here for a whole day and not plan anything else because there will be plenty of activities. On September 26 and 27, guests have prepared program with master classes, staged shoots, excursions, and quests.
The walk is conveniently started from the central alley, on both sides of which tall trees rise, and between them are neat shrubs and flower beds. After walking through it, on the left you can see Vadim Zadorozhny’s car cinema exhibition, and behind it—a colorful little town with patterned hut-like houses—the decoration of the “Fairground Square.” Group dance classes are scheduled here from 2:00 PM to 2:30 PM and from 3:00 PM to 3:30 PM, as well as games with animators from 12:00 PM to 7:00 PM. After an active start to the day, it’s worth visiting the “Animation” pavilion, where you can participate in painting a T-shirt with neon paints, and then have lunch at the new family restaurant “Cheburashka.”
A special program that will surely leave vivid impressions on every guest has been prepared at the “Cowboy Town” venue. Among the decorations of a bank, saloon, post office, and sheriff’s office, stunt shows will take place at 1:00 PM, 3:00 PM, and 5:00 PM. Thrilling tricks, skillful horse jumps, and duels will inspire a rewatch of iconic Westerns.
An unusual event will be participating in staged filming inspired by the film “Ivan the Terrible” at the “Uyezdny Gorod” set. Participants will be offered to choose costumes and props and act out one of the iconic scenes. After the filming, you can visit the “Moscow of the 1940s” site, where famous buildings and streets of the wartime capital have been recreated. There, a quest called “The Wedding” will take place.
On the way back, before reaching “Fairground Square,” guests can turn towards the “Fairy Tale Park” — with children’s playgrounds, swings, and loungers among the well-maintained forest area. And if they still have energy left, they can always continue the evening at the “Moskino” cinema watching a family movie.
Entry to the movie park is from 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM.
Closer to nature — away from the city hustle and bustle
You are invited to enjoy the forest air and take a walk through one of the largest green areas in Moscow natural-historical park “Kuzminki-Lyublino”. Now it is a unified territory with neat paths, cafes, estates, and a large forest area. But earlier, Kuzminki and Lyublino were two separate estates, each with its own rich history.
The origins of Kuzminki date back to the 13th century — when the first settlements began to appear on the banks of the Churilikha river, later forming villages. In 1702, Emperor Peter I, in recognition of services in strengthening the navy and army, transferred these lands to the industrialist Grigory Stroganov. A new phase of development began in 1757, when the estate passed to the Golitsyn princes. It was under them that the estate experienced a heyday: extensive landscaping and expansion work was carried out on the manor. A landmark event of the mid-19th century was the construction of the entrance gates on the Linden Avenue — they later gave their name to the city street Chugunnyye Vorota (Cast Iron Gates). During the same period, Kuzminki became a popular dacha location.
The history of Lublin begins at the end of the 16th century, when the area was known as Yurkino. The events of the Time of Troubles led to the decline of the settlement, and the territory remained deserted for a long time. The revival of the estate took place at the end of the 18th century, when its owner became actual state councilor Nikolai Durasov. On his initiative, architect Ivan Egotov designed a villa in the Palladian style — now it is a palace named after N.A. Durasov. An exhibition is held within the palace walls. “The connection between the past and the future”: the exhibition showcases historical costumes referring to Princess Ekaterina Dashkova’s visit in 1806. The project is dedicated to the palace’s 220th anniversary, and the inspiration for the title came from the poetic lines of Alexander Pisarev — the estate’s owner in the second quarter of the 19th century.
You can visit the estate on Saturday from 11:00 to 19:00, and on Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00.
A cottage on the edge of the forest
Without leaving the park grounds, you can turn onto Kuzminskaya Street. And there, through the trees, you can glimpse a cozy K. G. Paustovsky Museum — a small house with a mezzanine, once built for the chief gardener of the Golitsyn estate. It houses many items, manuscripts, and photographs related to the writer who, however, never actually lived here. After the revolution, the house contained communal apartments, and in 1986 the building was transferred for the opening of a museum. Those who want to continue getting to know Konstantin Paustovsky should definitely visit his memorial museum in Tarusa, where the writer spent 13 happy years.
Konstantin Paustovsky had many hobbies that made his life diverse and rich. For example, he loved traveling very much. In 1956, the writer went on a cruise on a steamboat and visited Turkey, Italy, France, Sweden, Greece, and the Netherlands, then visited Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, and the United Kingdom. Among the museum exhibits, the Herakleian amphora from the late 4th to early 3rd century BC stands out particularly. It was gifted to Paustovsky by the Bulgarian poet Slavcho Chernyshev. The unusual gift inspired the writer to create the story “Amphora,” in which he describes the artifact like this: “As for me, when I look at the amphora, I imagine a pottery workshop on the rocky shore of Attica, the blue air, an old potter polishing a raw clay vase.”
Another remarkable exhibit is the “Zorki” camera from the 1950s. Konstantin Georgievich was passionate about photography and took more than a thousand shots during his travels across Russia and abroad. In the photographs, one can see the world through the writer’s eyes, and at the same time get to know him as a cheerful person who loves life and enjoys it. Fishing was no less significant an activity for Paustovsky. He often went fishing with his close friend, the writer Ruvim Fraerman, whom he met in Batumi in 1923.
In the foreword to the collection of children’s stories “Summer Days,” Paustovsky jokingly wrote about his attitude towards fishing: “Ruuvim and I… we both take pride in belonging to the great and carefree tribe of fishermen. Besides fishing, we also write books. If someone tells us that they don’t like our books, we won’t be offended. One person likes one thing, another something completely different — there’s nothing to be done about that. But if some bully says we don’t know how to catch fish, we won’t forgive them for a long time.” The exhibition features bamboo fishing rods from the 1960s and other gear. Here you can also see a 1905 grand piano from Paustovsky’s apartment, postcards, a typewriter, and a writing desk at which the writer worked at his dacha in Peredelkino.
The museum is open from 11:00 to 18:00.
Into the thick of things — three exhibitions about different subjects
If you want to spend the day in the heart of the city, stroll along Varvarka, Vetoshny Lane, and Petrovka, it’s the perfect time to map out a route from Zaryadye Park until Moscow Museum of Modern Art.
At the media center of Zaryadye Park, there is exhibition the works of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, Vice President of the Russian Academy of Arts Konstantin Khudyakov. He occupied a special place in the history of art by combining the canons of academic painting with virtual reality technologies. His creations are complex spatial structures: they fill images with depth and kinetics, establishing a dialogue with the viewer. The key object of the exposition is the immersive project “Angel’s Eye,” which includes an environment scanning system. Presented in its entirety for the first time, the art object reflects the author’s aspiration to create interactive art.
The exhibition is open until November 8.
After walking through the hilly park “Zaryadye” and enjoying the views from the floating bridge, you can continue the cultural route to the building Old English Court. In its basement, there is currently an exhibition titled “GOST.RUSSIA 1967–2006,” which tells the story of one of the most famous hotels in the country. The Hotel Russia, built on the site of the present-day Zaryadye Park 59 years ago, was not only a symbol of the era but also a grand project that combined a hotel, a cinema concert hall, a restaurant, and a movie theater in one building. Various meetings, a large film festival, political encounters, as well as tourists from all over the world, took place here. It was the Hotel Russia that served as a portal into the exotic Soviet reality for them.
The exhibition features items that demonstrate the scale of the hotel and the high quality of service: signature ceramic tableware, numerous awards and medals, as well as a miniature model, drawings, and plans. After viewing, visitors can go up to the second floor of the white-stone building. In the upper chambers, an exposition reflecting the life of English merchants of the 16th–17th centuries has been created. On media screens are the most striking facts about that era, and in the historic rooms—furniture, tiles, and other items.
The next point on the route map will be MMOMA (Petrovka Street, house 25). A walk to the museum through the historic streets and alleys of Moscow is another pleasant activity on a day off. There is currently an exhibition by the artist Misha Nikatin titled “Father’s Mode.” The exposition literally transports you into the interiors of a modern apartment where a young family lives. In the living room, there is a shelf with art albums and books, toys scattered on the floor, a forgotten orange hidden in the blanket on the bed. Here is a selfie in the elevator mirror with a child, and here is a toddler building a house from blocks.
This exhibition not only reflects the everyday life of a working husband and a gentle father who finds a balance between work and home. It shows what the modern father is like — caring, sensitive, managing to do a lot even when very tired. He reads to the child before sleep, goes for walks, plays, and spends time with him between work calls, business meetings, and communicating with his wife. “Father mode” is an exhibition dedicated to the value of the parent’s role in a world that sometimes dictates completely different rules.
Each painting in the exhibition was created with great love for one’s home, family, and those familiar details that in reality exist only temporarily in life. After all, children grow up someday, and to remember that moment, to keep it in memory, is truly valuable.
The exhibition can be visited until October 25.
Learn about performances, concerts, exhibitions, and other interesting events on the official Mosbilet channels in messengers “Max” and “Telegram”.
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