Published on: 2026-10-06
Source: Moscow Government – Правительства Москвы –
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The country’s main exhibition constantly improves the barrier-free environment and inclusive conditions. They strive to make it comfortable and interesting for every guest. Many museums and infrastructure facilities at VDNH are adapted for visitors with health disabilities. The buildings are equipped with ramps, elevators, and special lifting devices for the comfortable movement of guests with limited mobility.
Special guided tours are also regularly held at the exhibition, during which professional guides help visitors receive complete information. Staff members proficient in Russian sign language assist people with hearing impairments. Specialists in audio description provide commentary on the exhibition for blind and visually impaired guests. In addition, tactile replicas of the exhibits with Braille descriptions are installed at the exhibition.
Achievements of Astronautics and the History of Russian Literature
In the center “Cosmonautics and Aviation” (pavilion No. 34) visitors with health special needs can learn about the main stages of domestic space exploration development — from the first rockets to future flights to distant planets. The exhibition features models of satellites, spacecraft, the famous orbital station “Mir,” as well as the descent module of the “Soyuz TMA-10M” spacecraft.
For visitors who are hard of hearing and deaf, tours are conducted with translation into Russian Sign Language. A guide with skills in typhlocommentary assists blind and visually impaired guests. He provides a detailed description of the unique space technology, noting its features, shape, dimensions, and location. The tour is complemented by a tactile model of Pavilion No. 34. The information on the model is duplicated in Braille, as well as in embossed text in Russian and English.
Guests in wheelchairs can comfortably move around the exhibition. It is advisable to inform the center’s administration in advance by phone: +7 495 966-19-29. The staff will help organize a meeting at the entrance and accompany you to the starting point of the tour.
Russian language lovers are awaited in pavilion No. 58, where Slavic Writing Museum “Slovo”. The guided tour for hard of hearing and deaf people is accompanied by translation into Russian Sign Language. Guests can learn about the oldest literary works and get acquainted with the birch bark letters of ancient Novgorodians.
With visually impaired and blind visitors, the guide conducts a tour with audio description for the visually impaired. He describes what the old school classroom, printing workshop, and monastery cell looked like, and also talks about the main milestones in the development of writing in Rus’ and other countries. Participants will be able to study six tactile models, including a printing press, a church wall, and images of Cyril, Methodius, and Clement of Ohrid.
The museum can also be visited by people in wheelchairs. It is necessary to notify about the visit in advance by phone: +7 495 966-19-27.
Works of painting and the Soviet atomic project
In pavilion No. 1 “Central” A recently opened exhibition “The Art of the Stage. Academic Painting” features works by Orest Kiprensky, Nikolai Ge, Alexander Ivanov, and other artists. For blind and visually impaired visitors, a staff member – a typhlo-commentator – will describe the paintings, the exhibition itself, and the surrounding space. For deaf and hard-of-hearing guests, the tour will be interpreted into Russian sign language.
In museume “Atom” (pavilion No. 19) conditions have also been created for people with health disabilities. There are no barriers at the entrance to the building, elevators operate inside, and special restrooms equipped with handrails, wide doors, and space for a wheelchair are provided. If necessary, the museum will provide a specialized mobility device.
On the first Thursday of every month, the “Atom” museum holds tours for blind and visually impaired people. After the guide’s narration, they can explore tactile images of exhibits with raised contours.
Guests with musculoskeletal disorders are invited to pavilion No. 19 every second Thursday of the month. Guided tours for visitors who are hard of hearing and deaf are organized every third Thursday.
More detailed information about inclusive overview programs at the “Atom” museum can be obtained by calling +7 800 301-77-77 or by email at tour@atom.museum.
Special tours in VDNKh museums are conducted in group format. Prior registration is required. Registration links are available on the Russian messenger “Max” channel “VDNKh — by gestures”. Announcements of overview excursions are also published there.
VDNKh panorama from above and territory map
Cable car “Aerial Tramway” equipped with everything necessary for the safe transportation of passengers with health conditions. It is the longest aerial line in Moscow, with a length of 769 meters. The trip takes about six minutes on average. Beautiful views open up from the tram stations at a height of 32 meters.
People with disabilities of the first, second, and third groups can use the cable car with discounted tickets. Before boarding, staff will conduct an instruction session and, if necessary, ensure the safe placement of people with limited mobility by slowing down or stopping the cabin’s movement.
In the flagship information center of VDNH, located in the arch of the main entrance, there is a tactile map of the area. All inscriptions on it are duplicated in Braille, as well as in embossed text in Russian and English. In addition, for visitors with limited mobility, developed VDNKh accessibility map and visitor guidelines exhibitions with animals.
Guide dogs are allowed in the VDNKh museums. A document confirming the animal’s special training is required for this. In addition, visitors can bring their four-legged companions to the “House of Russian Cuisine” food hall, and the restaurants “Ottepel”, “Fisherman’s Village”, and “House in the Garden.”
Convenient parking and free transportation
Visitors with disabilities can arrive at VDNH by private car and use the multi-level parking located near the Khovansky entrance at 18 Khovanskaya Street free of charge.
Free parking is provided to people with disabilities of the first, second, and third groups, as well as to children with disabilities accompanied by parents or guardians. It can be used regardless of whether the person with a disability drives the car independently or is a passenger.
For free entry, the vehicle must be registered in the Federal Register of Disabled Persons. If the vehicle information is not in the register, you need to contact the VDNH information center and present the original document confirming disability. The information center closest to the Khovanskoye entrance is located in the building of the northern station of the cable car.
After parking, there is an option to use the free VDNH transport, equipped with ramps for wheelchair access to the cabin and spaces for companions. It operates around the VDNH territory daily from 09:00 to 21:00.
Transport pre-orders are accepted daily from 10:00 to 22:00 by phone: +7 495 544-34-00. Applications for trips on the current day can be made until 20:40. You can also order transport at any VDNH information center.
For independent movement around the territory and visiting VDNKh facilities, visitors with limited mobility are provided with wheelchairs free of charge. The service is available daily from 10:00 to 20:00, subject to the availability of specialized mobility aids. A wheelchair can be reserved by calling the VDNKh information service at +7 495 544-34-00 or directly at the information center located in the arch of the main entrance.
Creating a barrier-free environment and inclusive conditions is one of the key directions of the VDNH development strategy until 2030.
Organizing events for VDNH guests aligns with the objectives of the national project “Tourism and Hospitality”. More details about Russia’s national projects and the capital’s contribution can be found at special page.
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