Exciting Exhibitions Everywhere in Moscow
From imperial treasures and Arctic landscapes to tsaritsa carnivals — discover the season's most captivating exhibitions
This spring, Moscow’s museums unveil an extraordinary season, blending imperial splendour with avant-garde dreams. With the city hosting a wealth of exhibitions exploring distant lands, ancient traditions, and modern visions, the season promises a journey through the world's cultural heritage without ever leaving the capital.
Tretyakov Gallery
The Chernetsov Brothers. To New Shores
This exhibition of works by artists Grigory and Nikanor Chernetsov features about 30 paintings and graphic pieces. The brothers' great passion was travel: their landscapes capture St. Petersburg, the Volga region, Crimea, the Caucasus, as well as Italy, Palestine, and Egypt. You'll see Venice's St. Mark's Cathedral, a mosque on the banks of the Nile, an Egyptian sphinx, and much more.
Dates: Until 12 April 2026
Address: Lavrushinsky Lane, 10с4
Arctic. Pole of Color
The stirring and mysterious Far North can also be found in Moscow. The building on Kadashyovskaya Embankment hosts an exhibition of works by Russian and Soviet artists dedicated to the exploration of the Arctic. Here you'll find paintings in every shade of white depicting eternal ice and snow, as well as ethnographic artefacts and photographs of icebreakers, polar stations, and glaciers. Examining the works of artists-travellers, you are transported to the Far North, feeling the harsh cold in Alexander Borisov's paintings or rocking on the waves with Konstantin Korovin's fishermen.
Dates: Until 21 June 2026
Address: Kadashyovskaya Embankment, 12
Moscow Kremlin Museums
Descendants of Genghis Khan. Rus and the World
Within the ancient walls of Russia's most historic citadel, the Moscow Kremlin Museums preserve the nation's imperial and spiritual heritage. A current exhibition traces the Tatar nobility who served Russian rulers from the 15th to the 17th centuries. More than 150 artefacts reveal how these families, once rulers themselves, became part of the court elite through alliances, dynastic marriages, and cultural exchange that helped shape the medieval state.
Dates: 20 March — 19 July 2026
Address of the Ticket Office: Manezhnaya Street, 2/10с2
State Historical Museum
Treasures of the Imperial Residences. Tsarskoe Selo
A collection of jewellery from Tsarskoe Selo comes to the State Historical Museum. For the first time in Moscow, part of the Naryshkin treasure will be on display — discovered in 2012 during the renovation of the Trubetskoy-Naryshkin mansion in St. Petersburg. The find includes an array of jewellery: earrings, brooches, watches, orders, and more. The exhibition also features costumes worn by Russian emperors and empresses alongside their portraits. Special highlights include amber caskets and game boards for chess, checkers, and backgammon.
Dates: Until 13 April 2026
Address: Red Square, 1
Alena's Dreams
Celebrating 25 years of her career, fashion designer Alena Akhmadullina has opened an exhibition at the Historical Museum. This installation is dedicated to the key theme of her work — the "ancient Russian world". The exhibition resembles the designer's dreams, populated by tsarevnas, bird maidens, and fairy-tale beauties. Visitors pass through "dense forests and dark waters" to find themselves in a traditional Russian hut. Almost all of Akhmadullina's dresses on display were created especially for this exhibition. They are placed alongside carved window frames, traditional headdresses (kokoshniks), and painted tiles from the museum's collection. Guests will also see the "Divine Maya" dress, created in 2015 in memory of ballerina Maya Plisetskaya.
Dates: Until 20 April 2026
Address: Red Square, 1
The Charm of Beauty: A History of Jewellery in Russia.
The exhibition presents a major display of jewellery from the museum's Special Treasury collection. Featuring over 1000 pieces from the 17th to early 20th centuries, the exhibition traces how adornments evolved with fashion while reflecting the status and taste of their owners.
Visitors will discover earrings, rings, tiaras, and sentimental jewels alongside thematic pieces featuring cameos, mosaics, turquoise, rock crystal, garnets, and coral. Each item reveals the sensual nature of its era, capturing emotions of joy, love, sorrow, and the contemplation of nature's beauty.
Dates: 4 March — 1 June 2026
Address: Red Square, 1
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Museum of Moscow
Spring Festival. New Year in Old Beijing
The Museum of Moscow has long been the city's foremost institution dedicated to its own rich history. This spring, it turns its gaze eastward with the exhibition, created in partnership with the Capital Museum.China. It immerses visitors into the rituals and revelry of Chinese New Year, tracing the holiday from the meticulous pre-festival cleaning and fireworks shopping to the vibrant street parades and the gentle glow of floating lanterns — offering a rare glimpse into the cultural heart of China's capital.
Dates: Until 31 May 2026
Address: Zubovsky Boulevard, 2с2
VDNH
Volga. Moscow. Neva
VDNH's "Worker and Collective Farm Woman" pavilion hosts the exhibition, where you can see works by artists who lived along the Volga, in Saratov, during the first half of the 20th century. Their creative work influenced the art of Moscow and Leningrad. The exhibition route is designed like a river journey — embark on a trip along the Volga, the Moscow River, and the Neva.
Dates: Until 17 May 2026
Address: Mira Avenue, 123B
Museum of Russian Impressionism
Behind the Mask
This spring the museum celebrates its tenth anniversary with a project about masquerades — bringing together paintings capturing street festivities, balls, and domestic celebrations from different eras. The phenomenon of masquerades can be traced from the time of Nicholas I through the 1930s. The exhibition features works by Vladimir Makovsky, Sergey Sudeykin, Sergey Vinogradov, Abram Arkhipov, and other artists.
Dates: Until 24 May 2026
Address: Leningradsky Avenue, 15с11
ZILART
A Step Off the Pedestal
This exhibition is bringing together works by leading Moscow and St. Petersburg artists and sculptors from the 20th and 21st centuries. Curated by architect Yuri Avvakumov, it creates a remarkable dialogue between sculpture and painting, pairing monumental Soviet-era works with pieces by renowned nonconformist artists. Spread across two floors, it offers a fresh perspective on connections that often go unnoticed. The museum also hosts a major exhibition of African art, with objects arranged across eleven thematic "islands".
Dates: Until 5 July 2026
Address: Bratyev Vesninykh Boulevard, 3
