Shchusev State Museum of Architecture
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The Shchusev State Museum of Architecture is a national museum of Russian Architecture
located in Moscow
the capital of Russia
and also a research centre to study and promote the architectural and urban heritage. The museum was founded in 1934 and is located on the Vozdvizhenka street. The collections include more than 1 million items. The museum is named after famous Russian and Soviet architect Alexey Shchusev
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The main activities of the museum were once research, collection work, promoting the restoration of monuments. In the last decade, the museum organizes exhibitions and other commercial activities. The museum consists of a scientific library, archive, restoration workshops, and private architectural office.
Has the status of a particularly valuable object of cultural heritage of the Russian Federation (Presidential Decree of 24 January 1995).
From 1st January 2000 to 7th January 7 2010 the museum's director was David Sarkisyan. On April 6, 2010 IM Korobina was appointed director of the museum.
Russian architecture
Russian architecture follows a tradition whose roots were established in the Eastern Slavic state of Kievan Rus'. After the fall of Kiev, Russian architectural history continued in the principalities of Vladimir-Suzdal, Novgorod, the succeeding states of the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire,...
located in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
the capital of Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
and also a research centre to study and promote the architectural and urban heritage. The museum was founded in 1934 and is located on the Vozdvizhenka street. The collections include more than 1 million items. The museum is named after famous Russian and Soviet architect Alexey Shchusev
Alexey Shchusev
Alexey Viktorovich Shchusev ), 1873, Chişinău—24 May 1949, Moscow) was an acclaimed Russian and Soviet architect whose works may be regarded as a bridge connecting Revivalist architecture of Imperial Russia with Stalin's Empire Style....
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Building
Until the early 1990s the museum was located in the Donskoi Monastery. The current museum building is the architectural complex of a noble family estates Talyzin, is an architectural monument of Russian classicism era (end of XVIII century).Collections
The museum's collections reflect the ancient history of architecture in Russia. The most valuable of them are frescoes Trinity Monastery of Makaryevsky Kalyazin (XVII cent.) Furniture collection (XIX cent.) Copyright models of architectural structures.The main activities of the museum were once research, collection work, promoting the restoration of monuments. In the last decade, the museum organizes exhibitions and other commercial activities. The museum consists of a scientific library, archive, restoration workshops, and private architectural office.
Has the status of a particularly valuable object of cultural heritage of the Russian Federation (Presidential Decree of 24 January 1995).
From 1st January 2000 to 7th January 7 2010 the museum's director was David Sarkisyan. On April 6, 2010 IM Korobina was appointed director of the museum.