Central Armed Forces Museum and its exhibitions

The Central Armed Forces Museum (рус. Центральный Музей Вооруженных сил) also known as the Museum of the Soviet Army, is located in northern Moscow, Russia, near the Red Army Theater and Ekaterininsky Park.

The first exposition which showed the military condition of the Soviet Republic and the Red Army was organised in Moscow in the building of today’s State Universal Store, and was opened by Vladimir Lenin on the 25th May 1919, following a parade in Red Square.

On 23d December 1919 an order was issued on the formation of a museum-exposition “Life of the Red Army and Fleet” in the same location, whose purpose was to inform the public about the achievements by post-October Revolution of Soviet Russia in military education, culture and political discipline in the Red Army and Navy.

The museum offers the following excursions, interactive activities, quest games

The exposition of the museum is aimed at visitors of different age categories. Excursions, interactive classes, quest – games are carried out taking into account the age of the tourists: for students, junior, senior classes, and an adult audience.

Sightseeing tours of the museum halls.

Duration:

– for schoolchildren of grades up to 8 – 1 hour.

– for senior pupils, students, adult audience – 1 hour 30 minutes

Sightseeing – thematic excursions.

Duration: for officers of military universities, historians – 1 hour 30 minutes, for students in grades 1-8 – 1 hour, for the rest of the category of visitors – 1 hour 15 minutes.

The history of the Russian Navy in the exposition of the Central Museum of the Armed Forces from the 17th – 21st centuries. (Halls 1-23);

The Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 (Halls 9-18);

History of World War II 1939-1945 (halls 7-18).

Thematic excursions.

Duration – 45 minutes.

The history of the Russian army and Navy from the 14th century to 1914. (Halls 1-3);

World War I 1914-1918 (Hall 3);

History of the Civil War in Russia 1917 – 1922 (Halls 4-6);

Reforms of the Red Army in 1920-1930 (Halls 7-8);

Local wars and conflicts with the participation of the USSR in the 1930s (Hall 8);

80 years of victory in the Soviet-Finnish war 1939-1940 (Hall 8);

History of the Armed Forces of the USSR and the Russian Army from 1946 to the present. (Halls 19-23).

“Observation deck of weapons and equipment” (duration 45 minutes).

Complex excursions.

Duration – 45 minutes.

– Battle of Moscow (hall 10 + Victory weapon in the hall of museum pedagogy);

– Battle of Stalingrad (hall 12 + Victory weapon in the hall of museum pedagogy);

– Battle of Kursk (hall 13 + Victory weapon in the hall of museum pedagogy);

– USSR in local wars and conflicts of the second half of the 20th century (Halls 19-23 + weapons of Victory in the hall of Museum Pedagogy):

– There are no small ones in war. (Halls 9-18 + weapon of Victory in the hall of museum pedagogy):

Interactive classes in the hall of museum pedagogy.

Duration – 45 minutes.

“Weapon of Victory”.

At the interactive lesson “Weapon of Victory” you will get acquainted with the history of the creation and combat use of small arms during the Great Patriotic War, as well as the opportunity to hold in your hands the famous revolver of the Nagant system, the Mosin three-line rifle and a number of other models that have become legend.

All exhibits can be taken in hand, photographed and sent to friends.

“Homeland rewards the brave.”

At the interactive lesson “Homeland rewards the brave”, you will be introduced to the main milestones in the development of the Soviet award system, the main military orders will be presented, the history of their creation and interesting cases of awarding will be told. In addition, you will see rare photographs from the archives of the Central Museum of the Armed Forces.

Address:
129110, Moscow, Soviet Army street, 2, building 1. Nearest Metro: Dostoevskaya.

Coordinates: 55°47′05″N 37°37′02″E

See also other transport museums of Moscow: 

Victory Museum

Vadim Zadorozhny’s Museum of cars and military equipment

Motors of war

Museum of Japanese cars

Museum of Zil vehicles

Motors of October

Lomakov Museum

See all museums of Moscow

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