As I've got some extra time in my hands, I've taken a chance to visit some museums! :)
On Thursday I had an intention to find The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, but then I missed the metro station. (Kropotkinskay and Komsomol'skaya DO make a difference... Oops!) After returning to the right metro station, I found the right street - but the wrong building. "The gallery you're looking for is the next one. Today it's closed though due to a performance held there", I was told in Russian. Time for plan B. I was looking for The Tretyakov State Gallery for a good while. I decided to take a break from walking by sitting in a cafeteria and finding out where to go. During my walk to the gallery I noticed that the gallery was ridiculously close to the metro station Tretyakovskaya and that I had passed it. I eventually found the gallery and enjoyed my visit. Finally I tried my luck for Moscow Manege, but they didn't take me inside anymore even though it was still open for two hours!
Finland's independence day was on Friday. What a great day to visit The Central Museum of The Great Patriotic War 1941-1945! (This is in Park Pobedy, which I visited with PK earlier). Actually there were hardly any signs of Finland, only a couple of maps where Finland appeared. You could spend a whole day in the museum. There is a park area which I didn't check because it's winter now, and I wouldn't have time for that. The "front yard" of the museum is already so large that it takes roughly 15 minutes to walk from the metro station to the entrance. (At least with my feet after the Thursday's adventures...) I also visited Anton Chekhov's home.
On Saturday I had school, but on Sunday I saw Multimedia Art Museum and The Leo Tolstoy State Museum. I didn't take any photos in the latter one, but I added a couple of photos of contemporary art as a compensation ;)
On Thursday I had an intention to find The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, but then I missed the metro station. (Kropotkinskay and Komsomol'skaya DO make a difference... Oops!) After returning to the right metro station, I found the right street - but the wrong building. "The gallery you're looking for is the next one. Today it's closed though due to a performance held there", I was told in Russian. Time for plan B. I was looking for The Tretyakov State Gallery for a good while. I decided to take a break from walking by sitting in a cafeteria and finding out where to go. During my walk to the gallery I noticed that the gallery was ridiculously close to the metro station Tretyakovskaya and that I had passed it. I eventually found the gallery and enjoyed my visit. Finally I tried my luck for Moscow Manege, but they didn't take me inside anymore even though it was still open for two hours!
Tretyakov's gallery outside.
Finland's independence day was on Friday. What a great day to visit The Central Museum of The Great Patriotic War 1941-1945! (This is in Park Pobedy, which I visited with PK earlier). Actually there were hardly any signs of Finland, only a couple of maps where Finland appeared. You could spend a whole day in the museum. There is a park area which I didn't check because it's winter now, and I wouldn't have time for that. The "front yard" of the museum is already so large that it takes roughly 15 minutes to walk from the metro station to the entrance. (At least with my feet after the Thursday's adventures...) I also visited Anton Chekhov's home.
Power Rangers? The lights disturb a little, but you get the idea.
Anton Chekhov's working desk.
On Saturday I had school, but on Sunday I saw Multimedia Art Museum and The Leo Tolstoy State Museum. I didn't take any photos in the latter one, but I added a couple of photos of contemporary art as a compensation ;)
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