State Historical Museum, Moscow

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The State Historical Museum in Moscow is a major national museum on Red Square that chronicles Russian history from ancient times to the present, housed in a landmark Russian Revival-style building.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf history museum
museum building
national museum
architect Vladimir Sherwood
architecturalStyle Russian Revival
chronologyCoverage from prehistoric times to the present
cityDistrict Tverskoy District, Moscow
collectionFocus history of Russia
collectionIncludes archaeological artifacts
manuscripts
numismatic items
rare books
works of art
collectionSize millions of items
country Russia
engineer Anatoly Semyonov
founder Aleksey Uvarov
Ivan Zabelin
governingBody Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
hasBranch Chambers of the Romanov Boyars
Borodino Battlefield Museum-Reserve
surface form: Museum of the Patriotic War of 1812

St. Basil's Cathedral
surface form: St. Basil's Cathedral museum complex
hasDome no
hasExhibitionType permanent exhibitions
temporary exhibitions
hasLogo stylized outline of the museum building
hasMainEntranceOn Red Square
hasNativeName State Historical Museum, Moscow self-linksurface differs
surface form: Государственный исторический музей
hasTower yes
hasWebsite https://www.shm.ru
heritageStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow"
inception 1872
locatedIn Moscow
locatedOn Red Square
material brick
nearby GUM department store
Kazan Cathedral (Moscow)
surface form: Kazan Cathedral, Moscow

Moscow Kremlin
opened 1883
ownedBy Russia
surface form: Russian Federation
partOf Red Square ensemble
publicTransitAccess Okhotny Ryad metro station
Ploshchad Revolyutsii metro station
Teatralnaya metro station
roofColor red
shortName State Historical Museum
significance major national museum of Russia

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Russian Revival hasNotableExample State Historical Museum, Moscow
St. Basil's Cathedral governingBody State Historical Museum, Moscow
this entity surface form: State Historical Museum (Russia)
State Historical Museum nativeName State Historical Museum, Moscow
this entity surface form: Государственный исторический музей
State Historical Museum, Moscow hasNativeName State Historical Museum, Moscow self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Государственный исторический музей
Охотный Ряд hasNearbyBuilding State Historical Museum, Moscow
this entity surface form: Государственный исторический музей