State Historical Museum

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The State Historical Museum is a major national museum in Moscow that showcases Russia’s history and culture from ancient times to the present.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf history museum
national museum
architect Anatoly Semyonov
Vladimir Sherwood
architecturalStyle Neo‑Russian style
category History museums in Russia
Museums in Moscow
collectionSize about 15 million documentary records
over 4.5 million items
coordinateLocation 55.7556°N 37.6175°E
country Russia
exhibits Kievan Rus period artifacts
Muscovite Tsardom artifacts
Russian Empire artifacts
Soviet era artifacts
archaeological collections
artifacts from prehistoric tribes on Russian territory
folk art and ethnographic materials
manuscripts and early printed books
numismatic collections
paintings and icons
post‑Soviet Russia artifacts
founder Aleksey Uvarov
Ivan Zabelin
hasPart Chambers of the Romanov Boyars
Borodino Battlefield Museum-Reserve
surface form: Museum of the Patriotic War of 1812

Saint Basil’s Cathedral museum complex (administratively affiliated)
heritageDesignation Moscow Kremlin
surface form: World Heritage Site (part of Kremlin and Red Square ensemble)
inception 1872
locatedInOrNextToBodyOfWater Moskva River
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Central Federal District
Moscow Oblast
locatedOn Red Square
location Moscow
mainTheme history of Russia
nativeName State Historical Museum, Moscow
surface form: Государственный исторический музей
nativeNameLanguage Russian
opened 1883
operator Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
ownedBy Government of the Russian Federation
partOf Red Square architectural ensemble
publicTransitAccess Okhotny Ryad metro station
Ploshchad Revolyutsii metro station
Teatralnaya metro station
significantBuilding red‑brick building on the north side of Red Square
significantEvent officially opened by Alexander III in 1883
streetAddress Red Square, 1
website https://shm.ru

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Red Square adjacentTo State Historical Museum
Resurrection Gate adjacentTo State Historical Museum
Kazan Cathedral (Moscow) nearbyLandmark State Historical Museum
state museums of the Russian Federation include State Historical Museum
Manezhnaya Square area near State Historical Museum
State Historical Museum, Moscow shortName State Historical Museum
Moscow Hotel (Four Seasons Hotel Moscow) nearbyAttraction State Historical Museum
subject surface form: Four Seasons Hotel Moscow
Manezhnaya Square near State Historical Museum
Manezhnaya Square hasViewOf State Historical Museum
Okhotny Ryad metro station hasNearbyAttraction State Historical Museum
Cathedral of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat governingBody State Historical Museum
this entity surface form: State Historical Museum (for museum functions)
Moscow city center contains State Historical Museum