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 NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
hasPart Chambers of the Romanov Boyars
Museum of the Patriotic War of 1812
Saint Basil’s Cathedral museum complex (administratively affiliated)
heritageDesignation World Heritage Site (part of Kremlin and Red Square ensemble)
inception 1872
locatedInOrNextToBodyOfWater Moskva River NERFINISHED
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Central Federal District
Moscow Oblast NERFINISHED
locatedOn Red Square
location Moscow NERFINISHED
mainTheme history of Russia
nativeName 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 NERFINISHED
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
Resurrection Gate
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