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Stay in Moscow Russia. Moscow honeymoon hotels are available as are all central Moscow hotels on this site. Browse our database and lists of deals on discount hotels in Moscow. Book now!Moscow travel and other travel and hotel booking services are available through hotels in Moscow. We are one of the leading providers of hotels in Moscow on the web and in the travel industry in general.State Armoury Chamber of the Moscow Kremlin
The State Armoury Chamber of the Moscow Kremlin used to be a deposit of state treasury. The building is an architectural monument of the middle of the XIX century decorated with 58 marble bas-reliefs and portraits of Russian tsars and great princes. The collections of the Armoury Chamber include objects of decorative and applied art of Russia, Western Europe and the Orient. The Armoury Chamber, a treasure-house, is a part of the Grand Kremlin Palace’s complex. It is situated in the building constructed in 1851 by architect Konstantin Ton. The museum collections were based on the precious items that had been preserved for centuries in the tsars’ treasury and the Patriarch’s vestry. Some of the exhibits were made in the Kremlin’s workshops, others were accepted as ambassadorial gifts. The museum was named after one of the oldest Kremlin’s treasury stores. The Armoury Chamber preserves ancient state regalia, ceremonial tsar’s vestments and coronation dress, vestments of the Russian Orthodox Church’es hierarchs, the largest collection of gold and silverware by Russian craftsmen, West European artistic silver, ceremonial weapons and arms, carriages, horse ceremonial harness. The State Armoury presents more than four thousands items of applied art of Russia, European and Eastern countries of IV-early XX centuries. The highest artistic level and particular historical and cultural value of the exhibits have made the State Armoury of the Moscow Kremlin a world-wide known museum. Layout of the MuseumHall 1. Russian gold and silverware of the XIIth to early XVIIth century Hall 2. Russian gold and silverware of the XVIIth to early XXth century Hall 3. European and Oriental ceremonial weapons of the XVth to XIXth century Hall 4. Russian arms of the XIIth to early XIXth century Hall 5. West-European Silver of the XIIIth to XIXth centuries Hall 6. Precious textiles, pictorial and ornamental embroidery of the XIVth to XVIIIth century. Russian secular dress of the XVIth to early XXth century Hall 7. Ancient state regalia and ceremonial objects of the XIIIth to the XVIIIth century Hall 8. Ceremonial horse harness of the XVIth to XVIIIth centuries Hall 9. Royal carriages of the XVIth to XVIIIth century Essential Information for Visitors ►Address and Contact Details Kremlin, Sobornaya pl. Open: excursions at: 10.00, 12.00, 14.30, 16.30, except Thursdays. ►Admission PricesFor foreigners 170-350R Tourist hotels in Moscow as well as two star Moscow hotels are available through our database of hotels in Moscow. A Moscow hotel for you is just a click away Moscow Russia hotel information is provided free of charge on our site. To book a hotel in Moscow, just follow the directions on your screen | |||||||||
