Search results
Armoury Museum, in Moscow, oldest museum in Russia. It is housed in a building between the Great Kremlin Palace and the Kremlin wall, was designed by Konstantin A. Thon, and was built between 1844 and 1851. The museum was originally founded to house the treasures accumulated over the centuries by.
ARMOURY CHAMBERA world-wide known treasure house keeps a precious collection of ancient Russian regalia, ceremonial royal dresses, hierarchs' vestments, gold- and silverware, arms and armour, royal carriages and horse ceremonial harness made by Russian, European and Eastern masters.
The Armoury museum building, included to the Grand Kremlin Palace Complex on the project of architect K.A. Ton, was erected in 1844-1851 on the place of the dismantled Stables Court in the 17th century. The architecture of the Armoury РЎhamber is close to the Grand Kremlin Palace.
The name of the museum derives from one of the oldest Kremlin's treasury stores. The Armoury Chamber preserves ancient state regalia, ceremonial royal clothes and coronation dresses, vestments of Russian Orthodox Church hierarchs, the most extensive collection of gold- and silverware made by Russian craftsmen, West European artistic silver ...
Museums of the Moscow Kremlin: ARMOURY CHAMBER. EXPOSITION. HALL 1. RUSSIAN GOLD- AND SILVERWARE OF THE 12TH - EARLY 17TH CENTURY. HALL 2. RUSSIAN GOLD- AND SILVERWARE OF THE 17TH - EARLY 20TH CENTURY. HALL 3. EUROPEAN AND ORIENTAL CEREMONIAL ARMS AND ARMOUR OF THE 15TH - 19TH CENTURIES. HALL 4.
There were 424,922 visitors to the Kremlin Museums in 2020, a drop of 86 percent from 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but it still ranked 46th on the List of most-visited art museums in the world in 2020. [1] Moscow Kremlin Museums have the following parts: Kremlin Armoury (Оружейная палата) Diamond Fund (Алмазный фонд)
The Kremlin Armoury, Moscow. The History of the Kremlin Armoury. The conquests of the ambitious Muscovy Princes in the XIV century brought heaps of treasures to Rus’ along with the territories. Desperately in need of storage for their pillaged goods, the Princes created Russia’s first treasury.
