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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 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.
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.
The Armoury keeps ancient state regalia, ceremonial dress, vestments of Russian hierarchs, the most extensive collection of gold- and silverware by Russian craftsmen as well as West European silver artwork, mediaeval Russian embroidery, weapons and arms, carriages and horse ceremonial harness.
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 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. VIRTUAL TOUR. HISTORY. ARCHITECTURE. EXPOSITION. FIRST FLOOR PLAN. SECOND FLOOR PLAN. MOBILE APPLICATION.
