Museum of the Month,  Russia

January Museum of the Month: Museum of the Patriotic War in 1812

This year I’m going to start sharing one post a month dedicated solely to a museum I visit somewhere in the world.

This month is the Museum of the Patriotic War in 1812 located in Moscow.

the museum of the patriotic war of 1812

As the name implies, the museum focuses on the Patriotic War of 1812. It mainly includes paintings, artwork and an assortment of clothing and objects from the war’s time.

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One of the reasons I like to visit museums is that, like many people, I learn better through the more interactive context of a museum versus a textbook. I am sure I have learned about this war in one history class or another, but I couldn’t remember a thing about the war. Even though the objects and especially the paintings and their descriptions helped to tell the story of the war’s events, I would have liked if the museum gave a little more history to put everything we were seeing in context.

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Cup caption “frightened by a goat”.

One of the most interesting objects there was a field kitchen from Napoleon’s baggage train. It is the only one remaining. A museum visit always feels worthwhile when you see something you can only see at that museum. Half-way through writing this I realized my favorite object has to do with food….of course it does!

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As the museum is fairly small we only spent about 1.5 hours there. We didn’t read everything, but we did walk through it fairly slowly. There are also exhibitions to visit for a separate entrance fee.

Check out other museum’s of the month here.

Visiting Information

Location

In the Red Square in Moscow, Russia

Getting There

Metro stops, Blue line (3): Ploschchad Revolyutsii, Green line (2): Teatralnaya, Red line (1): Okhotny Ryad. Read here for how to use the Moscow Metro. 

Check out my Museum of the Month page to see all my museum reviews!


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