The Moscow Kremlin, one of the largest architectural ensembles in the world, is a unique museum complex that has been created over the centuries. Covering an area of 28 hectares, the Kremlin has spacious squares, green areas, majestic palaces and temples.
The Moscow Kremlin Museums hold more than 160,000 outstanding works of domestic and foreign art and include the architectural ensemble of Sobornaya Square – the oldest square in Moscow – and the Armoury.
The Assumption, Archangel and Annunciation Cathedrals, the Church of the Deposition, the Patriarchs Palace and the Ivan the Great Bell Tower are located on Sobornaya Square. The basement of the Annunciation Cathedral houses the exposition "Treasures and Antiquities of the Moscow Kremlin"; the basement of the Archangel Cathedral houses the exposition "The Ascension Monastery in the Moscow Kremlin"; and the Church of the Deposition houses "Russian Wooden Sculpture of the Late XIV–XIX Centuries".
The Armoury owes its name to one of the oldest Kremlin treasuries: its collection is based on precious items kept in the Tsar's treasury and the Patriarch's sacristy, as well as items made in Kremlin workshops and received as diplomatic gifts. The Armoury exhibits state regalia, coronation dress, Russian goldsmiths' articles and Western European artistic silver, as well as weapons, carriages and ceremonial horse-drawn items.
Address: Sobornaya Square, Moscow
