16.7 mln people visited Moscow museums in 2022

16,700,000 people visited Moscow museums in the past year, being is the highest rate in the last thirty years, says Natalya Sergunina, Deputy Moscow Mayor.

The previous record was set before the pandemic, in 2019, when 15,300,000 residents and guests of the capital chose to enjoy the expositions and exhibitions. Whereas the attendance fell down to 7,700,000 visitors during the outbreak of the coronavirus infection, now the figures have bounced back and have even grown greater than before.

“In 2022, 16,700,000 Muscovites and tourists visited exhibitions, tours, and excursions, while the most visited museum was the Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve with more than 2,000,000 visitors. The pacemaker list also includes Kolomenskoye, Ostankino and Kuskovo, the Darwin Museum and others. And almost one and a half million people took part in the monthly educational campaign known as Moscow Museum Week,” said Natalya Sergunina.

In addition, popular citywide projects also include the Night at the Museum campaign, which was attended by 360,000 people last spring who took part in more than 230 events, including concerts of classical music, exhibitions, performances, lectures in history and arts.

Every year from April through May, the capital runs the Moscow Days of Historical and Cultural Heritage, with over 470 excursions and quests held last year; almost 400,000 residents and tourists to have learned about architectural heritage.

In 2022, Moscow also got some new exhibition spaces, such as 12 Signs of the Living, a permanent exhibition coincided with the 100 th anniversary of the State Biology Museum named after K. A. Timiryazev, which is available to visitors in VDNKh’s Geology pavilion (Pavilion No. 12). The Moscow Zoo has opened the Pinnipeds pavilion and arranged an entrance from Barrikadnaya metro station in addition to a pedestrian crossing between the old and new sites.

The city also offers to join educational programs for young residents, such as the Moscow Mayor’s project Museums for Children enabling schoolchildren and college students to visit citywide venues for free to gain a broad range of new knowledge, while with another project known as School Day at the Museum teachers can teach thematic classes directly in exhibition halls. In fact, more than 600,000 people took part in the programs last year.