Exhibitions
A guided tour of the “Great East” exhibition will allow visitors to make an amazing journey through the cities of Central Asia.
The "Worth its Weight in Gold" exhibition is an incredible interactive time traveller’s guide. The exhibition will show what one needs to take to Ancient Greece...
Feel like astute detectives, heroes of a mysterious story that once happened within the walls of a museum.
An amazing history of the origin and the circulation of the thaler - the main silver coin of the countries of the Old and New World.
The Zinoviev-Yusupov chambers are the oldest secular structure in the Arbat area, and the only large stone chambers north of Prechistenka.
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Coins depicting animals are one of the most fascinating and informative collecting topics and one of the most popular among collectors around the world.
Many exhibitions are dedicated to this particular crowned dynasty, but the history of the Romanovs has never been told from beginning to end through the medium of coins.
The era of Antiquity could be called the cradle of European civilization — and rightfully so. Many testimonies and physical remnants of its former greatness, however, are reduced to dust by the mercilessness of time. Antique coins are very often the only remaining monument to the life of the cities of the Ancient World. In some cases, the names of the disappeared cities and states, and the names of their rulers, have been preserved only on coins.
Most of the items presented at the exhibition posed a risk of death to those who might have been detected to have them. The rulers promised terrible torments to counterfeiters. However, despite this, the forgeries appeared at exactly the same moment as when the first coins were minted. Here you can see counterfeit coins that deceived not only their contemporaries, but still mislead collectors. You have a unique opportunity to compare counterfeit coins with genuine coins, starting from the 8th to the 20th century.
You will see fake solids, ducats, rubles, as well as learn about various technologies of counterfeiters and ways of exposing them.