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Marat Khusnullin: The roofing of the new building of the State Historical Museum in Moscow has been completed
In Moscow, the roofing of the new branch of the State Historical Museum (GIM), which is being built next to the Novodevichy Convent in the Khamovniki district, has been completed. This was reported by Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin.
“Today, Russia will host the Night of Museums, and tomorrow we will celebrate International Museum Day. This day is a great opportunity to emphasize the importance of preserving cultural heritage and developing museum work in our country. Russia’s construction industry contributes to the creation and renovation of museum spaces. For example, the construction of the new building of the State Historical Museum, which started in October 2023, is moving forward successfully. Specialists from the Unified Customer Construction Company are building a modern museum complex with an area of over 10,000 square meters, which will be able to receive up to 400 visitors daily. The roofing work was recently completed, and the building’s facades are already 80% complete. All work is being carried out in accordance with the established schedule. The development of museum infrastructure is not just the construction of new buildings, it is the creation of a space for dialogue between the past and the present, between cultural heritage and modern technologies. I am confident that the new building of the State Historical Museum will become another important point of attraction for lovers of history and culture,” said Marat Khusnullin.
The Deputy Prime Minister added that the construction of the new exhibition complex will significantly expand the exhibition space of the Historical Museum. The new branch will house museum exhibits and will have multifunctional lecture halls, a storage facility, a tour desk, and premises for holding cultural events.
“The new branch of the State Historical Museum will be equipped with all the necessary modern display and stock equipment. Specialists will create comfortable conditions for studying and displaying collections, as well as for the safe storage of museum valuables. Work on the site is carried out within the framework of the comprehensive state program “Construction”, curated by the Ministry of Construction of Russia,” said Deputy Minister of Construction and Housing and Public Utilities Yuri Gordeev.
The central exhibition of the new museum center will be dedicated to the 500th anniversary of the founding of the Novodevichy Convent, which was celebrated in 2024. It is planned to begin the installation of the exhibition and its semantic content after the completion of all construction and installation works in early 2026.
“To date, all five floors of the building, including the underground floor, have been fully erected at the site, and roofing work has been completed. Inside the building, specialists are now actively finishing the premises and installing engineering systems. At the same time, the storage facility is already ready, and the installation of rack equipment will begin there soon,” said Karen Oganesyan, General Director of the Unified Customer Production and Production Company.
In the summer, specialists will begin to improve the adjacent territory – creating pedestrian zones and landscaping, which will create a truly comfortable urban environment for residents of nearby houses and guests of the new museum complex.
The construction of the facility is being carried out within the boundaries of the buffer zone of the Novodevichy Convent ensemble, included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Marat Khusnullin also emphasized that the construction of new museum buildings and the restoration of historical sites are being carried out in different regions of the country. For example, under the supervision of the “Single Customer in the Sphere of Construction”, a new building of the Ryazan Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve and a new building of the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow have been completed, which are already successfully operating. The Local History Museum in Mariupol is also ready and awaiting opening. The reconstruction of the Polytechnic Museum in Moscow, the restoration and construction of the Pushkin Museum in Moscow and the L. N. Tolstoy Museum-Estate “Yasnaya Polyana” in the Tula Region are continuing.
The Deputy Prime Minister added that, on the instructions of the President, large-scale cultural and educational complexes are being built in four cities. Branches of the Tretyakov Gallery will open in Kaliningrad and Vladivostok. A branch of the Russian Museum will be located in Kemerovo, and the Russian State Art Gallery will be located in Sevastopol. The general contractor for the construction of the cultural clusters is Stroytransgaz.
In addition, work is underway to restore museums in the territories of new regions. During a recent working trip, the Deputy Prime Minister visited three such sites in Mariupol.
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