It is located on red square, near Lenin's mausoleum.

At the beginning, It will be a stiff neck to admire the family tree of the princes and emperors of Russia.

Currently, a temporary exhibition on gold includes objects that are probably worth a small country's GDP : Crowns, personal objects of rulers, but also plenty Golden bibles…

Then, the permanent collections begin on the ancient history of the Russia and give the impression of a Museum “à l'ancienne”, with objects lined up in display cases, as the Russian museums did not used to translate the text panels… The part relating to recent history includes some beautiful objects, as a huge globe of the 18th.