The museum’s collection houses valuable handwritten sheet music and original manuscripts, rare publications, audio recordings, and phonograph records. The visual arts section is represented by the paintings of famous Russian artists, including Ivan Aivazovsky, Valentin Serov, Mikhail Vrubel, and Konstantin Korovin. The museum takes special pride in its national collection of unique musical instruments. It was established with the help of Anatoly Lunacharsky in 1919. The world’s largest national collection includes 286 instruments created between the 16th and the 20th centuries by some of the best craftsmen, including Antonio Stradivari, Andrea Guarneri, and Ivan Krasnoshchyokov. Thirty instruments represent the standards of international musical heritage. The museum frequently organizes concerts, tours, interactive classes for children, and temporary exhibitions.
The Russian National Museum of Music includes the following branches: the Museum of Music (4 Fadeyev str.), Sergei Prokofiev Museum (6 Kamergerskiy Pereulok), Chaliapin House Museum (25–27 Novinskiy Boulevard), the Tchaikovsky and Moscow Museum (46/54 Kudrinskaya Square), Nikolai Golovanov Apartment Museum (Apt. 10, 7, Bryusov Pereulok), and Alexander Goldenweiser Apartment Museum (Apt. 110, 17, Tverskaya str.).
The Russian National Museum of Music includes the following branches: the Museum of Music (4 Fadeyev str.), Sergei Prokofiev Museum (6 Kamergerskiy Pereulok), Chaliapin House Museum (25–27 Novinskiy Boulevard), the Tchaikovsky and Moscow Museum (46/54 Kudrinskaya Square), Nikolai Golovanov Apartment Museum (Apt. 10, 7, Bryusov Pereulok), and Alexander Goldenweiser Apartment Museum (Apt. 110, 17, Tverskaya str.).
