Novgorod Museum-Reserve (Main Building)
Новгородский музей-заповедник
The main museum inside the Kremlin, with one of Russia’s finest collections of ancient icons and famous birch bark documents.
The museum is housed in a 19th-century government building inside the Kremlin. The Ancient Russian Icon Painting hall holds icons of the Novgorod school from the 11th to 19th centuries, including the famous “Novgorodians and Suzdalians in Battle.” The archaeology hall displays birch bark documents that record the letters, accounts and children’s writing exercises of ordinary people in the Middle Ages. The museum is closed on Tuesdays. Tickets cost about €5 equivalent in rubles, and art lovers should set aside about 2 hours.
Opening hours
10:00–18:00; closed Tuesdays
Nearby sights
- Kokui Tower
- Millennium of Russia Monument
- Novgorod Detinets (Kremlin)
- St. Sophia Cathedral, Novgorod
- Chamber of Facets (Archbishop's Palace)
- Pedestrian Bridge over the Volkhov
- Yaroslav's Court
- Zverin Monastery