If you want to see the stars on a bright sunny day, you need to go down to the bottom of a deep well. And when the sky is overcast, the only way to see the stars is to get on a plane and fly over the cloud cover. If you want to see one of the most beautiful constellations – the Southern Cross – and you happen to live in the northern hemisphere, you'll have to go south of the equator. The sun and the stars can only be seen at the same time from a spacecraft...
The next approach by Halley's Comet to Earth will be in 2060. The next solar eclipse over European Russia will only be enjoyed by our distant descendants in 2126. And only in the 28th century will the people of Earth once again get to see Donati's Comet, one of the brightest comets of the 19th century.
But the good news is that you can see all of these celestial phenomena any day you like under the artificial sky of the Moscow Planetarium. How is this possible? The planetarium's history has been a fascinating journey through hardships to the stars.
The dome of the Moscow Planetarium with a diameter of 25 metres is one of the largest in Europe. The Planetarium ranks among the 10 most visited science education and museum complexes in Moscow and has been repeatedly called the best sightseeing venue in the capital. Three thousand people come here daily to see the stars, and this figure reaches one million per year.
This is the only science education complex on the planet, which has a classic and an interactive museum, two observatories, an open astronomical platform, a 4D cinema and two star rooms.
An exhibition and education space dedicated to the history, present and future of the Cyrillic alphabet
A tour through a unique diorama complex created by battle painters from Mitrofan Grekov's studio
The story of a particular prisoner or their relatives
The opposition of the two famous Renaissance sculptors
Russian applied and folk art of the 17th – 21st centuries
The theatrical traditions of Eastern countries
How does it fly? How does it work, and what is it used for?
The story of one of the painter's most famous works
The oldest of its kind in Moscow
The exhibition is curated by twenty celebrities in the most different areas.
Unique online walks around the Palace
A gallery of the world famous artist Ilya Glazunov
The avant-garde artist who could do anything
The only state specialised museum of ancient Russian culture
The project focused on the people behind the rich history of the 20th-century
The tour will also discuss famous guests who have visited the house and Bakhrushin's love for ballet
The tour tells the story of the New Manege building
History of the ballet dancer
The most significant battles of the Great Patriotic War as depicted by various battle painters
The story of the life of the writer Ilya Ilf in Moscow
The biography and creative path of this great 20th century poet
An excursion from the Moscow Planetarium
Stories of Soviet Moscow. Vysotki
The most mysterious countries of the East
The museum in the house with a mezzanine, a 19th century historical and architectural monument
The quest based on the names of the 7 most famous dogs of the Great Patriotic War
The history of a fragment of the historical centre of Moscow
Popular child's play of the Soviet era
Russian wooden architecture
A journey through worlds created by classical and contemporary art,cinema and Russian folklore
Shchepkin and Gogol. Two Geniuses
Stories of love in inhuman conditions
From the Middle Ages to the Renaissance
Moscow's quiet nook where history and fairy tale intertwine with modernity
A general biology exposition located in a former estate
'Open Storage' at the Polytechnic Museum
Landscapes by Claude Lorrain
The models and copies of his monuments
Chaliapin House Museum
An online tour through the museum galleries displaying the history and culture of ancient civilizations
History of Russian Impressionism
A sculpture by Monika Sosnowska
Madonna's character in various works of the Proto-Renaissance era
Tour 'Renaissance Man: Portrait Sculpture of the 15th Century'
The superiority of the spiritual over the corporeal depicted
History of the Moscow region from the Stone Age to Peter the Great
The Uvarov sarcophagus, named after its owner Count Sergey Semionovich Uvarov
The 40,000 names
History of the Middle Yauza River area during the 17th–20th centuries
The Moscow museum dedicated to the evolution theory
Mono-tour
One of the world's largest museums dedicated to science and engineering
Alexander Ostrovsky referred to himself as a native of Moscow
The exhibition of Soviet and Russian artist Tatiana Nazarenko's works
The history of the world famous painting
The world's most advanced (in terms of technical equipment) educational and entertaining astronomy centre
Unique museum located at a depth of 7 metres
A huge exhibition space dedicated to the Russian history of space exploration
Centuries-old culture, traditions, religious concepts
What is a funfair? It is a celebration, a carnival, fireworks of colours and emotions
The Grand Kremlin and Talyzins' Estate
The open-air tour around the collection of more than 400 military vehicles
The first and only state memorial Bulgakov museum in Russia
150 years of family history
The History of the Chambers of the Old English Court
More than 50 of the most recognizable works of the author
The multiple works performed by Zurab Tsereteli in various techniques