VDNKh pavilions and the space trail: a walk in Moscow

The Soviet exhibition ground on foot: the Cosmonautics Museum under the Monument to the Conquerors of Space, Mukhina's Worker and Kolkhoz Woman, the main arch, the Central Pavilion and the two great fountains to the Kosmos pavilion.

Best time: Any day; the Cosmonautics Museum is open daily, the Worker and Kolkhoz Woman pavilion is closed on Mondays.

The route, stop by stop

1
Museum of Cosmonautics
Space museum in the base of the Monument to the Conquerors of Space, by VDNKh metro. 60 min
The space museum in the base of the Monument to the Conquerors of Space, opened in 1981 for the 20th anniversary of Gagarin's flight, with rocket technology, cosmonauts'…
2
Worker and Kolkhoz Woman
Vera Mukhina's 1937 stainless-steel pair on its pedestal. 15 min
Vera Mukhina's 24.5-metre stainless-steel pair raising a hammer and sickle, made for the Soviet pavilion at the 1937 Paris World's Fair, now on a new pedestal at VDNKh.
3
VDNKh Main Entrance Arch
The ceremonial arch at the start of the main alley. 5 min
4
Central Pavilion (Pavilion No. 1)
The 1954 pavilion with a gilded spire. 15 min
5
Friendship of Peoples Fountain
Fountain on the main alley in front of the Central Pavilion. 10 min
6
Stone Flower Fountain
The second great fountain of the main alley. 10 min
7
Kosmos Pavilion (Space Centre at VDNKh)
Pavilion 34, a space museum with full-size rockets and spacecraft models. 60 min
A 1939 pavilion with a two-storey domed hall added in 1951-1954, renamed "Kosmos" in 1967 and reopened in 2018 as a large space museum with full-size rockets and spacecraft models.

Walking directions

VDNKh pavilions and the space trail

The route, stop by stop

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