Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has significantly expanded the circle of participants in the “Museums for Children” project, over 750 thousand children have taken part in it over the past three years. This was reported by the press service of the mayor and the government of the capital following a meeting of the presidium of the city government.
“The circle of participants in the“Museums for Children”project will be expanded to include students from non-state educational institutions. The decree on this issue was signed by the mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin,”the statement reads.
It is specified that within the framework of the project of the Mayor of Moscow "Museums for Children", which started on September 1, 2017, Moscow schoolchildren can visit over 100 city museums and exhibition halls free of charge.
“Among them are all museums subordinated to the Moscow government, and seven private museums: the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, the Moscow Lights Museum, the Vadim Zadorozhny Museum of Technology, the International Numismatic Club, the Matvey Muravyov-Apostol House Museum, the Museum of Entrepreneurs, Patrons and benefactors, the Museum of Military Uniforms and the Rifle Chambers,”the text says.
It is emphasized that since August 2018, schools can apply to the State Unitary Enterprise "Mosgortrans" for free transportation of groups of schoolchildren heading to museums. For 3.5 years of the project's implementation, about 750 thousand students visited Moscow museums free of charge.
“During the COVID-19 pandemic, the work of museums in Moscow was suspended from March 17 to June 16, 2020 and from November 13, 2020 to January 21, 2021. Since January 22, 2021, museums and exhibition halls have been reopened to the public, including within the framework of the “Museums for Children” project, the press service explained.
As noted, in order to get to the museum for free, schoolchildren and college students need to attach a social card or a Moskvenok card to a reader at the museum's ticket office. Students of non-state educational institutions can use a social card or present a certificate of study, certified by the signature of the head and the seal of the educational organization.