The Ethnographic Museum is one of the largest ethnographic museums in the world and as such, is called the Ethnographic Hermitage. It holds 500,000 ethnographic objects from 158 communities of people, who inhabited the Russian Empire, Soviet Union, and Russian Federation. For a century now, the history of the museum has been of a rich collection (which has no analogues in the world) of a range of ethnic, geographical and thematic diversity. Ceramics, textiles, pieces of wood and metal, folk costumes – the handicrafts of each nation which encompasses their individual national identities and reflects their own spiritual identities.

The Russian Ethnographic Museum tells the stories of necessities and closeness, important to everyone; of how people worked at times reaching the highest of skills, how to build and furnish their homes; how they rested, raised their children, dressed, and what they believed in. However, each part of the museum complex has its own unique character – a national character, particular to its own nation.

The museum shows you in your own eyes, how diverse and colourful the traditional cultures of different communities are, creating their ethnic appearance in various living conditions, sprung from centuries of beauty and dignity.

COST OF EXCURSION. All the prices are quoted for foreign citizens in Roubles per person and for the excursion taking place in the museum working hours (11:00-18:00, holidays 10:00-17:00, Monday and last Friday of a mounth - day off). To get the price in Euro or USD, please use the company currency rate mentioned here.
Prices and specifications are not valid in the period of ECONOMICAL FORUM in June. All information for this period is on request.

ATTENTION! Terms of order, Payment, Cancellation. All specifications are valid for the foreign citizens only.

Payment
100% prepayment for the excursion should be made not later than 3 working days prior the date of the excursion. In case prepayment was not made in time, the order will be cancelled.

In case of the payment refund, all the fees charges by banks and payment systems will be deducted.

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Terms of order
Excursion should be book not later then 5 working days prior the date you want the excursion be arranged. In case you request for excursion later then 5 working days prior the date of the excursion please, contact us. Excursion taking place in working hours of the museum. The cost of the excursion includes:
- Guide services including meeting at the museum entrance with a sign (agreed with the Customer).
- Entrance ticket for a book time to avoid standing in a long line.

Transportation to/from museum is not included into the excursion cost but can be book extra. Please, write us in "comments", if you need transportation while filling out the order form.

In case you are late for more than 15 minutes, entrance to the museum can not be guaranteed.

The Customer meets the guide on the day and in time the excursion was booked at the museum entrance. In case the Customer is late for the excursion he/she should confirm the excursion to the guide or our manager by phone.
In case the Customer doesn’t come and cannot be reached within 30 minutes after the excursion should begin, the order will be cancelled and no refund will be paid.

If during the excursion the Customer wants to to book some extra excursions, it can be done in case the company has this possibility.

Number of tourists booking the excursion is specified while filling out the order form. The excursion is arranged only for booked and paid number of tourists.

The company is not responsible for any delays during the excursion appeared due to some force major circumstances (arrival of government delegations, weather conditions).

Cancellation and changes terms

Valid during the whole year
Cancellation, changing of number of tourists, date or time of order should be sent in written form on week days not later than 3 (three) working days prior the date/ time the service begins.
- In case of cancellation, date or time within 3-1 working days prior the date/ time the service begins, penalty - 50% of the total cost of the order. In case the number of tourists decrease within 3-1 working days prior the date/ time the service begins, penalty - 50% of the cost of the service for each cancelled person.
- In case of cancellation, date or time less than 1 working days prior the date/ time the service begins, penalty - 100% of the total cost of the order. In case the number of tourists decrease less than 1 working days prior the date/ time the service begins, penalty - 100% of the cost of the service for each cancelled person.

If according the Customer’s desire the duration of the excursion is decreased, the cost of the excursion cannot be changed and should be fully paid (100%).

Order is not a confirmed booking and you need not pay for it. When our manager gets your order form, checks the possibility to arrange your order, he/she will get in touch with you.