Garage Center for Contemporary Culture
Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Art museum in Gorky Park, Moscow, Russia
The Garage Center for Contemporary Culture occupies a renovated modernist building from 1968, featuring multiple exhibition spaces across different floors.
Founded in 2008 by Dasha Zhukova and Roman Abramovich, the museum first opened in the Bakhmetevsky Bus Garage before moving to its current location.
The museum maintains an extensive archive of Russian contemporary art from the 1950s onward and organizes exhibitions of international artists.
The museum welcomes visitors daily from 11:00 AM to 10:00 PM, offering wheelchair accessibility and a specialized café with various dietary options.
Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas transformed the former Soviet-era restaurant Vremena Goda into the current museum space, preserving original architectural elements.
Location: Moscow
Inception: 2008
Founders: Dasha Zhukova, Roman Abramovich
Architects: Rem Koolhaas
Official opening: 2008
Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible
Address: 9/32 Krymsky Val, 119049, Moscow 111991
Opening Hours: Monday-Sunday 11:00-22:00
Website: https://garagemca.org/ru
GPS coordinates: 55.72777,37.60163
Latest update: May 11, 2025 05:31
Private art museums and galleries of international importance offer direct access to significant contemporary collections. These institutions, operated by foundations, collectors, or corporations, present works outside the traditional public museum landscape. Many of these venues occupy converted industrial buildings, historic residences, or purpose-built structures that connect art with architecture. The selection includes establishments such as Benesse Art Site Naoshima on the Japanese island of Naoshima, where museum buildings by Tadao Ando house works by contemporary artists. Dia:Beacon, north of New York City, displays minimalist and conceptual art in a former 1920s Nabisco factory. In Berlin, Sammlung Boros opens its doors in a converted World War II bunker. Additional examples include Fondation Beyeler in Basel with works of classical modernism, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art north of Copenhagen overlooking the Øresund strait, and Museo Jumex in Mexico City for Latin American contemporary art.
Moscow offers photographers a wide range of subjects covering centuries of Russian history and architecture. The city combines Orthodox cathedrals with colorful domes, classical theaters and museums, large parks, and modern art galleries. From the medieval fortress walls of the Kremlin to the monumental buildings of the Stalin era, Moscow presents itself as a city of contrasts. Landmarks include Saint Basil's Cathedral on Red Square, the Bolshoi Theatre, and the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. Parks such as Gorky Park and Zaryadye Park with its floating bridge provide green spaces in the heart of the city. Historical estates like Kolomenskoye and Kuskovo preserve the architecture of past eras. Museums such as the Tretyakov Gallery, the Pushkin Museum, and the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art display works from different periods. The Stalin skyscrapers continue to shape the skyline, while places like Patriarch Ponds, Arbat Street, and Sparrow Hills offer glimpses into Moscow life.
Gorky Park
442 m
GKB1
425 m
Golitsyn Hospital
532 m
Krymsky Val, 9-45
549 m
Mechanisation Pavillon
140 m
Category:Moscow burgher college
333 m
Pionersky pond
378 m
Sergey Spasokukotskiyga Yodgorlik
349 m
Восточный служебный флигель (каретный сарай) (Якиманка)
418 m
Пропилеи (Якиманка)
426 m
Main Building, Golitsyn Hospital
502 m
Службы (прачечная) (Якиманка)
388 m
Structures in Gorky Park (Moscow)
404 m
Здание (быв. Голицынская картинная галерея) в саду (Якиманка)
354 m
Корпус восточный парадного двора (Якиманка)
492 m
Богадельня (Якиманка)
526 m
Горихвостовская богадельня (Якиманка)
416 m
Аптека (Якиманка)
329 m
Центральный корпус с интерьерами (Якиманка)
295 m
Лечебный корпус с учебной аудиторией им. А.В. Готье (Якиманка)
427 m
Дом служащих (Якиманка)
275 m
Гранитная набережная Москва-реки (Якиманка)
344 m
Фонтан «Фигурный» (Якиманка)
199 m
Main portal of Gorky Park
415 m
Корпус восточный (Якиманка)
346 m
Обелиск в саду Голицынской больницы (Якиманка)
475 m
Обсерватория (Якиманка)
405 m
Службы (зимняя сушильня) (Якиманка)
409 mReviews
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