The grandiose colonnaded arch that serves as Gorky Park's front entrance now contains a museum, its exhibition largely comprised of old photographs and screens showing Soviet-era newsreels about the park. The main reason for paying the hefty entrance fee is to access the roof of the arch, from where one can observe the entire park and much of central Moscow.
Gorky Park Museum
Zamoskvorechie
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State Tretyakov Gallery Main Branch
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2. Central House of Artists (TsDKh)
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5. Church of St John the Warrior
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6. Art Muzeon & Krymskaya Naberezhnaya
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7. Church of St Nicholas in Khamovniki
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