Armory Chamber of Moscow Kremlin is a Treasure - house of Russian tsars.
The Armory began in the early 16th century as a purely functional storehouse for the Kremlin's weaponry. However, within a few decades that original and prosaic structure had gained the added function of a workshop and repository for all sorts of treasures of the increasingly magnificent Imperial court. In 1813, following Napoleon's invasion, the Armory building became an exhibition hall and museum, though the Imperial arms and regalia had long since been removed by Peter the Great to St. Petersburg.
In "Landeszeughaus", next to the Landhaus you will find one of the biggest collections of medieval arms and iron-armories in the whole world ! And the most interesting fact about this museum is , that the Zeughaus still looks the same as hundreds of years ago and has a total of 30.000 rifles, helebards, swords, guns, etc.
You could equip an medieval army of several hundred men with these weapons and even the stairs are made in a way, that the troops may march into the different floors, take their weapons and get into war...!
The Armory chamber is open tuesday till Sunday 10.00a.m. - 03.00p.m. from Nov.3rd till Jan.6th and March-October from Tuesday-Sunday 10.00a.m.-05.00p.m. January and February the Landeszeughaus is CLOSED !!
I took my pics many years ago, when nobody cared about it, but in summer 2005 they were very strict telling me : NO Photographs !!!
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