When and where it will be possible to see ice sculptures in Moscow in 2019, as well as get acquainted with the news of the project and details of its organization, the information that the founders of this event shared with us will help you find out.
Mesmerizing harmony of ice and light
Perhaps the largest and most popular exhibition of ice sculptures in the Russian capital is the annual Ice Moscow festival, which traditionally opens its doors in late December. Throughout the entire New Year holidays, the park will delight its visitors with grandiosely beautiful figures and architectural structures. According to the organizers of the project, the height of some of the sculptures that will be presented at the 2019 exposition will reach 13 meters, which will be a record high in the entire history of this festival.
The theme of “Ice Moscow” deserves special attention. The last edition of the exhibition was dedicated to the World Cup, which took place in Russia in 2019. Ice masterpieces were presented by craftsmen from 11 cities of our country hosting matches of the World Cup, and the sculptures they created symbolized the countries participating in the championship. According to expert estimates, more than 2,000 tons of natural ice were required to organize the 2018 exposition.
The festival guests especially liked:
- ten-meter Egyptian pyramids;
- a copy of the Moscow Kremlin;
- Uruguayan monument “Fingers”;
- legendary Orthodox churches Moscow;
- caravans Saudi Arabia;
- the symbol of Paris is the Eiffel Tower;
- Japanese samurai and White Heron Castle.
According to preliminary information, the operating hours of the future exhibition will be the same as in 2018. For everyone to enjoy the creations the best masters ice art festival doors will be open daily from 10:00 to 22:00 (7 days a week). The price of invitations for adults will be 350 rubles, for children - 250 rubles. Children under 5 years old (accompanied by parents) will be able to take advantage of a special discount offer. Entry for this category of visitors will be provided absolutely free.
Ice masterpieces at VDNH and Sokolniki
Until 2012, one of the most visited winter exhibitions in Moscow was the ice sculpture museum in Sokolniki Park. Unlike previous years, this exhibition is currently open only in winter season. During the days of its constant work, visitors had the opportunity to see the ice room, completely suitable for life. Thanks to heavy duty freezers Operating around the clock, this magnificence could be admired at any time of the year.
A worthy alternative to the festival in Sokolniki is an exhibition of ice sculptures located at VDNKh. The interesting thing is that spectators come here even at the stage of preparation for its opening. And this is not at all surprising, because before their eyes appears the most incredible picture of the transformation of giant ice blocks into masterpieces of art. As part of the 2019 festival, residents and guests of the city will be presented with sparkling UFOs, characters from their favorite fairy tales, popular cartoon characters, as well as other fantastic objects that will stun the imagination of visitors.
Ice sculpture gallery at Krasnaya Presnya
In this recreation park, citizens and tourists will find many sites on which magnificent architectural compositions will be built from snow and ice, in which one can easily recognize the legendary monuments of Russian architecture, including the ice analogue of the House of Queen Anna Ioannovna. In addition to historical buildings, figures of colorful fairy-tale characters familiar to every resident of our country from childhood will be presented here. It is worth mentioning that 12 of the best sculptors in Russia, as well as a team consisting of world-famous designers and decorators, will take an active part in creating the exhibition. Original photos and video materials of the gallery at Krasnaya Presnya can be easily found on its official portal.
Snow and ice fairy tale at Luzhniki
The ice sculpture festival, which takes place annually in the Winter Fun Park at Luzhniki, is a wonderful opportunity to take a break from the “gray” workdays. Last year's exhibition themes were "Camelot" and " glacial period" The first part of the exhibition was entirely devoted to the fairy-tale characters of the fairy tale of the same name. In different places of the park, spectators could enjoy figures of knights and dragons of incredible beauty and size, as well as fantastic castles sparkling in the beams of laser spotlights. As for the second part of the exposition, it was represented by a grandiose complex of attractions, ice caves, game slides and labyrinths.
In 2019, the creators of the project promise to surprise Muscovites and city guests with equally beautiful ice compositions that will surely impress both adults and the youngest visitors to the exhibition.
Exhibition opening hours in Moscow:
Don't miss the opportunity to visit exhibitions with your family or friends. Stunning ice sculptures will definitely give your loved ones a festive mood and leave a lot of indelible impressions in their memory.
From May 2008 to October 2011, in Moscow, on the territory of the Krasnaya Presnya park, there lived an ice fairy tale - the Gallery of Russian Ice Sculpture. This project was carried out by the Apeiron company. In fact, it was a real ice palace with an area of 450 square meters. meters, created in the best examples of national Russian culture, where all year round At sub-zero temperatures, ice exhibits were presented with light and musical accompaniment. To this day, there are no analogues of this project in our country and abroad.
Since 2009, the Gallery of Russian Ice Sculpture has been included in the state register of museums in Russia.
Twelve of the best sculptors of Russia - winners of international and national ice sculpture competitions - took part in the creation of the Ice Museum. More than 90 tons of crystal pure ice, specially grown from spring water, was used to create an ice museum. Famous theater decorators and designers of the capital took part in the design of the halls of the Ice Gallery.
In Russia, the art of ice architecture has been known since the beginning of the 17th century, when Empress Anna Ioannovna issued a state decree on the construction of the Ice House on the Neva. Nowadays, ice sculptures have become a common sight for Muscovites.
You can admire amazing ice masterpieces in various parts of the capital. For example, the Ice Sculpture Museum in Sokolniki Park annually invites all those who appreciate the beauty created by the hands of the best Russian craftsmen to a unique exhibition. In addition to Sokolniki Park, ice art can be enjoyed on Poklonnaya Hill, VDNH Square, Luzhniki and Krasnaya Presnya.
When the first frost sets in, an exhibition of ice sculptures will open its doors to visitors on Poklonnaya Hill.
Every year the organizers of the event come up with a new original theme. In 2016, the “Ice Moscow” project was presented to the guests of the exhibition. The central expositions of the ice town are the famous historical sights of the capital:
- Kremlin;
- The Tsar Bell;
- Big theater;
In addition to the above-mentioned compositions, at the exhibition one could see a beautiful Christmas tree, city transport and many other works of ice art. During the exhibition day, entertainment events took place in the “town”: pop and theater performances, laser shows, competitions and sports competitions for children. A New Year's fair of folk crafts was organized for adults.
Winter festival of ice compositions at VDNKh
Every year, a bright and unforgettable ice sculpture festival called “Vyugovey” takes place on VDNKh Square. In previous seasons, the exhibition delighted its visitors with amazing thematic compositions: from UFOs to biblical stories. In addition to visiting the ice facilities, the festival organizers have developed a varied entertainment program for their guests, including sledding, snowboarding, skiing and skating. Traditionally, VDNH Park hosts a lot of interesting events: concerts, round dances around the Christmas tree, performances by folk groups, fairs and folk festivals with dancing, music and food.
Ice sculpture gallery on Krasnaya Presnya
To appreciate the scale of the ice exhibition at Krasnaya Presnya, it is enough to imagine the majestic structures located on an area of 450 m². Unique ice compositions delight visitors throughout the winter. Here you can see fairy-tale characters from Russian folk tales and fables by I. Krylov, as well as an analogue of the house in which the Russian Tsarina Anna Ioannovna lived.
Photos of the ice gallery can be viewed on the exhibition’s official website. A team of professional sculptors, designers and decorators takes part in the creation of the exhibition. It is worth recalling that this project has no analogues in the world. Find yourself in a real fairy tale and give great mood you can help your loved ones throughout the New Year holidays.
Magic at Luzhniki
The main theme of the last season of the ice town in Luzhniki was “Ice Age” and “Camelot”. The first exhibition was created specifically for children's entertainment and attractions, the second was a complex of sculptures representing the flora and fauna of the Jurassic period.
Every year, the organizers of the ice exhibition offer their guests colorful show programs with the participation of Russian stage stars, various quizzes and competitions with gifts.
Opening hours of ice towns and entrance ticket prices
| Poklonnaya Gora | Opening hours: from 12:00 to 22:00 | Ticket price: for adults – 300 rubles, for children – 250 rubles |
| Sokolniki Park | Open from 10:00 to 21:30 | Entrance ticket price: 300 rubles for adults, 200 for children |
| VDNH Square | Opening hours: from 11:00 to 23:00 | Tickets: adults – 300 rubles, children – 200 rubles |
| Krasnaya Presnya | Opening hours: from 10:00 to 21:00 | The price of an adult ticket is 350 rubles, a child ticket is 250 rubles |
| Luzhniki | Opening hours: from 12:00 to 20:00 | Entrance: for free |
Don't miss the opportunity to have a great time free time together with friends and family! Visit the ice exhibitions and give yourself and your loved ones a real New Year's mood!
Moscow often hosts various events where you can see ice sculptures. Whatever they are called: and ice sculpture exhibitions, and ice sculpture festivals, ice sculpture competitions, in different ways. Such exhibitions and competitions always attract many visitors. Both adults and, most likely, children are interested in seeing, examining, looking at various scenes embodied in ice. The flight of fancy of the creators of the ice sculpture is wide, and their artistic abilities are vast. high level, so sometimes real masterpieces are cut out of ice, which later in the spring it’s a pity to part with. At least put it in the refrigerator!)
Ice sculpture festivals are held annually in many Moscow parks. On some of them you can not only see ice sculptures, but also see how they are created, and perhaps even learn how to make them. Master classes are held for those interested.
But there are places where you can see ice sculptures not only in winter, but all year round. In the park on Krasnaya Presnya there is ice sculpture exhibition, which is open to visitors both in the cold and warm seasons. A constant temperature of -10°C is maintained here, thanks to which the ice does not melt and all sculptures are preserved in the form in which they were created.
The ice sculpture gallery is located at the Vystavochnaya metro station. Address- st. Mantulinskaya, 5. I have never been to Vystavochnaya before, and I must say, it is quite an interesting station. Coming out of the metro, we find ourselves on the embankment of the Moscow River with a view of one of Stalin's skyscrapers and the building of the Government of the Russian Federation. The weather was cloudy, the photo also turned out sad. On the right is a bridge across the river, not an ordinary one, but some kind of shopping bridge. The skyscrapers of Moscow City are right there. I didn’t take a photo because... It started to rain, so I didn’t take out my DSLR. But I want to come here in the summer and take a walk along the embankment. It’s a pity that they don’t depart from here, although there seems to be a pier. Maybe someone local, write in the comments, do water buses go from here?
From the metro to the ice sculpture exhibition, walk a maximum of 10 minutes, along the embankment, past the Expo Center and the tennis court (see map above). We go into the park, there are signs where to go, but... in the park we see only one building, suitable in size, it is already clear where the gallery is located.
On Krasnaya Presnya, the ice sculpture museum is open daily from 11:00 to 20:00. Ticket price for adults – 350 rubles, for schoolchildren, students, pensioners – 250 rubles, for children – 50 rubles, for disabled people and WWII participants, admission is free, photography is also free, which is good, because This is not as common as we would like. But on the other hand, there is a suspicion that its cost is simply included in the ticket price)).
On Saturdays at 12:00, the gallery also hosts a free master class on carving ice sculptures. I managed to film it; the sound, although not very good, was still filmed with a camera and not a video camera. And the video weighs 2 gigs, so if anyone has a slow Internet, sorry, it will take a long time to load.
A few photos from the master class.
How to do that, you say?
Haa, now I’ll make you a flower!
Finally, we go into the room itself with ice sculptures.
The ice sculptures in the gallery are based on Russian fairy tales. To my shame, I realized that I did not recognize some of the plots and did not remember the names of the fairy tales. It’s good that a family with children came with us, and the grandmother told her grandchildren, and for one, me, who was who and where.
A squirrel gnawing on precious nuts and servants guarding it from the fairy tale about Tsar Saltan. Pink color in the photograph it is a special backlight. Since all the ice sculptures in the Gallery are transparent, backlighting adds glamor.
The Little Humpbacked Horse, the Firebird and Ivan Tsarevich.
The crow and the fox from Krylov's fable. A fox, in my opinion, is more like a marten. Only in the photo did I notice that it was broken in two places and glued together.
Nightingale the Robber.
Baba Yaga on the stupa. Her head is a little too big.
Emelya and pike.
Serpent Gorynych and... I don’t remember who fought him, but Gorynych had already knocked out his teeth, judging by the photograph.
A plot from the fairy tale "Ivan Tsarevich and the Gray Wolf."
A hut with snacks for a rainy day.
This is probably the swan princess.
A mosquito, truly a piece of jewelry.
About 10 minutes later, my friend couldn’t stand the cold, despite the fact that we were wearing autumn clothes, and ran away from the gallery. I looked at and photographed the sculptures alone. I accidentally found a grandmother with a broken trough. She was so small that hardly anyone paid attention to her. 
The Golden Cockerel. I didn’t see him right away either.
Ice sculptures in Moscow in 2018-2019 can be viewed at several venues at once, which is good news. We can only hope that the weather will not let us down like last year. And then all exhibitions will open on time.
In addition to the annual exhibition on Poklonnaya Hill “In the Family Circle”, several more ice towns will open this year - in Sokolniki, at VDNH, at Krasnaya Presnya and in Izmailovsky Park. Let's look at them in more detail.
This season, the “In the Family Circle” festival will be held from December 29 to January 13 and will delight visitors not only with beautiful ice sculptures in Moscow, but also with a cascade of ice slides and a show program for children and adults.
As before, the central exhibition will be the 50-meter Kremlin with many slides. And around it there will be ice sculptures that reveal the mysteries of the Great Civilizations. According to the organizers, cartoons about Great Civilizations will be shown on the main stage, and delicious mulled wine will be available for purchase in the tents. And ice cutting masters will conduct their master classes for everyone.
Cost of visit:
- adult ticket - 350 rubles
- child ticket (up to 14 years old) - 250 rubles
- under 5 years old entry is free
Ice Museum in Sokolniki
Also at the end of December, the Ice Museum in Sokolniki will open its doors. In this pavilion you can wander through the ice labyrinth, admire beautiful sculptures and visit the ice hotel.
The temperature here is always maintained at -10 degrees, so the exhibition will run until April 2019.
Working hours: daily from 10:00 to 21:30
Cost of visit:
- adult ticket - 250 rubles
Forest of Miracles in Izmailovsky Park
An exhibition of ice sculptures will also be held in Izmailovsky Park in Moscow. Glowing snowmen, fabulous trees, and most importantly, snow fortresses and an ice labyrinth with many sculptures await you. In the evenings, the lights turn on, creating a charming holiday atmosphere. The Ice Town has several slides for children of different ages.
Working hours: from 12:00 to 20:00 on weekdays, from 11:00 to 21:00 on weekends
Cost of visit: adult ticket - 150 rubles
Ice sculptures at VDNH
In winter, a huge skating rink is set up at VDNKh as part of the Vyugovey festival. But besides this, beautiful ice sculptures are also erected here, which anyone can admire. Having paid, of course, for the entrance ticket.
Last year, visitors to the exhibition could admire an ice UFO and various fairy tale and cartoon characters. What awaits us this year? Let's see.
Working hours: daily from 11:00 to 23:00
Cost of visit:
- adult ticket - 300 rubles
- child ticket (up to 14 years old) - 200 rubles
It is worth noting that all ice sculpture exhibitions in Moscow are paid. You can, of course, look at them furtively from the side, but this will not allow you to carefully examine all the exhibitions.
Snow sculptures are also expected to appear on the territory of Luzhniki, which you can view completely free of charge.
