The Ostankino Palace in the style of Russian classicism is part of the complex of the Moscow Museum-Estate "Ostankino". The glory of Ostankino is associated with the construction in 1792-1798 of a wooden palace-theater, the two-story theater hall of which is the only room in Russia with a stage and its mechanism, an auditorium and dressing rooms that have been preserved since the end of the 18th century. The interiors of the ceremonial halls, with the use of fabric and gilding, wood carvings, paper paintings, have preserved the original decor and decoration. The Ostankino Palace was built according to the plan of the owner of the estate, Nikolai Petrovich Sheremetev, who inherited the estate in 1787. In 1856, Emperor Alexander II, who came to Moscow for the coronation, stopped in the palace, for the meeting of which the rooms on the first floor were re-finished. In 1812, the palace was plundered by the soldiers of the Napoleonic army.
In 1918, the Ostankino Palace became a museum-estate and on May 1, 1919 it was opened for visitors. The ensemble of the Ostankino estate includes a wooden palace, a stone church of the Life-Giving Trinity of the 2nd half of the 17th century and a park of 9 hectares (the former Pleasure Garden). Interestingly, there is no modern heating in the palace building.
From June to September, the Ostankino Theater hosts the traditional Sheremetev Seasons festival, which continues the glorious musical and theatrical traditions of the estate.
Since 2013, the museum has been undergoing a comprehensive restoration, but part of the palace is open for sightseeing tours of the estate from May 18 to September 30.