A branch of the historical museum near the Novodevichy Convent will be opened by the spring in Moscow, the new building of the branch of the State Historical Museum in Lozhnetsky Prozad is planned to open to visitors in the first quarter of next year, the director general of the State Historical Museum Alexei Lukin told reporters. "Now the building is completely ready, the paperwork is done and the object is transferred to the ownership of the museum.