Catherine the Great in Russia and Beyond
The exhibition including over 500 objects offers a perspective on how Russian internal and geopolitical transformations, in which Empress Catherine II playe...
The State Russian Museum
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St Michael’s Castle
St Michael’s Castle
The exhibition investigates the ways sculptors tackle book as a cultural phenomenon. The viewers will see not only traditional sculpture, but also installations and objects. The exh...
St Michael’s Castle
Vladimir Lyubarov. The Land of Peremilovo. Oil Paintings of Russian Origin
In Lyubarov’s work, subtle psychologism and attention to detail are artfully combined with the ingenuous expressiveness of n...
Benois Wing
Sport in Soviet Porcelain, Graphic Arts, and Sculpture
The exhibition includes around 350 ceramic works devoted to the topics of sport and healthy lifestyle and made in the Soviet Union/Russia betwee...
Marble Palace
The exhibition of over 220 works by two prominent German artists accompanied by an exten...
Stroganov Palace
Landmark postcards made in collaboration between contemporary St. Petersburg photographers and graphic artist Alexander Florensky present an original perspective on iconic pl...
Benois Wing
Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin. On the 140th Anniversary of the Artist’s Birth
Large-scale retrospective exhibition will present the artist’s milestone works, encompassing his entire career, from well-known mas...
- 19 may 2018 > St Michael’s Castle Museum night in St. Michael’s Castle
- 18 may 2018 > The State Russian Museum May 18 International Museum Day
- 17 may 2018 > Stroganov Palace Petersburg Mandolins concert in the Stroganov Palace
Exhibitions
Mikhailovsky Palace
Ancient Art of XIV-XVII Centuries
Permanent exhibition
Collection of the Old Russian painting of the Russian Museum is one of the largest and most significant in Russia. It includes around six thousand icons. The permanent exhibition housed in the first four halls of Mikhailovsky Palace represents a part of this collection, the most valuable works of XII-XVII centuries created in the major art centers of Old Russia: Novgorod, Pskov, Vladimir, Suzdal, Moscow, and Yaroslavl.
Also in the Mikhailovsky Palace:
- Permanent exhibition Russian Art of the XVIII Century
- Permanent exhibition Russian Art of the First Half of the XIX Century
- Permanent exhibition Russian Art of the Second Half of the XIX Century
- Permanent exhibition Folk Art of the XVII-XXI Centuries
Benois Wing
Sport in Soviet Porcelain, Graphic Arts, and Sculpture
25 april—30 july 2018
The exhibition includes around 350 ceramic works devoted to the topics of sport and healthy lifestyle and made in the Soviet Union/Russia between the 1920s and the early 1990s by major national porcelain manufacturers.
Also in the Benois Wing:
- Permanent exhibition Art of the XXth Century
- Permanent exhibition Decorative and Applied Arts in Russia. ХХ century
- Permanent exhibition Art of the End of XIXth – Begining of XXth Century
Stroganov Palace
16 may—11 june 2018
Landmark postcards made in collaboration between contemporary St. Petersburg photographers and graphic artist Alexander Florensky present an original perspective on iconic places in the city.
Also in the Stroganov Palace:
- Permanent exhibition Mineral Study
- Permanent exhibition Russian Empire Style. Applied Art of the Epoch of Alexander I (1801–1825)
St Michael’s Castle
Vladimir Lyubarov. The Land of Peremilovo. Oil Paintings of Russian Origin
18 april—18 june 2018
In Lyubarov’s work, subtle psychologism and attention to detail are artfully combined with the ingenuous expressiveness of naïve art and high professionalism of a skillful painter.
Also in the St Michael’s Castle:
- 12 april—18 june 2018 Sculptor's Book
- 15 february—28 may 2018 Catherine the Great in Russia and Beyond
- Permanent exhibition St.Petersburg Society During the Romanov Era
- Permanent exhibition Faces of Russia. Portrait Gallery of the Russian Museum
Marble Palace
Inside the Marble Palace (Sound, Dance, Performance)
16 may—30 june 2018
Le film du Japon
Xavier Veilhan
2002
Also in the Marble Palace:
- 26 april—1 july 2018 Ernst Barlach – Käthe Kollwitz: Beyond the Borders of Existence. In Dialogue with their Russian Contemporaries
- Permanent exhibition Poet of the Silver age - Konstantin Romanov
- Permanent exhibition The Rzhevsky Brothers Collection
- Permanent exhibition The Ludwig Museum at the Russian Museum
Cabin of Peter the Great
Modern exhibition of Cabin of Peter the Great
Permanent exhibition
Modern exhibition of the museum comprises items dating back to Peter I’s time, including memorial paraphernalia, such as: red broadcloth uniform, an oriental cane, a model of Peter I’s hand based on an imprint made at Lipetsk foundry in 1707, a wherry, and Peter’s armchair.
Marble Palace
The Ludwig Museum at the Russian Museum
The Ludwig Museum at the Russian Museum is temporarily closed for visitors.
Mikhailovsky Palace
Russian Art of the Second Half of the XIX Century
Even when it first opened back in 1898, the Russian Museum owned many canvases painted by such masters of the second half of the nineteenth century a...
Mikhailovsky Palace
Russian Art of the First Half of the XIX Century
The exhibition shows masterpieces representing the variety of trends in the Russian art of the time (classicism, romantism and beginning i...
Mikhailovsky Palace
Ancient Art of XIV-XVII Centuries
Collection of the Old Russian painting of the Russian Museum is one of the largest and most significant in Russia. It includes around six thousand icons. The ...
Events
- 19.05.2018
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18.05.2018
The State Russian Museum
- 17.05.2018
- 12.05.2018—18.05.2018
- 03.05.2018
Lecture hall
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24 may, thursday. 19:00
ПОЗДНЕЕ СОВЕТСКОЕ ИСКУССТВО: ЖИВОПИСЬ 1960–1980-х гг. (В. Е. ПОПКОВ, Е. Е. МОИСЕЕНКО, Т. Г. НАЗАРЕНКО, Н. М. НЕСТЕРОВ).
Lecture Series: ЦИКЛ II. РУССКАЯ ХУДОЖЕСТВЕННАЯ КУЛЬТУРА XVIII–XX ВЕКОВ.
Lecturer: кандидат искусствоведения С.С.Ершова
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25 may, friday. 18:00
К. С. ПЕТРОВ-ВОДКИН
Lecture Series: ХУДОЖНИКИ КОНЦА XIX–XX ВЕКОВ. (Мастера русского искусства. Цикл III)
Lecturer: искусствовед, член союза художников, сотрудник РМ С.М.Жаворонкова
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You can subscribe for the lectures in the ticket offices of the museum.
To purchase classes for individual groups of students, given according to special programs by a lecturer who will come to the school or another institute, please call: +7 (812) 570-52-23, +7 (812) 570-56-91.
All lectures are given in Russian.
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