Ilya Repin. To the 175th Anniversary of the Artist's Birth
The exhibition will feature more than 250 paintings and graphic works by Ilya Repin: recognized masterpieces by the master and his little-kn...
Benois Wing
St Michael’s Castle
Valaam: 200 years in Russian Painting
15 november 2019—13 january 2020
The exhibition for the first time unites the valuable collection of paintings of the New Valaam Monastery (Finland) and works from the Valaam Monastery...
Stroganov Palace
Alexander Tyshler. The Theater in Easel Paintings
28 november 2019—24 february 2020
The exhibition held in the year of the theater in Russia is dedicated to the wonderful, mysterious and strange world of images of Alexander Tyshler ...
St Michael’s Castle
To the shores of Antarctica and Arctica. To the 200th anniversary of Antarctica discovery
19 december 2019—28 february 2020
January 2020 marks the 200th anniversary of Antarctica discovery by Russian navigators F. F. Bellingshausen a...
Marble Palace
The exhibition for the first time reconstructs the history of Leningrad Expressionism in the unity and diversity of the ways of the plastic form development. Presented artwork...
St Michael’s Castle
Belsky brothers (Ivan (1719-1799), Alexey (1729-1796) and Efim (1730-1778)) were the greatest masters of the painting team of The Chancellery ...
- 13 february—13 january 2020 > Stroganov Palace The Quartet of the famous St. Petersburg pianist Konstantin Khazanovich
- 10 january 2020 > The State Russian Museum An interview with Deputy Director for Academic Research Evgenia Petrova
- 28 december 2019—28 december 2019 > St Michael’s Castle New timetable in St. Michael's Castle from December 21, 22, 28, 29
Exhibitions
Mikhailovsky Palace
Alexander Myasoyedov. Carnival in Rome
12 december 2019—10 march 2020
The exhibition allows to observe the creation history of this work and to identify the depicted persons, and also to plunge into the festive atmosphere of "The Eternal City" of the time the painting were created.
Also in the Mikhailovsky Palace:
- Permanent exhibition Ancient Art of XIV-XVII Centuries
- 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
Benois Wing
Ilya Repin. To the 175th Anniversary of the Artist's Birth
3 october 2019—9 march 2020
The exhibition will feature more than 250 paintings and graphic works by Ilya Repin: recognized masterpieces by the master and his little-known works, as well as memorial items related to the life and work of the artist.
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
Alexander Tyshler. The Theater in Easel Paintings
28 november 2019—24 february 2020
The exhibition held in the year of the theater in Russia is dedicated to the wonderful, mysterious and strange world of images of Alexander Tyshler (1898–1980). The Russian Museum has an extensive collection of paintings and graphic works by Tyshler, which were donated to the museum by the master and his wife and also by G.M. Levitin, a close friend of many Russian theater scenic artists.
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
To the shores of Antarctica and Arctica. To the 200th anniversary of Antarctica discovery
19 december 2019—28 february 2020
January 2020 marks the 200th anniversary of Antarctica discovery by Russian navigators F. F. Bellingshausen and M. P. Lazarev. The exhibition timed to coincide with the Year of Antarctica in Russia presents about 100 works of painting, graphics, sculpture, numismatics, decorative-applied and folk art from the collection of The State Russian Museum. The core of the exhibition is formed by sections devoted to the discovery of Antarctica and the exploration of the Arctic by Russian travelers, sailors, and scientists.
Also in the St Michael’s Castle:
- Permanent exhibition St.Petersburg Society During the Romanov Era
- Permanent exhibition Faces of Russia. Portrait Gallery of the Russian Museum
- Permanent exhibition Sculpture Open Fund
Marble Palace
23 january—9 march 2020
The exhibition for the first time reconstructs the history of Leningrad Expressionism in the unity and diversity of the ways of the plastic form development. Presented artworks closely converge, but their authors, as a rule, did not intersect in life.
Also in the Marble Palace:
- 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
Iconic works of international contemporary art of the post-war 20th century and early 21st century from the collection of Peter and Irene Ludwig
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
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13.02.2020—13.01.2020
The Quartet of the famous St. Petersburg pianist Konstantin Khazanovich
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10.01.2020
The State Russian Museum
An interview with Deputy Director for Academic Research Evgenia Petrova
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28.12.2019
New timetable in St. Michael's Castle from December 21, 22, 28, 29
Lecture hall
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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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