20 march 2020—31 december 2020
Russian Museum - one of the world's largest museums and is perhaps the only country where such a full treasure of national culture are presented.
The State Russian Museum
Benois Wing
Gifts to the Russian Museum from Artists and Collectors. Selected Works. 1898–2019
To mark the 125th anniversary of the Russian Museum, such an exhibition will be shown in all of its palaces, bring...
Benois Wing
Nicholas Roerich. In Search of Shambala
The exhibition displays the works of Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947) - a world-famous artist, one of the leading masters of Russian art of the first hal...
St Michael’s Castle
Alexander Benois. On the 150th Anniversary of the Artist’s Birth
The name of Alexander Benois, a prominent member of the "Mir iskusstva" (World of Art) artistic movement, is closely associate...
Marble Palace
The Light of Learning: Publishing and Educational Posters from the Collection of the Russian Museum
16 december 2020—30 march 2021
The exhibition features posters from the collection of the Russian Museum, relating to education in...
St Michael’s Castle
The Artistic Legacy of the Klodt Family
23 december 2020—29 march 2021
Pyotr Klodt (Peter Jakob Clodt von Jurgensburg, 1805–1867) – was a renowned animalist sculptor, author of a famous group of equestrian statues, the H...
Stroganov Palace
The Leningrad Rock Club in Photographs. Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Its Opening
The Leningrad Rock Club was established in early 1981 and has become a true center of attraction for musicians ...
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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
Nicholas Roerich. In Search of Shambala
12 november 2020—8 march 2021
The exhibition displays the works of Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947) - a world-famous artist, one of the leading masters of Russian art of the first half of the 20th century. The exhibition will feature about 80 paintings from the Russian Museum collection, as well as several graphic works.
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
The Leningrad Rock Club in Photographs. Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Its Opening
28 december 2020—10 may 2021
The Leningrad Rock Club was established in early 1981 and has become a true center of attraction for musicians whose art did not fit into the Soviet cultural framework. The Leningrad Rock Club was a sign of the era of upcoming changes in the country and even now, after forty years, it is hardly needed to explain what was its role in the cultural and social life of Leningrad and, more broadly, the country.
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
The Artistic Legacy of the Klodt Family
23 december 2020—29 march 2021
Pyotr Klodt (Peter Jakob Clodt von Jurgensburg, 1805–1867) – was a renowned animalist sculptor, author of a famous group of equestrian statues, the Horse Tamers, installed at the Anichkov Bridge. Pyotr Klodt started an artistic dynasty, which creative heritage now presented in a large exhibition for the first time.
Also in the St Michael’s Castle:
- 9 december 2020—31 march 2021 Alexander Benois. On the 150th Anniversary of the Artist’s Birth
- 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
The Light of Learning: Publishing and Educational Posters from the Collection of the Russian Museum
16 december 2020—30 march 2021
The exhibition features posters from the collection of the Russian Museum, relating to education in Russia in the first third of the twentieth century. The exposition includes about 120 works of agitation art of the widest thematic range - from narrow advertising in bookstores, publishing houses and libraries to large-scale propaganda of reading, getting knowledge and education.
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
- 02.02.2021—05.05.2021
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03.01.2021—14.01.2021
The State Russian Museum
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31.12.2020—01.01.2021
The State Russian Museum
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10.12.2020
The State Russian Museum
The Multimedia Exhibition “The Russian Avant-garde” in the Kuzbass Centre of the Arts
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03.12.2020—10.01.2021
The State Russian Museum
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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Collection highlights
The collection of masterpieces, chosen by the Russian Museum will allow you to make a first impression of the collection of the Russian Museum.
Virtual tours
Russian Museum - one of the world's largest museums and is perhaps the only country where such a full treasure of national culture are presented.
Virtual tour of the museum complex. 2009 (Rus., Eng., Ger., Fin.)
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