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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
Permanent exhibition
The collection of the museum comprises works of the representatives of large schools that existed in Soviet times (e.g., Leningrad school of landscape painting of the 1930s - 1950s). The art of socialist realism, showing high artistic merit, clarity of plot, a tendency for "grand style", is reflected in the paintings by A.A. Deyneka, A.N. Samokhvalov, A.A. Plastov, Yu.I. Pimenov and many other Soviet artists who continued to work during the Great Patriotic War and in the second half of the XX century.
Also in the Benois Wing:
- Permanent exhibition Decorative and Applied Arts in Russia. ХХ century
- Permanent exhibition Art of the End of XIXth – Begining of XXth Century
Stroganov Palace
Permanent exhibition
On 26 May 2005 the Mineral Study in the Stroganov Palace was opened after restoration and recreation of interiors. The study was designed by Andrei Voronikhin in 1791-92. It was considered as one of the masterpieces of Russian architecture of the 18th century.
Also in the Stroganov Palace:
- Permanent exhibition Russian Empire Style. Applied Art of the Epoch of Alexander I (1801–1825)
St Michael’s Castle
St.Petersburg Society During the Romanov Era
Permanent exhibition
The permanent exhibition shows Russian art of the first half of the XIX-th century, the time when St.Petersburg established itself as complex and contradictory unit of the urban and social environment. It was during this period that concept «St.Petersburg Society» was formed, expressed in terms of people and social groups.
Also in the St Michael’s Castle:
- Permanent exhibition Faces of Russia. Portrait Gallery of the Russian Museum
- Permanent exhibition Sculpture Open Fund
Marble Palace
Poet of the Silver age - Konstantin Romanov
Permanent exhibition
Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich was an accomplished Russian poet, who wrote under the cryptonym K. R. and was an excellent translator of Goethe, Schiller and Shakespeare’s works. He was the son of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich and grandson of emperor Nocholas I, and also a senator and a president of the Academy of Sciences. He inherited the Marble palace in 1888.
Also in the Marble Palace:
- 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 ...
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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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