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The School of Filonov
Marble Palace

The School of Filonov

6 October 2023—15 April 2024

“The Collective of Masters of Analytical Art. The School of Filonov” existed from the summer of 1925 until the master’s death in December 1941. The school’s work was based on ...

From Orest Kiprensky to Pavel Fedotov. Drawings and Watercolours of the First Half of the 19th Century
St Michael’s Castle

From Orest Kiprensky to Pavel Fedotov. Drawings and Watercolours of the First Half of the 19th Century

12 October 2023—26 February 2024

The exhibition From Orest Kiprensky to Pavel Fedotov, introduces viewers to some of the finest e...

Vasily Surikov. 175th Anniversary of the Artist's Birth
The State Russian Museum

Vasily Surikov. 175th Anniversary of the Artist's Birth

1 December 2023—10 June 2024

The exhibition presents over 120 paintings and graphic works by Surikov from the museums in St Petersburg, Moscow and Krasnoyarsk, including th...

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Military Parades: Porcelain and Watercolour
Stroganov Palace

Military Parades: Porcelain and Watercolour

15 December 2023—13 May 2024

The exhibition is dedicated to a hundred-year-old tradition of producing decorative “military plates” depicting imperial army uniforms. Besides plates, t...

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Monday 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Mikhailovsky Palace, Benois Wing are open until 8:p.m.
Tuesday The museum is closed
Wednesday 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Thursday 1:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Friday 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Sunday 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Ticket offices close 30 minutes earlier

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About

The State Russian Museum is the world’s largest depository of Russian fine art, housed in a unique architectural complex in the historical centre of St Petersburg.

It was the first museum of national art, initiated by Emperor Alexander III. In 1895, Emperor Nicholas II signed a decree ordering “The foundation of a special institution which will be entitled ‘The Emperor Alexander III Russian Museum’ and the assignment of the Mikhailovsky Palace with all its wings, services and the garden, specially acquired by the state treasury for this purpose.” In May of the same year, the architect Vasily Svinyin started the reconstruction of the palace interiors for accommodating future collections of art. The Statute of the Museum was adopted on 3 May 1895.

The ceremonial opening of the Russian Museum took place on 19 (7) March 1898. The basis of the collection consisted of objects and works of art transferred from the Winter, Gatchina and Alexander Palaces, from the Hermitage and the Academy of Arts, as well as from private collections donated to the museum.

The museum collection contains over 440,000 exhibits covering all major periods and trends in the history of Russian art, all main types and genres, trends and schools of Russian art over more than a thousand years: from the 10th to the 21st century. As of 1 January 2023, the museum collection includes 444,705 items, with 423,061 in the main collection and 21,644 in the auxiliary academic collection.

The main retrospective exhibition of the museum is located in the Mikhailovsky Palace (architect Carlo Rossi, 1819–1825), built for the son of Emperor Paul I, Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich, and in the Benois Wing, originally designed as an exhibition pavilion for the Academy of Arts (architects Leonty Benois and Sergei Ovsyannikov, 1914–1919).

Currently, the area of the museum complex is more than 30 hectares. The collection is accommodated in buildings that are outstanding monuments of 18th–19th-century architecture: Mikhailovsky, Stroganov and Marble Palaces, and St Michael’s Castle. The Mikhailovsky Garden, the Summer Garden and the Summer Palace of Peter I, as well as the Cabin of Peter the Great are also part of the museum complex.

The State Russian Museum today is an extensive museum complex. It is a large authoritative institute of academic research, restoration, preservation, and educational centre, supervising the work of all art museums of the country.

The Art Library of the Russian Museum was founded in 1897. Currently, it comprises about 170,000 items. A section for rare books was organised in 1978. An automated information retrieval system was installed in 1993.

Contact us: telephone (812) 595-42-08; library@rusmuseum.ru

· Website of the Art Library of the Russian Museum

 Website of the Department of restoration of museum exhibits of the Russian Museum

The Department of Restoration of Museum Exhibits is a modern scientific and restoration centre comprised of 16 units. These include studios specializing in restoration of paintings, drawings, pieces of applied art, furniture, picture frames, and sculpture; in addition, it has a chemistry and biology research laboratory, and the division of the theory and history of museum restoration. Currently there are 96 people working in the department, mostly artists and restorers of the highest qualification, as well as research workers and photographers. The department conducts all kinds of restoration and research of various works of art, from Ancient Russian monuments to contemporary art objects. All restorers are professionally qualified in restoration and arts.



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