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 ...
- 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
- 26 december 2019—26 december 2019 > Stroganov Palace Christmas concert. Quartet Mandolin "Fireworks"
Permanent and temporary exhibitions
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.
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.
Art of the End of XIXth – Begining of XXth Century
Permanent exhibition
Renovated exposition presents the creative oeuvre of such outstanding masters as M.Vrubel, V.Serov, K.Petrov-Vodkin, W.Kandinsky, K.Malevich and P.Filonov as well as the members of such art societies as "The World of Art", "Jack of Diamonds", "Donkey's Tail", "Blue Rose", "Union of Youth", "Four Arts", "Ost".
13 may 2019—19 may 2019
#MuseumWeek
5 february 2018—5 february 2018
Igor Baskin and D-sound project in the Benois Wing
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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. |
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