Exhibitions

Vasily Tropinin, a leading portrait painter of the early 19th century, is the subject of a new exhibition at the Russian Museum. Housed in ten rooms of the Marble Palace, the exhibition is the first major retrospective of the master’s work to be...

The State Russian Museum and PJSC Sberbank present an exhibition of unprecedented scale dedicated to the works of Ivan Shishkin, one of the central figures of Russian art. For the first time at the Russian Museum, his magnificent paintings will be shown in&nbs...

The Russian Museum, with support from the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and VTB Bank, presents the large-scale exhibition dedicated to the 150th anniversary of Pyotr Konchalovsky. The Benois Wing showcases works from the collection of the Russian Museum, 18 leading museums across the...

In the Year of Unity of the Peoples of Russia, St Michael’s (Engineers’) Castle of the State Russian Museum hosts the exhibition Stepan Erzya: Sculptor of the World. On the 150th Anniversary of His Birth. The exhibition brings together approximately sixty...

Marking the 180th anniversary of the birth of Emperor Alexander III (1845–1894), the Elisabeth and Sergius Educational Society Foundation for the revival of mercy and charity traditions with support from the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation launched a major exhibition project Th...

The state rooms of the first floor of the Stroganov Palace are occupied by the exhibition The Villa of a Russian Patron, a fantasy of an exquisite country house belonging to a collector and patron of the arts. In each room, nearly one hundr...

Held in the state rooms of St Michael’s (Engineers’) Castle, this large-scale exhibition of historical portraiture from the 17th to the 19th centuries features approximately 300 works of painting, graphic art, and sculpture from the collection of the Russian Museum and other leading national museums...

The Russian Museum’s collection of Old Russian painting is one of the largest and most significant in the country, comprising approximately 6,000 icons.

Avant-Garde: The Great Experiment of Russian Art permanent exhibition offers everyone an opportunity to immerse themselves in the atmosphere of remarkable experiments with form and colour and to acquaint themselves with the main avant-garde movements: Suprematism, Constructivism, Expressionism and F...

Arranged in chronological order, this section of the exhibition traces the principal stages and key trends in the development of 18-century Russian art. 

The permanent exhibition of Russian folk art from the 17th to the 21st century features approximately 1,500 works. Arranged chronologically, the display traces the development of peasant art and regional artisan centers across all major media and genres.

The State Russian Museum is the only museum in Russia featuring a permanent display of classic world art from the second half of the 20th century. In 1994–1995, the renowned German collectors Peter and Irene Ludwig, motivated by their deep interest in Russian culture, donated to the State Russian Mu...