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Vasily Sadovnikov. A Watercolorist of the Pushkin Era
St Michael’s Castle

Vasily Sadovnikov. A Watercolorist of the Pushkin Era

5 April—14 July 2025

In 2025, we commemorate the 225th anniversary of the birth of Vasily Sadovnikov (1800–1879), one of Russia’s most renowned watercolourist...

Russian Imperial Table Services
Stroganov Palace

Russian Imperial Table Services

25 April—1 September 2025

The exhibition is dedicated to tableware sets commissioned by the emperor’s family and crafted at the Imperial Porcelain Factory. On display are ceremonial fine chin...

Ivan Pokhitonov. 175th Anniversary of the Artist’s Birth
St Michael’s Castle

Ivan Pokhitonov. 175th Anniversary of the Artist’s Birth

30 April—18 August 2025

For the first time in St Petersburg, the Russian Museum presents an exhibition of the outstanding Russian landscape and realist painter Ivan P...

The Country of Victories: 80th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War
Benois Wing

The Country of Victories: 80th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War

8 May—7 July 2025

The 80th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War is a time to honour the heroes of all generations. ...

The Lives of Remarkable Dogs
Marble Palace

The Lives of Remarkable Dogs

17 May—10 November 2025

The exhibition explores the presence of dogs in Russian life and art. It addresses a historical process in all its forms – from the history of the state to the narrativ...


Exhibitions
Mikhailovsky Palace
Ancient Art of XIV-XVII Centuries

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.

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Stroganov Palace
Russian Imperial Table Services

Russian Imperial Table Services

25 April—1 September 2025

The exhibition is dedicated to tableware sets commissioned by the emperor’s family and crafted at the Imperial Porcelain Factory. On display are ceremonial fine china services – around 200 pieces in total – including those created for specific imperial and grand ducal residences, as well as for special occasions such as coronations and weddings.

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Marble Palace
Poet of the Silver age - Konstantin Romanov

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.

Benois Wing
The Country of Victories: 80th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War

The Country of Victories: 80th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War

8 May—7 July 2025

The 80th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War is a time to honour the heroes of all generations. They come to life for us through the talent and legacy of artists whose works embody both profound love for their people and deep empathy for the destiny of their Motherland. The exhibition features over 200 works of various forms and genres, depicting the most significant and decisive historical battles of Russia.

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St Michael’s Castle
Ivan Pokhitonov. 175th Anniversary of the Artist’s Birth

Ivan Pokhitonov. 175th Anniversary of the Artist’s Birth

30 April—18 August 2025

For the first time in St Petersburg, the Russian Museum presents an exhibition of the outstanding Russian landscape and realist painter Ivan Pokhitonov (1850–1923). The exhibition features about 150 works, including paintings, drawings, and works of decorative and applied art. Visitors will discover Ivan Pokhitonov not only as a landscape painter but also as a genre artist, portraitist, and creator of ceramic paintings.

Cabin of Peter the Great
Modern exhibition of 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.

Ceremonial halls of St Michael’s Castle
St Michael’s Castle

Ceremonial halls of St Michael’s Castle

Permanent exhibition

On 19 May 2021, the ceremonial halls of St Michael’s Castle opened after major restoration. On 31 August 1951, the premises of the ceremonial halls of Empero...

Art of the Second Half of the 20th Century: From Pablo Picasso to Vladimir Yankilevsky
Marble Palace

Art of the Second Half of the 20th Century: From Pablo Picasso to Vladimir Yankilevsky

Permanent exhibition

The exhibition Art of the Second Half of the 20th Century: From Pablo Picasso to Vladimir Yankilevsky combines w...

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Russian Art of the Second Half of the XIX Century
Mikhailovsky Palace

Russian Art of the Second Half of the XIX Century

Permanent exhibition

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...

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Russian Art of the First Half of the XIX Century
Mikhailovsky Palace

Russian Art of the First Half of the XIX Century

Permanent exhibition

The exhibition shows masterpieces representing the variety of trends in the Russian art of the time (classicism, romantism and beginning i...

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Ancient Art of XIV-XVII Centuries
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 ...

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Collection highlights
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.

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Virtual tours
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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Online Shop

In the online shop of the Russian Museum presented a huge range of souvenirs, illustrated editions and multimedia disks.

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