Home and Family. Images of Peaceful Life
The Russian Museum exhibition project Artists on War and Peace can be seen as a diptych comprised of two exhibitions: Images of Military Life in Russian Art...
Benois Wing
Mikhailovsky Palace
The exhibition in the Garden Vestibule of the Mikhailovsky ...
St Michael’s Castle
This exhibition spotlights the work of Malevich’s closest pupils and associates Ilya Chashnik (1902–1929) and Nikolai Suetin (1897–1954), and follows o...
Marble Palace
Parallel Universes. From Abstraction to Artefact. The Collection of Natalia Opaleva
The State Russian Museum presents the exhibition project Parallel Universes. From Abstraction to Artefact showing w...
St Michael’s Castle
Initiated to coincide with 152 years since the artist’s birth, this exhibition follows extensive research undertaken to elaborate on certain aspects of Leonid Sherwood’s...
- 22 april—23 april 2023 > St Michael’s Castle New timetable in St. Michael's Castle. April 22th and 23th
- 21 april 2023 > St Michael’s Castle New timetable in St. Michael's Castle. April 21
- 22 december 2022—22 december 2022 > Marble Palace Concert "Orchestra without a conductor".
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
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)
Marble Palace
Alexey Vaulin. Living Substance
27 april—19 june 2023
Alexey Vaulin stands out as one of the most vibrant and consistent purveyors of contemporary abstract art on the Russian art scene. This exhibition spotlights around 50 of his works, spanning his career.
Also in the Marble Palace:
- 3 march—26 june 2023 Parallel Universes. From Abstraction to Artefact. The Collection of Natalia Opaleva
- Permanent exhibition Poet of the Silver age - Konstantin Romanov
- Permanent exhibition The Rzhevsky Brothers Collection
- Permanent exhibition The Ludwig Museum at the Russian Museum
Benois Wing
Home and Family. Images of Peaceful Life
16 december 2022—20 june 2023
The Russian Museum exhibition project Artists on War and Peace can be seen as a diptych comprised of two exhibitions: Images of Military Life in Russian Art of the 16th to 20th Centuries and Home and Family. Images of Peaceful Life. They explore two existential aspects of human life perceived as polar opposites. The first half of the diptych features scenes of everyday life during wartime, while the other focuses on the theme of the home and family as guardian of the moral values of the Russian people.
Also in the Benois Wing:
- Permanent exhibition Art of the XXth Century
- Permanent exhibition Decorative and Applied Arts in Russia. ХХ century
- Permanent exhibition Art of the End of XIXth – Begining of XXth Century
St Michael’s Castle
13 april—3 july 2023
Initiated to coincide with 152 years since the artist’s birth, this exhibition follows extensive research undertaken to elaborate on certain aspects of Leonid Sherwood’s artistic biography and reconstruct the history and destinies of many of his works.
Also in the St Michael’s Castle:
- 2 march—19 june 2023 Nikolai Suetin. Ilya Chashnik
- Permanent exhibition St.Petersburg Society During the Romanov Era
- Permanent exhibition Faces of Russia. Portrait Gallery of the Russian Museum
- Permanent exhibition Sculpture Open Fund
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.
St Michael’s Castle
Ceremonial halls of St Michael’s Castle
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...
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 ...
Events
- 22.04.2023—23.04.2023
- 21.04.2023
- 22.12.2022
Lecture hall
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Virtual tour of the museum complex. 2009 (Rus., Eng., Ger., Fin.)
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