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Assemblage, Object, Installation
Marble Palace

Assemblage, Object, Installation

26 February—21 April 2025

The Russian Museum continues to acquaint its visitors with various types and movements of contemporary art. The exhibition traces the evolution of assemblage, obje...

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...


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Mikhailovsky Palace
Imperial Director of the Russian Museum

Imperial Director of the Russian Museum

27 March—28 April 2025

To mark its 130th anniversary, the Russian Museum is opening an exhibition dedicated to Grand Duke George Mikhailovich Romanov, the first Director of the Russian Museum, an art collector, and a distinguished numismatist.

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Stroganov Palace
Mineral Study

Mineral Study

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.

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Marble Palace
Assemblage, Object, Installation

Assemblage, Object, Installation

26 February—21 April 2025

The Russian Museum continues to acquaint its visitors with various types and movements of contemporary art. The exhibition traces the evolution of assemblage, object and installation in Russian art. Once shocking with their novelty and peculiar nature, now they are no longer perceived as a “slap to the face of public taste” but occupy a firm place on the contemporary art scene.

Benois Wing
Viktor Vasnetsov. 175th Anniversary of the Artist’s Birth

Viktor Vasnetsov. 175th Anniversary of the Artist’s Birth

21 December 2024—23 June 2025

The retrospective anniversary exhibition exhibition brings together about 120 Vasnetsov’s works from the collections of the leading Russian museums, including the State Russian Museum, the State Tretyakov Gallery, the Viktor Vasnetsov House Museum, the Viktor and Apollinary Vasnetsov Art Museum of Vyatka, the Nizhny Novgorod State Art Museum, the Abramtsevo State History, Art and Literary Museum and Reserve, the Vasily Polenov Fine Arts Museum and National Park, the State Museum of the History of Religion, etc.

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

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 watercolourists. Vasily Sadovnikov had a long and challenging artistic journey, with St Petersburg emerging as the central theme of his work – a city with which he developed a deep connection and which he celebrated in hundreds of his watercolours.

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
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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Mobile Apps

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