“He Conquered Both Time and Space...” 225th Anniversary of Alexander Pushkin’s Birth
This is the first ever large-scale exhibition held in the Russian Museum to address the genius of Russian and wor...
Stroganov Palace
Mikhailovsky Palace
Marble Palace
Assemblage, Object, Installation
The Russian Museum continues to acquaint its visitors with various types and movements of contemporary art. The exhibition traces the evolution of assemblage, obje...
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Exhibitions
Mikhailovsky Palace
Karl the Great. 225th Anniversary of the Artist’s Birth
18 October 2024—12 May 2025
The anniversary exhibition of “Karl the Great”. Karl Brullov needs no special introduction. He was the only Russian classical artist of the 19th century who gained fame in Europe in his lifetime and worldwide recognition after his death. He certainly had natural gift for painting. Moreover, he was a highly qualified professional of brilliant and fascinating personality. Only Brullov was honoured with a kind of title “Karl the Great” that showed the appreciation and admiration of his colleagues, art connoisseurs, and students during his lifetime.
Also in the Mikhailovsky Palace:
- Permanent exhibition Ancient Art of XIV-XVII Centuries
- 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
Stroganov Palace
“He Conquered Both Time and Space...” 225th Anniversary of Alexander Pushkin’s Birth
7 June 2024—24 March 2025
This is the first ever large-scale exhibition held in the Russian Museum to address the genius of Russian and world culture, whose anniversary will be an international event. The museum rich depositories enable to characterize the oeuvre of the great writer most fully and diversely and to reconstruct the cultural and historical background, which witnessed the formation and heyday of Pushkin’s unique talent.
Also in the Stroganov Palace:
- Permanent exhibition Mineral Study
- Permanent exhibition Russian Empire Style. Applied Art of the Epoch of Alexander I (1801–1825)
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, 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.
Also in the Marble Palace:
- Permanent exhibition Poet of the Silver age - Konstantin Romanov
- Permanent exhibition The Rzhevsky Brothers Collection
Benois Wing
Alexander Deineka: Praiser of a New Life. 125th Anniversary of the Artist’s Birth
21 February—14 April 2025
The Russian Museum owns a unique collection of works by Alexander Deineka, one of the most prominent artists of the Soviet period of the 20th century. The unique mosaics that have not been displayed for the last 50 years are the highlight of the exhibition.
Also in the Benois Wing:
- 20 February—31 March 2025 Pyotr Ossovsky. 100th Anniversary of the Artist’s Birth
- 5 February—31 March 2025 Yury Vasnetsov. 125th Anniversary of the Artist’s Birth
- 21 December 2024—23 June 2025 Viktor Vasnetsov. 175th Anniversary of the Artist’s Birth
- Permanent exhibition Art of the XXth Century
St Michael’s Castle
20 December 2024—16 June 2025
The exhibition timed to the 300th anniversary of the Academy of Sciences presents illustrated academic publications of the mid-18th century from the collection of the Russian Museum.
Also in the St Michael’s Castle:
- 5 December 2024—31 May 2025 Russian Academic Painting of the Second Half of the 18th – First Half of the 19th Centuries
- 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
Art of the Second Half of the 20th Century: From Pablo Picasso to Vladimir Yankilevsky
The exhibition Art of the Second Half of the 20th Century: From Pablo Picasso to Vladimir Yankilevsky combines w...
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 ...
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Virtual tour of the museum complex. 2009 (Rus., Eng., Ger., Fin.)
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