Exhibitions

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 as Ivan Aivazovsky, Konstantin Makovsky, Ilya Repin, Vasily Polenov and Vasily Surikov. Although the selection of works before the revolution was often hampered by the conservative tastes of museum officialdom, the collection nevertheless grew in breadth thanks to the efforts of Alexander Benois, Albert Benois, Igor Grabar and Pyotr Neradovsky.

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Ivan Tvorozhnikov (1848–1919)

20 October—18 December 2023

The exhibition is dedicated to Ivan Tvorozhnikov (1848–1919), an outstanding Russian genre painter who was active in the late 19th through early 20th centuries. It introduces viewers to some of Tvorozhnikov’s best paintings and graphic artworks from the museum’s holdings.  

Engravings and Lithographs from the Collection of the Russian Museum: Views of St Petersburg Suburbs

16 August 2023—15 January 2024

The exhibition shows engravings and lithographs from the collection of the Russian Museum devoted to the suburbs of St Petersburg. A wide panorama of the city's surroundings offers a rare opportunity to see what the buildings and parks of Tsarskoye Selo and Pavlovsk, now partially missing their original appearance, used to look like in the 19th century.

The World of Paper Money

12 November 2004—14 February 2005

The World of Paper Money exhibition is the first ever exhibition in the Russian Museum devoted to the history of currency in Russia.

Large Painting. Large scale works of art from the funds of the Russian Museum

29 October 2004—25 March 2005

The exhibition introduces works by Russian and European artists who worked in Russia.

Waldemars Matvejs (Vladimir Markov) in Petersburg. Painting, Photography, Archive Materials, Sculpture from the Easter Island and Northern Asia

14 October 2004—15 November 2004

The exhibition presents Waldemars Matvejs' paintings from the collection of the Latvian State Art Museum, modern prints made from the artist's negatives, works by his professors from the Petersburg Academy of Arts, members of the Union of Youth association, and documents from the manuscript department of the State Russian Museum, covering the master's life and work.