Alexander Labas: Drawings and Watercolours from the Russian Museum Collection
Alexander Labas (1900–1983) was one of the founders of the Easel Painters’ Society (OST, 1925–1932), a gr...
Benois Wing
Benois Wing
Inspired by the Classics: Neoclassicism in Russia
This exhibition is dedicated to Russian Neoclassicism, an early 20th-century art trend that, alongside avant-garde, was influential in shaping Russia...
St Michael’s Castle
Timur Novikov’s Wedge. The New Academy of Fine Arts
This exhibition commemorates 65 years since the birth of Timur Novikov (1958–2002), artist and founder of two movements – New Artists in ...
Marble Palace
Ancient Myth and the Modern World
The exhibition includes around 70 paintings and sculptures from the mid-20th century to the early 21st, taken from the Russian Museum collection and from artists’...
Stroganov Palace
The name of Stanislav Zhukovsky (1875–1944) is inseparably connected with the flourishing of lyrical landscape in the Silver Age of Russian culture.
- 27 july 2023 > Marble Palace Concert "Musical Adventures"
- 27 july—28 july 2023 > The State Russian Museum Important information for the participants of the second Russia-Africa Summit in St. Petersburg
- 29 june 2023 > Marble Palace Pianist Vladislav Mikhalchuk in the Marble Palace
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.
Engravings and Lithographs from the Collection of the Russian Museum: Views of St Petersburg Suburbs
16 august—16 october 2023
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.
4 august—9 october 2023
This exhibition presents about 20 paintings and watercolour landscapes by Stepan Yaremich with views of St Petersburg, Paris, Venice and Crimea.
Nikolai Zagrekov. Return to Russia
23 september 2004—10 november 2004
The Nikolaus Sagrekow Return to Russia exhibition presents the oeuvre of a German artist of Russian origin whose dramatic fate mirrors the twentieth-century history of both Germany and Russia.
Anatoly Kiselev. From the Jubilee 2004 cycle
5 august 2004—13 september 2004
The exhibition is dedicated to the 75th birthday anniversary of the St Petersburg sculptor Anatoly Kiselev. His monumental and monumental - decorative works decorate the squares of the cities of the former Soviet Union.
9 july 2004—15 november 2004
The exhibition held in the Russian Museum is aimed to revive the atmosphere of "The Knave of Diamonds" association's exhibitions.
Reflection. Watercolors and drawings of Andrey Esionov
14 september 2016—15 november 2016
Russian Museum invites to the personal exhibition of painter and graphic artist Andrey Esionov. That is his first exhibition in St Petersburg, but there already were several exhibitions in Europe and in Moscow – at the Academy of Arts and Moscow Museum of Modern Art.
23 june 2016—5 september 2016
The exhibition presents the oeuvre of Nikolay Shestopalov (1875-1954) for the first time after a long break. This artist acquired appraisal and fame in the 1900-1920-s and afterwards remained forgotten for a long time.
3 february 2016—31 may 2016
It is more than two centuries that the territory of the Crimean peninsula forms part of the historical and cultural heritage of Russia. The main interest to Crimea evolved in 1880-s with the works of Russian photographers.
28 april 2022—19 september 2022
A unique Russian artist who, by the will of fate, turned out to be the "singer and chronicler" of Tunisia. The exhibition at the Russian Museum will feature more than 60 paintings of different years from the private collection of Mehdi Douss.
Anna Leporskaya. Painting, Graphic Art, Porcelain
15 december 2021—11 april 2022
In the summer of 2017, the collection of the Russian Museum received a donation of an extensive collection of works by various artists, which was called the Leporskaya Archive in historiography. The archive included over 600 works by Anna Alexandrovna Leporskaya herself: 512 drawings, watercolors, gouaches, 10 canvases and more than 100 porcelain items.
I Am Dostoevsky. To the 200th Anniversary of the Writer’s Birth
13 november 2021—14 march 2022
The F.M.Dostoevsky Literary-Memorial Museum presents an exhibition to the 200th anniversary of the writer.
The exhibition is based on paintings from the imaginary "ideal museum of the writer", which were especially significant for Dostoevsky throughout his life. He did not miss a single exhibition in St. Petersburg, in Europe he got acquainted with the main museums and galleries, he knew the Dresden Gallery, the Pitti Palace, the Uffizi almost by heart. He considered Raphael's Sistine Madonna one of the greatest masterpieces, admired the landscapes of Claude Lorrain, the gates of the Florentine Baptistery, Saint Agatha by Sebastiano del Piombo, Penitent Magdalene by Batoni, this list is pretty extensive.
Russian Daily Life in the Sculpture of the 19th and 20th Centuries
22 november 2018—14 january 2019
The exhibition presents a “cross-section of Russian life” in genre scuplture from the mid-19th century to the present day.
Timur Novikov (1958–2002). On the 60th anniversary of the artist’s birth
24 september 2018—12 november 2018
The exhibition of seven works from the collection of the Russian Museum is a tribute to the memory of Timur Novikov, an outstanding artist and cultural figure of the late 20th century.
24 september 2018—12 november 2018
The exhibition at the Ludwig Museum is a tribute to the memory of the artist and musician Andrey Krisanov, a member of the group “New Artists,” rock band “Kino,” and the orchestra “Pop Mechanics.”
Tea in the Gardens of Russia and Turkey
30 june—4 september 2023
Tea drinking as a symbol of cosiness, the family hearth and friendly communication has existed in Russia and Turkey for hundreds of years. Part of the tea traditions common to both countries is the custom of gathering together with family and friends at the tea table in the garden or outdoors in nature.
"Byzantine Routes" Photo Exhibition
3 october 2014—2 november 2014
On the 4th of October 2014 "Byzantine routes" photo exhibition was opened in Coffee House by the АСЕВ Association and the "Metropoli" Cultural Foundation with the support of the State Russian Museum.
Russia through the train window
9 june 2014—28 june 2014
The exhibition «Russia through the Train Window» is a joint project by JSC Russian Railways and the Russian photographer Anton Lange. The aim is to show modern-day Russia through the camera lens of a photographer traveling by rail across this vast country.
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.
CLOSE TO NOT. VLADIMIR TARASOV AND SARAH FLOHR. SOUND INSTALLATION
16 june 2005—24 july 2005
The installation of the Lithuanian musician Vladimir Tarasov and the American artist Sarah Flohr will be shown in the Mikhailovsky Garden of the State Russian Museum on 16 June.
The “Inner Book” of the G. A. V. Traugot Brothers
14 january 2022—12 february 2022
The creative tandem of brothers Alexander and Valery Traugot does not need a special introduction. It became a truly significant phenomenon in the artistic life of post-war Leningrad, and a huge number of book illustrations signed with the memorable triple initial “G.A.V.” together represents one of the brightest pages in the history of the Soviet post-war art of the book.
The high technology interactive exposition "Our Romantic Emperor"
25 march 2017—31 december 2017
The high technology interactive exposition "Our Romantic Emperor" located on three floors of the Western Pavilion of St. Michael's Castle is devoted to Paul I, the author and owner of the ensemble of St. Michael's Castle.
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Virtual tour of the museum complex. 2009 (Rus., Eng., Ger., Fin.)
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