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Held in the state rooms of St Michael’s (Engineers’) Castle, this large-scale exhibition of historical portraiture from the 17th to the 19th centuries features approximately 300 works of painting, graphic art, and sculpture from the collection of the Russian Museum and other leading national museums...

The exhibition in the Garden Vestibule of the Mikhailovsky Palace continues the series of exhibitions dedicated to the directors of the Russian Museum, exploring their lives and their role in shaping the museum’s collection.

The large-scale exhibition Russian Traditions in the Benois Wing features an unprecedented number of works – more than 650 pieces from the collection of the Russian Museum. Masterpieces of painting, unique costumes, celebrated lace, and extremely rare samples of Kresttsy stitching and gold embroider...

Fyodor Vasilyev (1850–1873) is one of the greatest masters of Russian landscape painting. Visitors will have the opportunity to view the master’s celebrated works as well as rarely exhibited pieces from the museum’s collection.

The exhibition Adult-Friendly is an artistic exploration of childhood, presented not as a “golden age” but as a crucial stage in shaping the individual. The display is divided into key thematic sections: Home, The World, Travel and Holidays, Games, Imagination, Scary Stories, and The Future.

On 28 January, an exhibition dedicated to Vasily Pushkarev opened in the Garden Vestibule of the Mikhailovsky Palace.

The painting Catherine II as Minerva, Patroness of the Arts was painted by the Italian artist Stefano Torelli, who was invited to Russia by Ivan Shuvalov in 1762.

The Russian Museum presents a five-century history of one of the key objects of Russian decorative art. The exhibition includes more than 150 objects dating from the 17th to the 21st century, showcasing the full diversity of materials, decorative techniques, the names o...