Current exhibitions

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.

Marking the 180th anniversary of the birth of Emperor Alexander III (1845–1894), the Elisabeth and Sergius Educational Society Foundation for the revival of mercy and charity traditions with support from the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation launched a major exhibition project The Era of...

The Russian Museum, with support from the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and VTB Bank, presents the large-scale exhibition dedicated to the 150th anniversary of Pyotr Konchalovsky. The Benois Wing showcases works from the collection of the Russian Museum, 18 leading museums across the...

The exhibition A Special World – a project by artist Daniil Zuev, which he has been developing since 2021 – has opened at the Russian Museum’s Multimedia Centre.
The project is built around drawings created by children with special needs in collaboration with the artist. 

The exhibition Alexander Brullov: A Master of Watercolours has opened in Academy Room 14. It features 35 watercolours by the artist, a brother of the great painter Karl Brullov.

In the Year of Unity of the Peoples of Russia, St Michael’s (Engineers’) Castle of the State Russian Museum hosts the exhibition Stepan Erzya: Sculptor of the World. On the 150th Anniversary of His Birth. The exhibition brings together approximately sixty...

For the first time in fifty years, a solo exhibition dedicated to Alexei Egorov – one of the most talented figures of the Classical era – has opened at St Michael’s (Engineers’) Castle. The display brings together 17 painted masterpieces and nearly 100 drawings and watercolours from the collection o...