Old-Russian Art
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Among museum collections of Russian icon painting, the Russian Museum’s holdings occupy a place of particular importance.
Permanent expositions
Avant-Garde: The Great Experiment of Russian Art
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Avant-Garde: The Great Experiment of Russian Art permanent exhibition offers everyone an opportunity to immerse themselves in the atmosphere of remarkable experiments with form and colour and to acquaint themselves with the main avant-garde movements: Suprematism, Constructivism, Expressionism and F...
Russian Art of the XVIII Century
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The exposition of Russian art of XVIII century is chronologically organized and presents the main stages and trends of Russian art of this time. One part of the display is dedicated to the time of Peter I and focuses mainly on the names of Ivan Nikitin and Andrei Matveyev, the greatest portraiti...
Folk Art
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The Russian Museum’s folk art collection is one of the largest in the country. It comprehensively reflects all of the main forms of folk decorative art, the prevailing centers of peasant home handicrafts, and folk arts and crafts, allowing us to trace their development from the 17th century ...
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Peter and Irene Ludwig’s Gift
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The State Russian Museum is the only museum in Russia featuring a permanent display of classic world art from the second half of the 20th century. In 1994–1995, the renowned German collectors Peter and Irene Ludwig, motivated by their deep interest in Russian culture, donated to the State Russian Mu...
Ceremonial halls of St Michael’s Castle
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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 Emperor Paul I in St Michael’s Castle were provided to the Central Naval Library to hold stacks of books. In the St Michael’s Castle branch of the Ru...
Mineral Study
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On 26 May 2005 the Mineral Study in the Stroganov Palace was opened after restoration and recreation of interiors. The study was designed by Andrei Voronikhin in 1791-92. It was considered as one of the masterpieces of Russian architecture of the 18th century.
The Rzhevsky Brothers Collection
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At the end of December 1998 the Russian Museum received a donation of art from local collectors, brothers Jacob and Joseph Rzhevsky. Their donation includes unique works of painting, graphic art, sculpture and applied art.
Russian Art of the First Half of the XIX Century
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The exhibition shows masterpieces representing the variety of trends in the Russian art of the time (classicism, romantism and beginning in the second third of the XIX century realism). The works by academic school masters are also widely represented: the canvases by Karl Brullov (the ...