Permanent and temporary exhibitions

Ceremonial halls of St Michael’s Castle

Permanent exhibition

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 Russian Museum, the Naval Library had occupied premises with an area of 2,231 square metres in the best rooms of Emperor Paul I’s former residence.The final decision on relocation of the library was made in February 2018, under RF Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky. The library’s entire inventory held at the castle was relocated by the Main Command of the Navy itself within one month. Immediately after the library’s move, the Russian Museum began restoration of the halls.

Sculpture Open Fund

Permanent exhibition

On the 26th of May 2005 in St Michael's (Engineers) Castle a renovated open sculpture fund was opened. 134 artworks of the end of the 19th century — the beginning of 20th century were presented. The State Russian Museum was the first in the national museum practice to create public stocks in its palaces.

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Faces of Russia. Portrait Gallery of the Russian Museum

Permanent exhibition

The new Faces of Russia. Portrait Gallery of the Russian Museum permanent exhibition in the St. Michael’s (Engineer’s) Castle presents the evolution of the portrait in the Russian art from the so-called parsuna portraits of the beginning of the 18th century till the works of the Soviet time.

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St.Petersburg Society During the Romanov Era

Permanent exhibition

The permanent exhibition shows Russian art of the first half of the XIX-th century, the time when St.Petersburg established itself as complex and contradictory unit of the urban and social environment. It was during this period that concept «St.Petersburg Society» was formed, expressed in terms of people and social groups.

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Line. Stroke. Spot. 20th-Century Drawings from the Collection of the Russian Museum

4 October 2024—15 February 2025

The exhibition of drawings Line. Stroke. Spot in the Russian Museum refers to the classic pages of history and the works that make the pride of the museum’s collection. The show features the best works of graphic art by the leading Russian masters of the 20th century from the collection of the Russian Museum.

Empress Marie Alexandrovna: Empire. Dynasty. Family. 200th Anniversary of the Empress’s Birth

3 November 2024—10 March 2025

The Elisabeth and Sergius Educational Society Foundation (ESPO) and the State Russian Museum with support from the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation open the exhibition Empress Marie Alexandrovna: Empire. Dynasty. Family. 200th Anniversary of the Empress’s Birth. The exhibition is dedicated to the life, spiritual achievements, state and public service of Empress Marie Alexandrovna (1824–1880). She was a devoted wife and supporter of Emperor Alexander II (1818–1881).