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“He Conquered Both Time and Space...” 225th Anniversary of Alexander Pushkin’s Birth
Stroganov Palace

“He Conquered Both Time and Space...” 225th Anniversary of Alexander Pushkin’s Birth

7 June 2024—25 January 2025

This is the first ever large-scale exhibition held in the Russian Museum to address the genius of Russian and wor...

Tidings
Marble Palace

Tidings

2 August—2 December 2024

The exhibition begins with classic works of Russian art in which aspects that go beyond conventional interpretations are emphasized.

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Russia and Belarus: Crossed Destinies
Marble Palace

Russia and Belarus: Crossed Destinies

15 September—2 December 2024

The State Russian Museum and the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus open the unprecedented exhibition Russia and Belarus: Crossed Destinies. The Ma...

Line. Stroke. Spot. 20th-Century Drawings from the Collection of the Russian Museum
St Michael’s Castle

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 ...


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Mikhailovsky Palace

Monday 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
The Mikhailovsky Palace and the Benois Wing are open from May 1 on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays until 20.00, on Sundays until 19.00
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Wednesday 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
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Permanent and temporary exhibitions

Ancient Art of XIV-XVII Centuries

Ancient Art of XIV-XVII Centuries

Permanent exhibition

Collection of the Old Russian painting of the Russian Museum is one of the largest and most significant in Russia. It includes around six thousand icons. The permanent exhibition housed in the first four halls of Mikhailovsky Palace represents a part of this collection, the most valuable works of XII-XVII centuries created in the major art centers of Old Russia: Novgorod, Pskov, Vladimir, Suzdal, Moscow, and Yaroslavl.

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Russian Art of the XVIII Century

Russian Art of the XVIII Century

Permanent exhibition

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 portraitists and leaders of the secular Russian art of this time. Genre of portrait of the middle and second part of XVIII century is presented by such artists as Ivan Vishyakov, Alexey Antropov, Ivan Argunov, Fyodor Rokotov.

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Russian Art of the First Half of the XIX Century

Russian Art of the First Half of the XIX Century

Permanent exhibition

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 famous «The Last Days of Pompeii», religious compositions and portraits of the artist’s contemporaries), historical paintings by Grigory Ugryumov, Alexander Ivanov, Alexey Egorov, Fyodor Bruni.

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Russian Art of the Second Half of the XIX Century

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.

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The "Taffeta Church" of Tsar Feodor Ioannovich and Tsaritsa Irina, 1592

The "Taffeta Church" of Tsar Feodor Ioannovich and Tsaritsa Irina, 1592

30 August—25 November 2024

The exhibition is dedicated to a unique work – the sewn or “taffeta” church of Tsar Feodor Ioannovich and Tsaritsa Irina Godunova. It features 23 images of embroidered icons from the museum collection that are the evidence of touching, sublime and artistically flawless art of Old-Russian embroidery.

Karl the Great. 225th Anniversary of the Artist’s Birth

Karl the Great. 225th Anniversary of the Artist’s Birth

18 October 2024—12 May 2025

The anniversary exhibition of “Karl the Great”. Karl Brullov needs no special introduction. He was the only Russian classical artist of the 19th century who gained fame in Europe in his lifetime and worldwide recognition after his death. He certainly had natural gift for painting. Moreover, he was a highly qualified professional of brilliant and fascinating personality. Only Brullov was honoured with a kind of title “Karl the Great” that showed the appreciation and admiration of his colleagues, art connoisseurs, and students during his lifetime.

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The collection of masterpieces, chosen by the Russian Museum will allow you to make a first impression of the collection of the Russian Museum.

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Virtual tours
Virtual tours

Russian Museum - one of the world's largest museums and is perhaps the only country where such a full treasure of national culture are presented.
Virtual tour of the museum complex. 2009 (Rus., Eng., Ger., Fin.)

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In the online shop of the Russian Museum presented a huge range of souvenirs, illustrated editions and multimedia disks.

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