«The State Russian Museum»

The State Russian Museum

The State Russian Museum is the world’s largest collection of Russian art, housed in a unique architectural complex in the historical centre of St Petersburg. It was the first museum of Russian art, initiated by Emperor Alexander III

The museum collection contains over 400 000 exhibits covering all major periods and trends in the history of Russian art, all main types and genres, trends and schools of Russian art over more than a thousand years: from the X to the XXI century.

Collections of the Russian museum

Painting of the XVIII – early XIX centuries

Кarl Brullov.

An Italian Midday 1827

Art of Old Russia

The Entombment. Embroidered shroud

Early 15th century

Painting of the second half of the XIX – early XXI centuries Sculpture of the XVIII to early XX centuries Ivan Prokofiev

Volkhov and Neva. 1801

Battle in the Heavens. 1912

Prints Collection Contemporary Art

Yury Vasnetsov.

Ivan Plyushchev (Plyushch).

The Cat, the Cockerel and the Fox

Episode 1. From the While the Roosters Haven’t Crowed series

1938

2011

The collection is accommodated in buildings that are outstanding monuments of the XVIII-XIX century architecture: Mikhailovsky, Stroganov, Marble Palaces, and Mikhailovsky Castle. Mikhailovsky Garden and Summer Garden.