State Russian Museum
Государственный Русский музей
The world's largest collection of Russian art, from ancient icons to Repin's Volga Boatmen and Aivazovsky's The Ninth Wave.
The main building of the State Russian Museum is the Mikhailovsky Palace. Founded in 1895 on the order of Nicholas II, its collection of some 400,000 works traces the full history of Russian art by period: ancient icons from the 12th century onward, Bryullov's The Last Day of Pompeii, Aivazovsky's The Ninth Wave, Repin's The Volga Boatmen and The State Council Meeting, and avant-garde works by Malevich, Kandinsky and others. Admission to the main building is about 700 roubles, and combined tickets are available for branches such as the Marble Palace and Mikhailovsky Castle. Closed on Tuesdays, open until 21:00 on Thursdays. It is a five-minute walk from the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, with the Mikhailovsky Garden behind it.
Opening hours
Wed, Fri–Mon 10:00–18:00; Thu 13:00–21:00; closed Tuesdays
Nearby sights
- Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood
- St. Michael's Castle
- Summer Garden & Summer Palace
- Singer House (Dom Knigi)
- Kazan Cathedral
- Fabergé Museum
- Palace Square & Alexander Column
- Nevsky Prospekt