Samara Regional Art Museum
Самарский областной художественный музей
An important art museum in the Volga region, with works by Repin, Aivazovsky and Russian avant-garde artists, housed in a former bank building.
The Samara Regional Art Museum occupies the former State Bank building on Kuibyshev Street. Its collection of about 30,000 works spans ancient icons, 18th- and 19th-century Russian paintings (by Repin, Aivazovsky, Kustodiev and others), and Russian avant-garde works by Malevich and Kandinsky, plus galleries of Western European and Eastern art. It is a manageable size, and you can see the main galleries in about 2 hours. Closed on Mondays. It is near Leningradskaya Street.
Opening hours
Tue–Sun approx. 10:00–18:00
Nearby sights
- Leningradskaya Street
- Samara Embankment
- Sacred Heart Church
- Kurlina Mansion
- Strukovsky Garden
- Stalin's Bunker
- Samara Drama Theatre
- Kuibyshev Square