Founded by Alexander III in 1895 under the name “The imperial museum of Russian art”, the museum was opened for public in 1898. It occupies the Michailovsky Palace built by Karl Rossi in 1819-1825 for Grand Duke Michael. The palace, which is one of the city’s most beautiful buildings, is the ideal place to house the unique world’s largest collection of Russian art. It numbers over 300 000 items, with works ranging from 12thcentury icons to the 19th century pictures by the Itinerants (Russian school of realist painters) and 20thcentury works by Russian avant-garde artists like Chagal, Malevich and Filonov.

Open: 10:00 – 17:00

Closed on Tuesdays

Address: 4/2, Inzhenernaya ulitsa

The nearest metro stations: Gostiny Dvor, Nevsky Prospect.

Tel.: +7 (812) 314 83 68

www.rusmuseum.ru