State Russian Museum
Saint Petersburg · founded 1895
The State Russian Museum, formerly known as the Russian Museum of His Imperial Majesty Alexander III, on Arts Square in Saint Petersburg, is the world's largest depository of Russian fine art. It is also one of the largest art museums in the world with a total area over 30 hectares. In 2022 it attracted 2,651,688 visitors, ranking twelfth on list of most-visited art museums in the world.
- Visitors a year
- 5.1MVisitors a year
- Founded
- 1895Founded
What to see
Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks
Ilya Repin, 1890.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
The Ninth Wave
Ivan Aivazovsky, 1850.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Barge Haulers on the Volga
Ilya Repin, 1870.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Moonlit Night on the Dnieper
Arkhip Kuindzhi, 1880.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Red Square
Kazimir Malevich, 1915.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
The Last Day of Pompeii
Karl Bryullov, 1833.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Plan your visit
Hours
Published on the museum’s own site. Confirm on en.rusmuseum.ru before you travel.
Getting there
191086, Санкт-Петербург, ул. Инженерная, 4.
On their own site
Opening hours, tickets and current exhibitions are on the museum’s own site.
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