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0ld Russian icon-painting

A fascinating exhibition of 11th to 19th C Russian icons that is the greatest in size and thematic range in the world can be seen on the first floor of the former court building in the Kremlin. The icon collection of the Novgorod State Museum is unique; it consists of about fifteen hundred magnificent paintings dating from the 11th to the 20th centuries. In majority these icons take their origin from the leading monasteries and churches of Veliky Novgorod and its suburbs and give an idea of singularity of Novgorod wall-painting. 268 icons exposed in 14 halls were painted by artists representing the major schools of icon-painting, in the archbishop workshop in St. Sophia cathedral foremost. The exposition is organized in the chronological form that allows to study the way Novgorod icon-painting developed and evolved over the centuries. You will be able to witness the striking beauty of the best icon-paintings in the collection of Novgorod State Museum, including such outstanding paintings as “Nicola Lipniy” (1294); “Intercession” and “Boris and Gleb” of the 14th C; “Gospel scenes (of Christ's life)” of the 14th - 15th centuries; and a number of holiday icons from the church of Assumption of the Virgin on Volotovo field of the 15th century.

Opening time:
10 am to 6 pm every day except Tuesdays and the last Thursday in every month.