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The State Russian Museum

The Russian Museum today is a unique depository of artistic treasures, a famous restoration centre, an authoritative institute of academic research, one of the major cultural and educational centers, research and methodological centre of art museums of the Russian Federation, overseeing activities of 260 art museums of Russia.

The collection of the Russian Museum numbers 400000 exhibits and covers all historical periods and tendencies of development of Russian art, all its main forms and genres, styles and schools for the last 1000 years: from the 10th century to the 20th century.

The main complex of museum buildings - the Mikhailovsky Palace and Benois Wing - houses the permanent exhibition of the Russian Museum, tracing the entire history of Russian art from the tenth to the twentieth centuries. The museum collection embraces all forms, genres, schools and movements of art.

Opening time:
Mon: 10.00 — 17.00.
Wed-Sun: 10.00 — 18.00.
The ticket office closes an hour earlier.

Additional information:
You can lease wheelchairs free of charge at the museum.