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On this day in
1791 died Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, prolific and highly influential composer of Classical music.
1870 Alexandre Dumas, writer, died at 68
1906 Otto Preminger, American producer, director, and actor, was born
1911 Alfred Manessier French painter was born
1926 died Claude Monet, French Impressionist painter.
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Museums Russian Federation  Museum Complex of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts - Museum of Private Collections | | The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts has one of the most representative collection in Russia of foreign art dated from ancient times to modern days. In 1983 at the initiative of a Soviet collector, Ph.D. in art history Dr. Ilya S.Zillberstein and Museum’s Director Irina A.Antonova a Department of Private Collections was set up, housed in a specially reconstructed and equipped building of the XVIII-XIX centuries next to the main building of the Museum (Opened on January 24, 1994).
http://www.museum.ru/gmii/
| 121019, Moscow, Volkchonka, 10 Russia
Hours: every day except Monday & Tuesdays, 10am - 7pm / Every Thursday the museum is open till 9 p.m
Admission: Guest Pass: includes four building at the Volkhonka st. No temporary exhibitions included
Regular 500 rub. / reduced 300 Rub.
Ticket for the Museum: Regular 50 rub. reduced 20 rub. |
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Museum Complex of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts - Gallery of European & American Art of the 19th–20th Centuries | | The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts has one of the most representative collection in Russia of foreign art dated from ancient times to modern days. The Galleries focuses on European & American Art of the 19th–20th Centuries
http://www.museum.ru/gmii/
| 121019, Moscow, Volkchonka, 14 Russia
Hours: every day except Monday, 10am - 7pm / Every Thursday the museum is open till 9 p.m
Admission: Guest Pass: includes four building at the Volkhonka st. No temporary exhibitions included
Regular 500 rub. / reduced 300 Rub.
Ticket for the European & American Art of the 19th–20th Centuries Regular 300 rub. reduced 150 rub.
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Museum Complex of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts - Main Building | | The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts has one of the most representative collection in Russia of foreign art dated from ancient times to modern days. The exposition of the Museum includes today a vast collection of tinted plaster casts of famous ancient, medieval and Renaissance sculptures and a collection of original works of foreign artists, sculptors and graphics together with objects of decorative arts. The rooms of the ground floor present mainly the original works: works of art of Ancient Egypt, antiquities, European paintings of the VII-XVIII centuries; two halls Italian and Greek courtyards are housing casts. On the first floor there are rooms with casts of Ancient Greece, Rome, Middle Ages and Renaissance. The rooms of painting acquaint the public with the art of the XIXth and XXth centuries.
http://www.museum.ru/gmii/
| 121019, Moscow, Volkchonka, 12 Russia
Hours: every day except Monday, 10am - 7pm / Every Thursday the museum is open till 9 p.m
Admission: Guest Pass: includes four building at the Volkhonka st. No temporary exhibitions included
Regular 500 rub. / reduced 300 Rub.
Ticket for the Main Building Regular 300 rub. reduced 100 rub.
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Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts | | The Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts is one of the oldest fine arts collections in St. Petersburg. It was founded in 1758 in the reign of Empress Elizabeth to provide young artists with a possibility to learn from the best works of art. I.I. Shuvalov, the initiator and first curator of the Academy (established in 1757), presented as a gift his private collection of paintings including canvases by Raphael, Veronese, Rubens and other masters that became a core of the Museum collection. Count N. Kushelev-Besborodko’s collection, which he bequeathed to the Academy in 1862, was one of the most remarkable acquisitions of the Museum that contained 466 paintings and 29 sculptures by European and Russian masters including Peter Bruegel the Elder’s “Adoration of the Magi”, “The King is Drinking” by J. Jordans, “Christ in the Crown of Thorns” by Peter Paul Rubens, as well as paintings by the famous French artists Delacroix, Millet, Corrot, Rousseau and others.
http://www.nimrah.com.ru
| 17 University Embankment St. Petersburg 199034 Russia
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Russian Academy of Arts - Prechistenka street | | The exhibition halls of the Russian Academy of Arts in 21 Prechistenka str. were opened to the public in 1948. Located in the center of Moscow they offer solo and group exhibitions of modern Russian and foreign artists representing a wide range of styles and directions as well as international and numerous theme exhibitions. The exhibition space of more than 550 sq. m is housed in a mansion which history dates back to the 18th-19th century.
http://www.rah.ru
| 21, Prechistenka street 119034, Moscow, Russia
Hours: 11 a.m.- 8.00 p.m.,
daily except Monday
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Russian Academy of Arts - Tsereteli Art Gallery | | The museum and exhibition halls of Tsereteli Art Gallery are housed in a beautiful Moscow historical building in classical style, once the residence of Counts Dolgorukovs. It was designed by Matvei Kazakov in the 18th century. During Soviet times the mansion fell into decay. Today, as a result of enormous restoration efforts one can see its façade and interior in their original splendor. Tsereteli Art Gallery was opened to the public in March, 2001 to provide exhibition space of more than 10.000 sq. m.
http://www.rah.ru
| 19, Prechistenka street 119034, Moscow, Russia
Hours: 11 a.m.- 8.00 p.m.,
daily except Monday
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The Hermitage-Kazan Exhibition Center, Tatarstan | | The Hermitage-Kazan Exhibition Center was created under the patronage and with support from President of the Republic of Tatarstan Mentimer Shaimiev and is structurally a subdivision of the Kazan Kremlin State Historical and Architectural Museum-Park. It is situated on the territory of the Kazan Kremlin in an edifice formerly occupied by the Junker School that was built in the beginning of the 19th century. It has exhibition and auxiliary premises of around 1000 square meters.
http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/
| | The Kazan Kremlin, Kazan, Tatarstan |
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The Moscow House of Photography | | The Moscow House of Photography is the first Russian museum that specializes in photography and carries out the complex program directed on development of the Russian photoart
http://www.mdf.ru/english/
| 14 Sushchevskaya str., Moscow 127055, Russia
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The Moscow Kremlin | | The State Historical and Cultural Museum-Preserve “The Moscow Kremlin” includes the architectural ensemble of Cathedral Square: the Assumption, the Archangel’s, the Annunciation’s Cathedrals, the Church of Laying Our Lady’s Holy Robe, the Patriarch’s Palace and the Twelve Apostles’ Church and the Armoury Chamber.
http://www.kreml.ru/en/main/info/
| 103073, Moscow, Kremlin Russia
Hours: The Moscow Kremlin's territory and museums open daily except Thursdays from 10 am to 5 pm. The Armoury Chamber has seances at 10 am, 12 pm, 2:30 pm, 4:30 pm.
Tickets: Full ticket price for visiting the architectural complex (no discounts) 300 rub / concessions for schoolchildren and students 50 rub.
The complete ticket price for visiting the architectural complex of the Cathedral Square allows to visit all the five museums-cathedrals, the Patriarch’s Palace, exhibitions in the Assumption Belfry. |
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The State Hermitage Museum - General Staff Building | | The State Hermitage occupies six magnificent buildings situated along the embankment of the River Neva, right in the heart of St Petersburg. The General Staff building was designed by the architect Carlo Rossi and was erected during the years 1820-27. It is an outstanding architectural monument in the style of Russian Classicism. The Eastern Wing of the building, where civilian ministries of the Russian Empire once were housed, there are both permanent and temporary exhibitions of the Hermitage. The Museum of the Russian Guard Regiments is found in the General Staff building.
http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/
| Dvortsovaya Ploshchad (Square), 6/8
190000 St Petersburg - Russia
Hours: Tuesdays - Saturdays
10.30 - 18.00 /Sundays 10.30 - 17.00
Closed Mondays
Tickets: State Hermitage 350 rubles / Treasure Gallery 300 rubles
General Staff, Menshikov Palace, Winter Palace of Peter I, and Museum of the Lomonosov Porcelain Factory: 200 rubles for each separate building. / Repository: 100 rubles.
A 700-ruble combination ticket provides admittance to the State Hermitage and three buildings in the museum complex at the visitor’s choosing during the course of one day. |
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The State Hermitage Museum - Menshikov Palace | | The State Hermitage occupies six magnificent buildings situated along the embankment of the River Neva, right in the heart of St Petersburg. The palace of St Petersburg’s first Governor, Alexander Menshikov, was erected on Vasilyevsky Island in the 1710s-1720s according to architectural plans drawn up by Giovanni Fontana and Gottfried Shaedel. The Hermitage exhibition entitled "Russian Culture in the First Third of the 18th Century" is located in the Menshikov Palace. Works of fine as well as decorative and applied arts from the Hermitage collection recreate the original interior decoration of Peter the Great’s time.
http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/
| 2, Dvortsovaya Ploshchad (Dvortsovaya Square) St Petersburg- Russia
Open daily, except Mondays, from 10:30 am - 6 pm / Sundays
10.30 am - 5 pm
Tickets: State Hermitage 350 rubles / Treasure Gallery 300 rubles
General Staff, Menshikov Palace, Winter Palace of Peter I, and Museum of the Lomonosov Porcelain Factory: 200 rubles for each separate building. / Repository: 100 rubles.
A 700-ruble combination ticket provides admittance to the State Hermitage and three buildings in the museum complex at the visitor’s choosing during the course of one day. |
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The State Hermitage Museum - The Museum of Porcelain | | The State Hermitage occupies six magnificent buildings situated along the embankment of the River Neva, right in the heart of St Petersburg. The Museum of Porcelain was created in 1844 as part of the Imperial Porcelain Factory. Since 2001 it has been a department of the State Hermitage. The collection includes more than 30,000 objects made in the Imperial Porcelain Factory from the 18th to the 20th century, as well as porcelain by European and domestic manufacturers.
http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/
| 2, Dvortsovaya Ploshchad (Dvortsovaya Square) St Petersburg- Russia
Open daily, except Mondays, from 10:30 am - 6 pm / Sundays
10.30 am - 5 pm
Tickets: State Hermitage 350 rubles / Treasure Gallery 300 rubles
General Staff, Menshikov Palace, Winter Palace of Peter I, and Museum of the Lomonosov Porcelain Factory: 200 rubles for each separate building. / Repository: 100 rubles.
A 700-ruble combination ticket provides admittance to the State Hermitage and three buildings in the museum complex at the visitor’s choosing during the course of one day. |
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The State Hermitage Museum - Winter Palace | | The State Hermitage occupies six magnificent buildings situated along the embankment of the River Neva, right in the heart of St Petersburg. The Winter Palace of Peter the Great is a unique architectural monument dating from the first quarter of the 18th century (Georg Mattarnovi, Domenico Trezzini, architects). The official residence of Peter I between 1720 and 1725 was located on the territory now occupied by the Hermitage Theatre. In the part of the palace which has been preserved, there is a memorial exhibit dedicated to Peter the Great and his age. In his rooms - the study, dining room and turnery - the decor has been recreated using genuine articles that belonged to the Emperor. Here the so-called ’wax effigy,’ a posthumous sculptural portrait of Peter I, has been put on display
http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/
| 2, Dvortsovaya Ploshchad (Dvortsovaya Square) St Petersburg- Russia
Open daily, except Mondays, from 10:30 am - 5 pm / Sundays
10.30 am - 4 pm
Tickets: State Hermitage 350 rubles / Treasure Gallery 300 rubles
General Staff, Menshikov Palace, Winter Palace of Peter I, and Museum of the Lomonosov Porcelain Factory: 200 rubles for each separate building. / Repository: 100 rubles.
A 700-ruble combination ticket provides admittance to the State Hermitage and three buildings in the museum complex at the visitor’s choosing during the course of one day. |
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The State Russian Museum - Benois Wing | | The Russian Museum is the first state museum of the Russian fine art in the country. It was established in 1895 in St Petersburg under the decree of the Emperor Nicholas II. 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 centres, research and methodological centre of art museums of the Russian Federation, overseeing activities of 260 art museums of Russia. As the collection increased in 1914-19 the Exhibition Pavilion of the Academy of Art was built according to the project of Leonty Benois and S. O. Ovsyannikov. It was called the Benois Wing.
http://www.rusmuseum.ru/eng/
| 2 Griboyedov Canal St.-Petersburg, Russia
Hours: daily 10 am - 5; Mondays 10 am - 4 pm
Closed on Tuesday
Admission: adults 300 rubles / concessions 150 rubles |
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The State Russian Museum - Marble Place | | The Russian Museum is the first state museum of the Russian fine art in the country. It was established in 1895 in St Petersburg under the decree of the Emperor Nicholas II. The Marble Palace is an outstanding sample of early Neoclassicism in Russia. Built to the design of the architect Antonio Rinaldy between 1768 and 1785, the palace was commissioned by Catherine the Great. The architect first ever in Russia extensively used granite and various species of marble for decoration of facades and interiors of the palace. Thus later the palace got the name of the Marble Palace.
http://www.rusmuseum.ru/eng/
| 5/1 Millionnaya Str St.-Petersburg, Russia
Hours: daily 10 am - 5; Mondays 10 am - 4 pm
Closed on Tuesday
Admission: adults 300 rubles / concessions 150 rubles |
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The State Russian Museum - Mikhailovsky Castle | | The Russian Museum is the first state museum of the Russian fine art in the country. It was established in 1895 in St Petersburg under the decree of the Emperor Nicholas II. The St Michael’s Castle occupies a special place among the palaces of St Petersburg. Bringing to a close the first hundred years of construction in the Imperial capital, the building is a unique fusion of the finest achievements of eighteenth-century architecture. It is named after St Michael the Archangel (patron saint of the House of Romanov).
http://www.rusmuseum.ru/eng/
| 2 Sadovaya Str St.-Petersburg, Russia Hours: daily 10 am - 5; Mondays 10 am - 4 pm
Closed on Tuesday
Admission: adults 300 rubles / concessions 150 rubles |
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The State Russian Museum - Mikhailovsky Palace | | The Russian Museum is the first state museum of the Russian fine art in the country. It was established in 1895 in St Petersburg under the decree of the Emperor Nicholas II. The Mikhailovsky Palace, the main building of the Russian Museum, is situated on the Square of Arts in the centre of the city. Built to the design of the celebrated architect Carlo Rossi between 1819 and 1825, the palace is a masterpiece of Russian Neoclassical architecture.
http://www.rusmuseum.ru/eng/
| 4 Inzhenernaya Str. St.-Petersburg, Russia
Hours: daily 10 am - 5; Mondays 10 am - 4 pm
Closed on Tuesday
Admission: adults 300 rubles / concessions 150 rubles |
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The State Russian Museum - Stroganov Palace | | The Russian Museum is the first state museum of the Russian fine art in the country. It was established in 1895 in St Petersburg under the decree of the Emperor Nicholas II. Once home to one of Russia’s most famous families - the Stroganovs, is one of the best examples of Russian Baroque architecture. Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli is considered to be the true architect of the building constructed in 1753-1756
http://www.rusmuseum.ru/eng/
| 17 Nevsky Prospekt -Petersburg, Russia
Hours: daily 10 am - 5; Mondays 10 am - 4 pm
Closed on Tuesday
Admission: adults 300 rubles / concessions 150 rubles |
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The State Tretyakov Gallery (at 10 Krymsky Val) | | Art of XX century. Russian art of XI to early XX century. The State Tretyakov Gallery is the national treasury of Russian fine art and one of the greatest museums in the world. It is located in one of the oldest directs of Moscow – Zamoskvorechye, not far from the Kremlin. The Gallery’s collection consists entirely of Russian art and artists who have made а contribution to the history of Russian art or been closely connected with it. The collection contains more than 130 000 works of painting, sculpture and graphics, created throughout the centuries by successive generations of Russian artists. Russian art works, ranging in date from the 11th to the early 20th century, are on the show in Gallery’s historic building on Lavrushinskiy Pereulok.
http://www.tretyakov.ru/
| 10 Krymsky Val, Moscow, Russia
Opening hours: Daily from 10 am to 7:30 pm /
Mondays closed.
Admission: For foreign citizens Adults 225 rubles, students and children 130 rubles / For Russian and CIS citizens: Adults 100 rubles, students and children 50 rubles. |
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The State Tretyakov Gallery (at 10 Lavrushinskiy Pereulok) | | Russian art of XI to early XX century. The State Tretyakov Gallery is the national treasury of Russian fine art and one of the greatest museums in the world. It is located in one of the oldest directs of Moscow – Zamoskvorechye, not far from the Kremlin. The Gallery’s collection consists entirely of Russian art and artists who have made а contribution to the history of Russian art or been closely connected with it. The collection contains more than 130 000 works of painting, sculpture and graphics, created throughout the centuries by successive generations of Russian artists. Russian art works, ranging in date from the 11th to the early 20th century, are on the show in Gallery’s historic building on Lavrushinskiy Pereulok.
http://www.tretyakov.ru/
| 10 Lavrushinskiy Pereulok, Moscow, Russia
Opening hours: Daily from 10 am to 7 pm /
Mondays closed.
Admission: For foreign citizens Adults 225 rubles, students and children 130 rubles / For Russian and CIS citizens: Adults 100 rubles, students and children 50 rubles.
House of Artists opening hours: Daily from 10 am to 8 pm. Mondays closed. |
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The State Tretyakov Gallery (Engineering Building) | | Russian art of XI to early XX century. The State Tretyakov Gallery is the national treasury of Russian fine art and one of the greatest museums in the world. It is located in one of the oldest directs of Moscow – Zamoskvorechye, not far from the Kremlin. The Gallery’s collection consists entirely of Russian art and artists who have made а contribution to the history of Russian art or been closely connected with it. The collection contains more than 130 000 works of painting, sculpture and graphics, created throughout the centuries by successive generations of Russian artists. Russian art works, ranging in date from the 11th to the early 20th century, are on the show in Gallery’s historic building on Lavrushinskiy Pereulok.
http://www.tretyakov.ru/
| 12 Lavrushinskiy Pereulok, Moscow, Russia
Opening hours: Daily from 10 am to 7 pm /
Mondays closed.
Admission: For foreign citizens Adults 225 rubles, students and children 130 rubles / For Russian and CIS citizens: Adults 100 rubles, students and children 50 rubles. |
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