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Russian Museum
COUNTRY
Russia
ADDRESS
Inzhenernaya St, 4, St Petersburg, Russia, 191186
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About Russian Museum
Russian Museum is an art museum located in St Petersburg of Russia. It was a residence of Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich and was called Mikhailovsky Palace at the time. Other buildings like Summer Palace of Peter, St. Michael?s Castle of Emperor Paul, Rastrelliesque Stroganov Palace on the Nevsky Prospekt. It is located just 4-minute walking distance from the church of the Savior on Spilled Blood. It could be visited from Wednesday to Monday from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm, on Thursday the opening timings are 1:00 to 9:00 pm while it remains closed on Tuesday.
Some Lesser Known Facts About Russian Museum
- It has the largest collection of Russian fine art in the world. Also, it is one of the largest art museums throughout the globe occupying an area of more than 30 hectares.
- The museum is visited by over two million visitors making it among the top most-visited art museums around the planet.
- It was started with a collection taken from other museums like the Hermitage, Imperial Academy of Arts, and Alexander Palace. It now has a collection of 400 thousand items related to the 9th and 20th centuries.
- You can see the collection of ancient monuments of Russia at the museum which includes facsimiles of medieval frescoes, icons, and the collection of old Russian swings.
- The art of famous people like Briullov, Levistsky, Rokotov, and Aivazovsky can also be seen in the museum.
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