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Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts is one of the most significant art collections in Russia presenting works of
world art from ancient times to nowadays. It was founded in 1912 by Ivan Tsvetaev, professor of Moscow University.
The museum was created on public donations, the most significant part being made by the Russian patron of art Y.Nechaev-Maltsev.
The architect of the building was R. Klein. In 1937 the museum was named after the great Russian poet A. Pushkin.
The collection totals more than 500,000 works of painting and plastic art, graphic and applied art, archeological
findings and numismatics. Masterpieces by Botticelli, Veronese, Tiepolo, Poussin, Vatto, Bouche, Corot, Monet,
Renoir, Cezanne, Van Gogh, Gaugin, Mattise and Picasso are also displayed there.
MUSEUM OF PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
The museum was created in 1985 as a branch of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts. It collects and exhibits
private collections. The gallery was first opened for visitors in 1994. It is located in a mansion of the XVIII-XIX
centuries, next to the main building of the Pushkin State Museum. The museum's collections are based on donations
from I. Zilbershtein, A. Rodchenko, A. Tyshler, L. Pasternak, D. Sternberg and renowned Russian collectors.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT MUSEUM:
- 10, Volkhonka street. New museum of private collection
Open: 12.00 - 18.00. Closed on MON, TUE.
- 12, Volkhonka street. Central building of Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts
Open Tuesday through Sunday, from 10.00 am to 07.00 pm. Closed on Monday.
- 14, Volkhonka street. Old museum of private collection
- Metro station - Kropotkinskaya.
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