In 1994 famous German collectors Peter and Irene Ludwig gifted their collection of art of the second half of the XX-th century to the State Russian musuem. This gift resulted in a special part of the permanent exhibition «The Ludwig Museum at the Russian Museum» which hosted its first visitors on the 20 March, 1995 at the Marble Palace. 

 The program presents the collection of the Museum Ludwig which includes the most significant trends of twentieth-century and contemporary art. Biography and articles about painters are inside the program.