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The State Russian Museum is a unique museum complex in the centre of St. Petersburg. It represents not only the richest collection of the national fine arts but also tells about three centuries of Russian architecture and garden art. Today it includes ensembles of the Mikhailovsky Palace, St. Michael's Castle, the Marble and the Stroganov Palaces, the Summer Garden and the Mikhailovsky Garden, the Summer Palace and the Cabin of Peter the Great.
The film tells us about one of the depositories of the Russian museum which holds Old Russian Art.
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.
This film will guide you to the halls of the State Russian museum.
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The museum's halls - pages of history (film 1-2).
Walking through the museum halls you may see different époque and art styles that are enclosed in museum area. You can compare museum with enormous theatre, where you can see different performances in one place. The art collection of the State Russian museum contains over 400 000 exhibits covering all major periods and trends in the history of Russian art, all main types and genres, trends and schools of Russian art over more than a thousand years: from the X to the XXI century. This film will guide you to the halls of the State Russian museum. |
This documentary film tells about creation of the main building of The State Russian museum - The Mikhailovsky Palace.
The Art collection of the State Russian museum has developed through many phases and expansions. This collection has been forming since the opening of the State Russian museum in 1898
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The Russian Museum is the first state museum of national art in Russia
М. В. Руденская
22 March 2023