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Virtual tour of the exhibition, held in the Russian Museum from 12 March to 14 September 2020.
The film presents works of Ivan Aivazovsky, a world-known Russian painter who was the artist of the Chief Naval Headquarters.
Multimedia program combines about 500 works of Russian artists who worked in Italy and of Italian masters who left their trace in Russian art, including those who contrib¬uted greatly to the architectural image of the Russian Museum palaces.
Multimedia program «Artists of Estonia in Russia, Russian Artists in Estonia» is the first project aimed is identifying and presenting works of the 18th and 19th century painters associated with the national art school of the Republic of Estonian that are stored in the collections of the Russian Museum.
In interactive game kids are offered traditional for quest games tasks and original mini-games, that were developed on the base of masterpieces of Russian artists of 18-20th centuries. In the program there are 30 paintings published (L. Laravak, V. Borovikovskiy, F. Rokotov, K. Savitskiy, K. Petrov-Vodkin etc.), on which the coevals of the players are depicted.
Tasks requesting guessing the parts of a parting, music assistance and acquaintance with games of the past are also composed with consideration of players' age. All the paintings are provided with description. The program is perfected with original music.
This film tells about real look of Saint-Petersburg and artworks which were made in the honor of Saint-Petersburg from the collection of Russian museum
Biblical themes are eternal for worlds history of art, Russian artists often depicted events from Old and New Testaments. This film tells us about history of Russian Christianity through the works of Russian artists
This film will guide you to the halls of the State Russian museum.
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 film tells about life and work of one of the most fascinating and richly talented artists of Russia. He was born in poor armenian family in the town of Feodosiya (the Crimea). His talent earned him a great popularity all over the World.
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
In March 1998 the centenary of the State Russian Museum – the first state museum of Russia containing the national art collection – was celebrated. This program represents the outstanding works of national painting, graphics and sculpture, it the history of the museum and its collections and shows the palaces belonging to the united museum complex.
Divisions: “Masterpieces”, “The Mikhailovsky Palace”, “The Marble Palace”, “The Stroganov Palace”, “The St.Michael’s Castle”, “History in Photographs” and “Jubilee Celebrations”
View all events and lectures in the Multimedia Cinema

The Russian Museum is the first state museum of national art in Russia
М. В. Руденская
22 March 2023
Онлайн-лекция к выставке «Александр Бенуа. К 150-летию со дня рождения»
Е.В. Станкевич
25 February 2021
Онлайн-лекция «Прикладное искусство на выставке «Александр III. Император и коллекционер»»
Ю. Б. Демиденко
24 September 2020
Эстетические отношения искусства Репина к действительности России ХХ столетия
А. Г. Бойко
31 October 2019
Lecture to the exhibition “Ilya Repin. Celebrating the 175th anniversary of the artist’s birth”
А. А. Курбановский
26 September 2019
Pages of the history of the sculptural class of the Imperial Academy of arts 1757-1917. A Lecture. Part 2
О. А. Кривдина
23 October 2018
Henryk Siemiradzki and Russian Artists’ Colony in Rome Exhibition. A meeting with a curator
П. Ю. Климов
22 March 2018
Naval battles on the canvases of Ivan Aivazovsky. A Lecture
А.В. Прозорова, О.К. Цехановская
21 February 2017
Ivan Aivazovsky - the artist of the Chief Naval Headquaters. A Lecture
А.В. Прозорова, О.К. Цехановская
07 February 2017Лекция «Украшения как часть народного костюма»
М. А. Сорокина, Н. О. Крестовская, Н. И. Ковалева
06 October 2015
Лекция «Платки и шали в русском народном костюме»
М. А. Сорокина, Н. О. Крестовская, Н. И. Ковалева
20 March 2015