Most reviewed Art Museums in Central Russia


  1. 4.5 State Tretyakov Gallery (5.937 reviews)
    - Big heritage of Russian art
    Saturday: 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours Art Museums
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    The State Tretyakov Gallery is the national treasury of Russian fine art and contains more than 180,000 works of painting, sculpture and graphics created by generations of Russian artists. See more..
  2. 4.5 Armoury Chamber (3.945 reviews)
    - A great exhibition of wealth of the Czars of Russia
    Saturday: 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM Military Museums • Art Museums • History Museums
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    A dazzling array of treasures from the 4th to the 20th century are housed in this Kremlin museum, including thrones and carriages of the tsars, the works of Moscow silver and goldsmiths, arms, jewels, precious Russian Easter eggs and other Russian and foreign decorative arts. See more..
  3. 4.5 Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (1.831 reviews)
    - Serenity in the city
    Saturday: 11:00 AM - 8:00 PM Spent 2-3 hours Art Museums
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    The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (Russian: Музеи изобразительных искусств им. А.С. Пушкина) is the largest museum of European art in Moscow, located in Volkhonka street, just opposite the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. The International musical festival Svyatoslav Richter's December nights has been held in the Pushkin museum since 1981. The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts holds one of Russia's largest collections of foreign art from ancient times to the present day. Its modern presentation introduces visitors to the Museum's extensive study collections of toned plaster casts reproducing works of Graeco-Roman art, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. The Museum also houses original paintings and sculpture, drawings and examples of decorative and applied art. In the halls on the ground floor original works of art are displayed from Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece and Rome, together with European paintings ranging in date from the 8th to the 8th centuries. Two halls, known as the Italian and Greek Courtyards, contain casts. The halls on the first floor display for visitors casts of art works from Ancient Greece and Rome, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. The halls, hung with paintings, exhibit works of art from the 19th and 20th centuries. Known for its outstanding temporary exhibitions, this museum also has an impressive permanent collection of Impressionist and post-Impressionist art. See more..
  4. 4.5 New Tretyakov Gallery (1.139 reviews)
    - For modern/contemporary art lovers
    Saturday: 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours Art Museums
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    New building of the Tretyakov Gallery at 10 Krymsky Val houses a unique museum exhibition of modern Russian art features works by Chagall, Kandinsky, Malevich and other 20th-century artists. In the same building there is the Central House of Artists, and around there is a Sculpture Park. See more..
  5. 4.5 Kuskovo Estate (904 reviews)
    - Royal & beautiful (English speaking guide added to the experience)
    Saturday: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Spent 2-3 hours Parks • Art Museums • History Museums
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    This astounding estate, once a summer residence, comprises a central palace with a magnificent ballroom, several smaller buildings, each impressive in its own right, and a huge park complete with French gardens, ponds, lakes and sculptures. See more..
  6. 4.0 Nikola-Lenivets Art Park (384 reviews)
    - Super good!
    Saturday: 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM Spent More than 3 hours Parks • Art Museums
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    Nikola-Lenivets is a place to live, work and create something with the territory of 650 hectares, where you will find more then 30 landscape size art objects, international art festivals, workshops and artists residencies. Nikola-Lenivets is located 200 kilometers away from Moscow, in Kaluga region by Ugra river. A part of the territory belongs to Ugra National Park, which is a UNESCO biosphere reserve. Nikola-Lenivets’s mission is to create a natural self regulated environment for life, recreation, art and work in harmony with nature. Art objects, workshops and studios, public spaces and accommodation areas, all of the necessary infrastructure for life and creativity are integrated into the natural surroundings and landscape of Nikola-Lenivets. See more..
  7. 4.5 Federal State Cultural Establishment Artistic and Literary Museum-Reserve Abramtsevo (282 reviews)
    - Abramtsevo. A Art History pleasure.
    Saturday: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Spent More than 3 hours Art Museums • History Museums
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    The Abramtsevo Museum is near the town of Sergiev Posad (roughly 60 kilometers northeast of Moscow). The estate is along the River Vorya and was built in the mid 18th century. The writer Sergey Aksakov purchased Abramtsevo in 1843 and is said to have created his best works there, including notes on angling, hunting and autobiographical stories. Writers Nikolay Gogol and Ivan Turgenev are also said to have visited Abramtsevo. See more..
  8. 4.5 Zaraysk Kremlin State Museum Reserve (261 reviews)
    - Small Kremlin on the border of Moscow region
    Saturday: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Spent < 1 hour Art Museums • History Museums
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    7 surviving towers of the Kremlin were built in the middle of the 16th century. See more..
  9. 4.5 Rybinsk State History, Architecture and Art Museum Preserve (137 reviews)
    - Good place
    Art Museums • History Museums
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    Nice old building. Great Volga view. A lot of intersting pictures of famous russian artists, and icons. See more..
  10. 4.5 Landscape Museum (120 reviews)
    - Not to be missed
    Saturday: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours Speciality Museums • Art Museums
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    Many paintings convey the deep Russian countryside soul. Undeniably, must be visited for landscape and still life Russian painting: very high quality. Large rooms, lots of light. Very pleasant visit. First floor had about 30 - 40 good paintings by local artists for sale, of very good quality. Worth a detour, along with Levitan Museum, close by. See more..
  11. 4.5 Tula Museum of Fine Arts (86 reviews)
    - Good collection
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    Start your visit of the gallery from the top floor. The most interesting staff is there. Otherwise by the way you get to the third floor, you will be tired and won't enjoy the works of art there. We spent half a day in the museum, there is so much to see. See more..
  12. 4.5 The Ryazan State Regional Art Museum (83 reviews)
    - Ryazan's Trtyakovka indeed
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    Cozy vintage museum. Not a lot of visitors, heplpful assistants in every hall (with good knowledge of stuff (in Russian)). Indeed a fresh inspiration. See more..
  13. 4.5 Kaluga Regional Art Museum (60 reviews)
    - Art Museum
    Saturday: 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM Art Museums
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    The Kaluga Art Museum is located the city Kaluga. It have a story behind the building and paintings. The museum have Russian art and international paintings, sculptures and furnitures. The entry ticket price amazing cheap. If you visit Kaluga don't miss to visit the Art museum . See more..
  14. 4.5 State Palekh Art Museum (59 reviews)
    - A must see
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    An excellent collection of icons and Russian lacquer folk art miniatures. A definite must see, we glad we took our time to visit the village of Palekh and this museum. See more..
  15. 5.0 S. Konenkov's Sculpture Museum (56 reviews)
    - Советую посетить
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    Интересная экспозиция, дающая представление о творчестве этого Великого скульптора. Жаль, что музей, судя по всему, не слишком посещаем! See more..
  16. 5.0 Krasnoe Selo Jewelry and Folk Applied Arts Museum (36 reviews)
    - Хорошая экспозиция местного ювелирного искусства
    Spent 2-3 hours Art Museums
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    Очень понравились многочисленные прекрасные образцы местного ювелирного искусства. Талантливый народ жил и живёт здесь на берегах Волги! See more..
  17. 5.0 Lipetsk Museum of Folk and Arts and Crafts (17 reviews)
    - Прекрасный музей!
    Saturday: 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours Art Museums
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    Lipetsk Folk, Decorative and Applied Arts Museum was opened in 2006 and is one of the youngest museums in Lipetsk region. The Museum's collections comprise about 6132 exhibits. The Museum has collected and carefully stores objects of peasant everyday life, fascinatingly beautiful traditional folk costumes and items of folk arts and crafts of Lipetsk land. That is why a fine permanent display of theMuseum is dedicated to the Folk Arts of the Lipetsk regionA spacious showroom the Museum holds temporary exhibitions where everyone can learn and feel the beauty of various kinds of decorative and applied arts. The Museum runs the "School of Crafts" on ceramics, artistic and traditional doll, lace making, weaving, felting and patchwork. For schoolchildren, family groups and everyone concerned the Museum offers classes and workshops that provide an opportunity to enter the world of folk culture and to feel as a potter, master of toys or lace-maker. Every year the Museum attracts more than 20.000 people. Opening hours: daily from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Closed: on Mondays and the last Friday of each month. See more..
  18. 4.5 Bryansk Regional Art Museum Exhibition Centre (15 reviews)
    - Хорошее место для любителей живописи.
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    Художественный музей имеет большую коллекцию живописи, икон и скульптур. Здесь проходят авторские и творческие вечера художников и музыкантов See more..