Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts
The Russian State Art Museum in Moscow is one of the largest collections of Western art in modern Russia. Created on the initiative of historian and archaeologist, professor of Moscow University I. V. Tsvetaev, the museum was opened in 1912 under the name "Museum of Fine Arts named after Emperor Alexander III at the Imperial Moscow University." The main building of the museum was designed by architect Roman Klein in the neoclassical style in the form of an ancient temple. The museum was originally conceived as an educational institution, but after the 1917 revolution the institution was transformed into the State Museum of Fine Arts. In 1937, the museum was named after the poet Alexander Pushkin. As of 2018, the exhibition consists of more than 670,000 items and includes a collection of casts from ancient statues, works of art, archaeological finds, as well as a collection of objects from Ancient Egypt and Ancient Rome. In 2018, the museum was visited by 1.3 million people, making it 47th among the most visited art museums in the world.
Museum photo gallery
