__Gosudarstvenny Russian muzey__ - the country's first state museum of Russian fine art, founded in 1895 in St. Petersburg by decree of Emperor Nicholas II. Solemnly opened to the public - 7 / 19 March 1898.
The Russian Museum today - a unique repository of art treasures , renowned restoration center , an authoritative research institute , one of the largest centers of cultural and educational work , scientific- methodical center of the art museums of the Russian Federation , who oversees the work of 260 art museums in Russia .
In the present collection of the Russian Museum has exhibits about 400,000 and covers all historical periods and trends in the development of Russian art, all its basic forms and genres , trends and schools for over 1,000 years: an X on the twenty-first century .The main exhibition is located in the Mikhailovsky Palace and Benois Wing , which is part of the palace ensemble .
The Russian Museum has extensive exhibition activities , including in the cities of Russia and abroad. Every year, the museum held up to 50 temporary exhibitions, and up to 10 , as in Russian cities and abroad .To many exhibitions are published catalogs, albums and booklets prepared by the research staff of the Russian Museum.
to the museum complex , in addition to the body of the Mikhailovsky Palace and Benois wing Rossi also include marble and the Stroganov Palace , St. Michael's (Engineers ) Castle, as well as unique garden and parks - Summer garden Summer Palace of Peter I and Michael garden.
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