within three months, our employees worked, tidied the rooms, prepared the exhibitions, three of which we were able to access online. It wasn’t easy. In our branch in Malaga (Spain) in may opened two exhibitions: “Andrei Tarkovsky. Artist space”, “the silent film Poster in Russia,” and in June the exhibition “Realism: yesterday and today. Art and truth”, – said General Director of Russian Museum Vladimir Gusev has promised that ticket prices will not rise, despite the fact that the Museum suffered during the quarantine huge losses – 185 million rubles.
In the Benois wing opening of the exhibition “Memory! For the 75th anniversary of the Victory in the great Patriotic war” (first online, and now you can see live). Presents paintings and sculptures from the Russian Museum collection made the greatest masters of the Soviet and contemporary Russian art in the postwar period – from 1945 to 2010 years.
on July 29, will open the Mikhailovsky castle, Stroganovsky and Marble palaces. In the Mikhailovsky Palace until the end of September will be an exhibition “Alexander III. The Emperor and the collector”. This year marks 125 years of the Russian Museum and the 175th anniversary of the birth of the king-peacemaker, patron of Russian art, which owns the idea to create the Museum and whose name justly remains in his name.
on the same day, plan to present the exhibition “Artists and collectors from the Russian Museum. Gifts. Favorites (1895 – 2019)” on the formation of the Museum’s collection. It will be available for visits all palaces and Benois.
– the exhibition will be on 1-2 of all the collectors who gave to the Russian Museum the works for over 125 years. Most of the work is in our permanent exhibition, others we will post in the engineers ‘ castle and the Benois wing, marble and Stroganov palaces. To combine the exhibition in the same space is impossible – it is huge. Show the history of Russian art and a biography of the Museum on the example of gifts, thus giving a tribute to all donors. For spectators there will be many new, unexpected – said the Deputy General Director for scientific work Evgeny Petrov.
In November will the completion of the restoration of the main halls of the Mikhailovsky castle. It will be splendid halls – the Throne, the Arabesque, the main Suite, the rooms Naryshkin and Kutaisov, Protassova. They will open for visitors who will be able to see a new exhibition devoted to the history of the Romanov dynasty.
In November, when in St. Petersburg will host the international cultural forum, plan to complete the restoration of the fence of the House of Peter I.
To ensure the safety of people developed rules, which will be adjusted with the gradual lifting of restrictions. Visiting hours will be limited to palaces should soblyudatSya requirements: temperature measurement of the visitors at the entrance, the presence of masks, the use of sanitizers and contactless ticket check. You can buy disposable headphones (audio guides).
currently sold more than 2 million e-tickets. For the convenience of visitors developed special routes for the Mikhailovsky Palace and the Benois wing. Sessions will begin every 20 minutes. Souvenir shops and cafes while will not work.
the Mode of palaces and parks remain the same. Will continue incentives for visitors, but some of them may change temporarily (on the Museum’s website published information).
Meanwhile, will continue an online program, which, according to Vladimir Gusev, a real Museum is not a submenu, but will give many people the opportunity to “visit” in it. Prepared for new rounds of tours.
During the pandemic, the electronic program of the Russian Museum, I looked around 46 million people. Almost 100 per cent increase in the number of online visits to all branches in social networks.
