Russian Museum

Coordinates: 59°56′18.931″N 30°19′55.996″E / 59.93859194°N 30.33222111°E / 59.93859194; 30.33222111
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Russian Museum
Entrance of the old Mikhailovsky Palace, guarded by two Medici lions
Entrance of the old Mikhailovsky Palace, guarded by two Medici lions
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Established1895
Coordinates59°56′18.931″N 30°19′55.996″E / 59.93859194°N 30.33222111°E / 59.93859194; 30.33222111
TypeArt museum and Historic site
Visitors2,260,231 (2021), second globally[1]
WebsiteRussian Museum Website

The State Russian Museum (

largest art museums in the world with total area over 30 hectares.[2] In 2022 it attracted 2,651,688 visitors, ranking twelfth on list of most-visited art museums in the world.[3]

Creation

The

Nicholas II to commemorate his father, Alexander III. Its original collection was composed of artworks taken from the Hermitage Museum, Alexander Palace, and the Imperial Academy of Arts. The task to restructure the interiors according to the need of future exposition was imposed on Vasily Svinyin. The grand opening took place on the 17 of March, 1898.[2]

After the

Black Square
.

Architecture

The main building of the museum is the

his wife
as the Palace of the Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna, and became famous for its many theatrical presentations and balls.

Some of the halls of the palace retain the Italianate opulent interiors of the former imperial residence.

Nevsky Prospekt (1752–1754).[2]

The project of Benois Building (or 'Corpus Benua') was developed in 1910-1912 by the famous Russian architect

First World War. After the Russian Revolution, in 1919 the Benois Building was completed. In 1930s it was assigned to the Russian museum.[5]

Collection

Today the collection shows Russian art from the 10th century up to the 21st century, covering all genres from the old Russian icon painting to contemporary art.[6]

Restoration of the museum property

All process on the restoration of works of art in the Russian Museum is carried out at the Museum Valuables Restoration Service.

The need to set up a special restoration workshop at the Russian Museum was first raised in 1906. At that time, the artist and restorer A. Boravskiy drew up his famous project to set up a restoration workshop at the Russian Museum.[7] However, owing to a lack of funds, he was not destined to succeed.

It was in 1922 that the restoration workshop of the Russian Museum was established. Its first director was the painter-restorer N.A. Okolovich. The restoration workshop consisted of two sections: the main one, which worked for the Museum, and the regional one, which was engaged in saving cultural monuments in Petrograd and other cities of Russia.

In 1935, the Conservation and Restoration Department was divided into laboratories and sections: painting, new painting, sculpture, applied art and folk art.[8]

During the 1950s and 1960s, new workshops were set up. In 1953, a workshop for graphic arts restoration, in 1954 for Old Russian painting, in 1961 for wooden sculpture, decorative carving and furniture and a workshop for textile restoration, in 1969 for plaster and stone sculpture and 1970 for applied art.

At present, the restoration department is made up of 16 workshops (sectors) for all types of materials, employing, its figures, 95 people.

glassware, textiles, metalwork, veneered furniture, polychrome
and gilded carving, carved icons and wooden sculpture, picture frames, plaster and stone sculpture, contemporary art objects (established in 2010). The department is staffed by artists with the highest and the highest restoration category. The department includes a sector of chemical and biological research and a sector of the history and theory of museum restoration.

In 2014, the Department of Restoration of Museum Properties restored 4,511 exhibits, of which 280 were restored with special complexity. 5,930 exhibits were prepared for 77 museum exhibitions (preparation of preservation reports, preventive conservation and restoration, packing and unpacking of exhibits). 150 meetings of the Restoration Commission were held, at which the most important issues on the research and methods of restoration of museum exhibits were considered.[10]

As of 1 January 2019, the Department of Restoration of Museum Estates was transformed into the Service of Restoration of Museum Estates.[11]

Exhibits

The Russian Museum of Ethnography

The Ethnographic Department was originally set up in a building specially designed by Vladimir Svinyin in 1902.[12] The museum soon housed gifts received by Emperor's family from representatives of peoples inhabiting various regions of the Russian Empire. Further exhibits were purchased by Nicholas II and other members of his family as State financing was not enough to purchase new exhibits. In 1934, the Ethnographic Department was given the status of an independent museum: the Russian Museum of Ethnography.

Málaga branch

The city of Málaga, home to thousands of Russian expats, signed an agreement to host the first overseas branch of the State Russian Museum, which opened in March 2015. Works displayed in the Malaga branch range from Byzantine-inspired icons to social realism of the Soviet era. They are on display in 2,300 square metres (25,000 square feet)yards) of exhibition space in La Tabacalera, a 1920s tobacco factory.[13][14][15]

Gallery

See also

References

  1. Art Newspaper
    annual visitor survey, published March 28, 2022
  2. ^ a b c "Государственный Русский музей" [Russian Museum] (in Russian). Culture.ru. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  3. ^ Lee Cheshire and José da Silva (27 March 2023). "The 100 most popular art museums in the world—who has recovered and who is still struggling?". The Art Newspaper. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  4. ^ Italianate opulent interiors Archived 2005-02-20 at the Wayback Machine, Russian Museum, Russia.
  5. ^ "Корпус Бенуа" [Corpus Benua] (in Russian). Culture.ru. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  6. ^ "10 фактов о Русском музее" [10 Facts about the Russian Museum] (in Russian). Culture.ru. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  7. ISSN 2307-5937
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  9. ^ "История создания и развития Службы реставрации музейных ценностей Русского музея". restoration.rusmuseum.ru. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
  10. ^ "Отчет о работе Отдела реставрации Русского музея за 2014 год". restoration.rusmuseum.ru. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
  11. ^ "История создания и развития Службы реставрации музейных ценностей Русского музея". restoration.rusmuseum.ru. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
  12. ^ Russian Museum. Accessed 8 July 2008.
  13. ^ Pes, Javier; Rojas, Laurie (27 May 2014). "Russian art museum to open Spanish satellite". The Art Newspaper.
  14. ^ "Russian museum to open €5m branch in Spain". The Local.
  15. ^ "Málaga branch - Русский музей". en.rusmuseum.ru. Retrieved 2021-04-24.

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