The Russian Museum: Guidebook

by The Russian Museum

The publication addresses the history of the Russian Museum foundation, stages of forming its collections, palaces and gardens forming part of the museum complex. It presents permanent exhibitions in the Mikhailovsky Palace, the Benois Wing and the Marble Palace -- the Ludwig Museum in the Russian Museum. The texts are supplemented with photo documents from the museum archive, photographs of palaces' facades and interiors, views of the Summer Garden and reproductions of the most significant works from the museum collection, accompanied by legends.

159 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[Luciana Nery · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a guide to the main paintings of the museum, and also, in its last pages, it portrays some of the many buildings that host the Russian Museum Collection. It is the museum in Russia there's the largest collection of Russian artworks within Russia, exceeding even the The Hermitage and the Tretyakov gallery in that regard.

Illustrations are excellent. Very well-chosen and representative.