Start time: 10:00
Duration: 2 hours
Meeting point: Pushkin Fine Arts Museum entrance doors
Pushkin Fine Arts Museum tour is available any day except Monday.
Please note, the tour price does not include a transfer. It is possible to book a transfer for an additional fee.
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The State Museum of Fine Arts named after Alexander Pushkin (Pushkin Fine Arts Museum) is known for its vast collection of French impressionists and post-impressionists. But besides that, there is a rich Western European collection, the earliest pieces dating back to the Renaissance period.
The Pushkin Museum was opened in 1912. It was founded by Ivan Tsvetaev, a professor of Art History at Moscow University. There was a big collection of sculptures and antiquities in the museum from the day of foundation. You can still see most of them on the ground floor.
We should thank two great collectors of the 20th century-Sergey Shchukin and Ivan Morozov, for the incredible collection of French art. Their collections of impressionists and post-impressionists, including Pablo Picasso and Anri Matisse, were nationalized in 1918. The collection had been exhibited in the mansion that belonged to S.Shchukin before. In the 1930-s the collection was partly moved to the Hermitage in Leningrad. The other part of it was relocated to the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. However, they were not exhibited until 1953. Only after the death of Stalin, they appeared in public.
When taking the Pushkin Fine Arts Museum tour, you decide which collections you would like to explore with our guide: the Impressionists or the ancient art. The museum is located in two different buildings, and they have separate ticket entrances.
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