About Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts
The Pushkin Museum opened in 1912 as a teaching collection of plaster casts attached to Moscow University. It became Russia's main museum of foreign art after the redistribution of private collections in 1924.
The Gallery of European and American Art of the 19th and 20th Centuries on nearby Volkhonka Street holds outstanding works by Cézanne, Monet, Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Picasso.
Collections & Highlights
Frequently Asked Questions
A small ask before you go
You've just explored one of humanity's greatest collections of beauty. Art has the power to move us, inspire us, and change how we see the world. But millions of people will never see beauty like this — not because the art isn't there, but because they can't see at all.
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