Moscow offers its visitors an unforgettable travel experience. The capital’s huge squares, magnificent historical buildings and colorful churches invite you to a completely different world. Moscow is also rich in museums. Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts opened its doors to visitors in 1912. This museum is one of the main culture & arts stops that should be seen when you come to Moscow.
Museums in Moscow: Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts
Pushkin Museum is one of the museums with one of the largest art collections in the world, from Ancient Egypt to European artists. The museum is home to about 700,000 works, including oil paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures. There are also coin and paper money collections in the Pushkin Museum. In the museum, you can find the chance to closely examine the paintings of world famous artists such as Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, Gauguin, Cezanne, Picasso, and Van Gogh. Rodin’s sculptural works are also among the collections of the Pushkin Museum. Picasso’s “Young Acrobat on a Ball”, Botticelli’s “Annuciation”, Matisse’s “Goldfish”, Monet’s “Luncheon on the Grass”, Cezanne’s “Pierrot and Harlequin” are just a few of the masterpieces in the museum.
- Trojan Treasures
When you visit the Pushkin Museum, Trojan Treasures is one of the sections you should not leave without seeing. These artifacts were smuggled abroad from Western Anatolia by German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann. Some of the Trojan Treasures are on display at the Pushkin Museum in Moscow. Although the return of treasures to our country is on the agenda, unfortunately no agreement has been reached on this issue.
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Where is Pushkin Museum?
If you want to visit the main building of the Pushkin Museum, the entrance fee is 400 rubles for adults and 200 rubles for a discounted ticket. (1 ruble is 0.10 Turkish Liras, September 2020) There is no entrance fee for those under the age of 18.
If you want to visit the 19th and 20th Century European and American Art Gallery, the entrance fee is 400 rubles for adults and 200 rubles for a discounted ticket. There is a combined ticket sale for those who want to visit both buildings, but it can vary periodically.
- Pushkin Museum Visiting Hours
The museum is closed on Mondays. The museum can be visited between 11.00 and 20.00 on Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, and between 11.00 and 21.00 on Thursday and Friday.
- Address
Ulitsa Volkhonka Street, Number 12, Moscow
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