Museum Tours in Russia takes one on a whirl wind tour to all the museums in Russia. Museum Tours in Russia is always a fascinating and enlightening tour down the memory lane of the world in general and the Russia in particular.
Some famous museums in Russia, where one should visit are:
The State Tretyakov Gallery
This is the largest museum in Russia. It has over 100 000 works of art-icons, paintings, graphics and sculpture which encompasses the entire history of Russian art. Its collection of Russian realism is the best in the country.
The State Hermitage
This is one of the oldest and largest museums in the world. The collection occupies more than 350 halls in 5 different buildings. The museum collection has over 3 million exhibits from prehistoric to modern times. The collections of prehistoric exhibits, Egyptian art, Roman and Greek art, Scythian gold and Western European paintings and sculptures are most important. The buildings of the Museum alone are valuable architectural monuments.
The State Historical Museum
Designed by V. Shervud, this Museum was built to commemorate national history of the country. It also traces the development of Russia and its people from ancient times to the present.
The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts
This museum has a vast collection of tinted plaster casts of famous ancient, medieval and renaissance sculptures. It also boasts of a collection of original works of foreign artists, sculptors and graphics along with other objects of decorative arts. The rooms of painting acquaint the public with the art of the XIXth and XXth centuries
The State Darwin Museum
This museum presents a picture of picture the evolution of the living world. There is a large display showing the variety of wildlife on earth, with animals from all climatic zones. A large part of the collection is devoted to the origin of Man and the evolution of behavior. The museum also deals with the relationship between Man and Nature.
The Russian Museum
The exhibits of this museum date from ancient icons to the Avant-garde school of painting of the 20th century. It includes many landmarks in the history of Russian art.
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