Museum Murmansk Regional Art Museum

The Murmansk Regional Art Museum is a landmark of the city of Murmansk only because it is located in the very first stone building of the city, which is located in the historical center of Murmansk. Now the collection of the art museum has more than 8,000 items of storage of the main fund and 2,000 items of storage of the scientific and auxiliary fund.

Within the walls of the art museum, such events as "Night at the Museum", "NaMODnenie" were held, works of  Nikas Safronov, Ivan Aivazovsky, Salvador Dali were placed here. At temporary exhibitions, you can also see rare unique outfits from the collection of the historian Alexandra Vasilyeva, and Chinese umbrellas, and rare bottles of perfume.

The museum has a souvenir shop where you can buy stone ornaments, paintings, sets of postcards and other beautiful things. Before visiting the museum, you can get acquainted with the virtual tour on its website. 

On December 19, 1989, the first specialized exhibition hall was opened in Murmansk. This event was timed to the VII zonal exhibition "Soviet North". On January 17, 1990, the exhibition hall was transformed into the Murmansk Regional Art Museum and at the same time the works of painting, graphics, sculpture, decorative and applied art from the Murmansk Regional Museum of Local Lore were transferred to its funds. The permanent exhibition of the art museum "Russian Fine Art of the XVIII-XX centuries" consists of several sections: the first of them is devoted to Russian art of the XVIII-XIX centuries. The section dedicated to Russian art of the twentieth century presents paintings, graphic works, sculpture and works of decorative and applied art.

The collection of graphics in the museum's collection is the most numerous. The permanent exhibition of the museum presents works of Moscow, Leningrad and Murmansk graphic artists. The museum owns a small collection of sculptures.

The Kola North has always had a special attraction for creative people. The painting section dedicated to Murmansk artists begins with the works of the oldest artists of the region. This section gives an idea of the current state of development of fine arts on the Kola Peninsula.

The exposition of the Murmansk Regional Art Museum is completed with works of decorative and applied art. Visitors can get acquainted with the main northern crafts: wood painting, making clay toys, bone carving, lace weaving, birch bark weaving, wood carving. The Pomeranian roe deer-figures made of dough, since ancient times baked on the The Tersk shore of the White Sea are Of particular interest. The permanent exhibition of the art Museum gives an idea of the development of Russian fine art from the XVIII century to the present day.