About this activity
The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts is the largest museum of European art in Moscow. It is located in Volkhonka street, just opposite the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour.
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Best Time to Visit: Highlights
- Fine arts museum
- Private guide
- Private excursion
- Any language
Includes
- Entrance tickets
- Main exhibition in the main building of the museum
- Private guide in any language
- Private excursion
- Transfer to / from a hotel
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Despite its name, the museum has no direct association with the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin, other than as a posthumous commemoration. The facility was founded by professor Ivan Tsvetaev (father of the poet Marina Tsvetaeva) in 1912. Tsvetaev persuaded the millionaire and philanthropist Yuriy Nechaev-Maltsov and the architect Roman Klein of the urgent need to give Moscow a fine arts museum. After going through a number of name changes, particularly in the transition to the Soviet era and the return of the Russian capital to Moscow, the museum was finally renamed to honour Pushkin in 1937, the 100th anniversary of his death.
Location
Russia, Moscow, Хамовники, 119019, Улица Волхонка 12с1
