The Ulyanovsk Art Museum is one of the oldest museums in the Volga region with a unique collection of art from Western Europe and Russia.
The collection of the Ulyanovsk Regional Art Museum began to form in 1895 as an art section of the Historical and Archaeological Museum of the Simbirsk Provincial Scientific Archival Commission. After the revolution of 1917, private collections of Simbirsk nobility and merchants entered the museum. A number of artworks were transferred to Ulyanovsk from the State Museum Fund, the Pushkin House of the Academy of Sciences and the State Hermitage. Today, the collection of the Ulyanovsk Regional Art Museum has more than 12 thousand authentic works of art.
The Ulyanovsk Regional Art Museum welcomes up to 150,000 visitors a year.
“The Art Museum in Ulyanovsk is wonderful!” wrote Dmitry Likhachev. The museum’s funds contain collections of paintings, sculptures, and graphics dating from the 16th to the 20th centuries, as well as antique ceramics, porcelain, glassware, and pieces of furniture.
The museum includes the head museum at ¾ Novy Venets avenue, and four branches: the Museum of Contemporary Fine Arts named after A.A. Plastov, the Museum-Estate of the People’s Artist of the USSR A.A. Plastov in Prislonikha, the Museum of A.A. Plastov and the Youth Center of Contemporary Art. The museum hosts lectures, educational programs, and museum quests.
The collection of the Ulyanovsk Regional Art Museum began to form in 1895 as an art section of the Historical and Archaeological Museum of the Simbirsk Provincial Scientific Archival Commission. After the revolution of 1917, private collections of Simbirsk nobility and merchants entered the museum. A number of artworks were transferred to Ulyanovsk from the State Museum Fund, the Pushkin House of the Academy of Sciences and the State Hermitage. Today, the collection of the Ulyanovsk Regional Art Museum has more than 12 thousand authentic works of art.
The Ulyanovsk Regional Art Museum welcomes up to 150,000 visitors a year.
“The Art Museum in Ulyanovsk is wonderful!” wrote Dmitry Likhachev. The museum’s funds contain collections of paintings, sculptures, and graphics dating from the 16th to the 20th centuries, as well as antique ceramics, porcelain, glassware, and pieces of furniture.
The museum includes the head museum at ¾ Novy Venets avenue, and four branches: the Museum of Contemporary Fine Arts named after A.A. Plastov, the Museum-Estate of the People’s Artist of the USSR A.A. Plastov in Prislonikha, the Museum of A.A. Plastov and the Youth Center of Contemporary Art. The museum hosts lectures, educational programs, and museum quests.
