Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts

The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts is a major art museum in Moscow, known for its collection of European art and antiquities.

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Priam's Treasure: A collection of Bronze Age objects from Hisarlik, excavated by Heinrich Schliemann and later taken to Moscow. The museum displays this celebrated archaeological collection, transferred from Berlin after World War II.
Ivan Tsvetaev: A Russian classical scholar and art historian who founded the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. His campaign established the museum as an educational institution for studying art and antiquity.
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts main building: The neoclassical building in central Moscow that houses the Pushkin Museum’s historic core collections. Its galleries combine casts, antiquities, and art in the original museum setting.
Nationalization of art collections in Soviet Russia: The transfer of privately owned art collections into state custody after the Russian Revolution. Nationalization brought major private collections into the museum’s holdings.
The Treasure of Troy: A Bronze Age assemblage excavated by Heinrich Schliemann at Hisarlik, the site identified with ancient Troy. Its objects form the most famous part of Priam’s Treasure in the museum’s collection.
Roman Klein: A Russian architect known for designing the original building of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. His neoclassical design gave the museum a setting modeled on an ancient temple.
Gallery of 19th- and 20th-Century European and American Art: A Moscow museum building devoted to European and American art from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This branch houses much of the museum’s Impressionist and modern art.
Russian Revolution: The revolutions of 1917 that ended imperial rule and established a Soviet government in Russia. The political transformation reshaped the museum and the ownership of its collections.
The Michelangelo Hall: A gallery at the Pushkin Museum displaying plaster casts of sculptures by Michelangelo. Its casts show how the museum made major European sculpture accessible through reproductions.
Museum of Fine Arts named after Alexander III: The original name of Moscow’s Museum of Fine Arts, which opened in 1912. The institution began under this name before later political and commemorative renamings.