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Days of free visits to the museum

Every Wednesday entrance to permanent exhibition"Art of the 20th Century" and temporary exhibitions in ( Crimean Val, 10) is free for visitors without a tour (except for the exhibition “Ilya Repin” and the project “Avant-garde in three dimensions: Goncharova and Malevich”).

The right to free access to exhibitions in the main building on Lavrushinsky Lane, Engineering Building, New Tretyakov Gallery, house-museum of V.M. Vasnetsov, museum-apartment of A.M. Vasnetsov is provided in next days for certain categories of citizens:

First and second Sunday of every month:

for students of higher educational institutions of the Russian Federation, regardless of the form of study (including foreign citizens-students of Russian universities, graduate students, adjuncts, residents, assistant trainees) upon presentation of a student card (does not apply to persons presenting student cards “student-trainee” );

for students of secondary and secondary specialized educational institutions (from 18 years old) (citizens of Russia and CIS countries). Students holding ISIC cards on the first and second Sunday of each month have the right to free admission to the “Art of the 20th Century” exhibition at the New Tretyakov Gallery.

every Saturday - for members large families(citizens of Russia and CIS countries).

Please note that conditions for free admission to temporary exhibitions may vary. Check the exhibition pages for more information.

Attention! At the Gallery's box office, entrance tickets are provided at a nominal value of “free” (upon presentation of the appropriate documents - for the above-mentioned visitors). In this case, all services of the Gallery, including excursion services, are paid in accordance with the established procedure.

Visit to the museum holidays

Dear visitors!

Please pay attention to the opening hours of the Tretyakov Gallery on holidays. There is a fee to visit.

Please note that entry using electronic tickets is subject to general queue. With return policy electronic tickets you can find it at .

Congratulations on the upcoming holiday and we are waiting for you in the halls of the Tretyakov Gallery!

The right to preferential visits The Gallery, except in cases provided for by a separate order of the Gallery management, is provided upon presentation of documents confirming the right to preferential visits to:

pensioners (citizens of Russia and CIS countries),
full holders of the Order of Glory,
students of secondary and secondary specialized educational institutions (from 18 years old),
students of higher educational institutions of Russia, as well as foreign students studying at Russian universities (except for intern students),
members of large families (citizens of Russia and CIS countries).

Visitors to the above categories of citizens purchase a discounted ticket.

Free visit right The main and temporary exhibitions of the Gallery, except in cases provided for by a separate order of the Gallery’s management, are provided to the following categories of citizens upon presentation of documents confirming the right of free admission:

persons under 18 years of age;
students of faculties specializing in the field visual arts secondary specialized and higher educational institutions of Russia, regardless of the form of education (as well as foreign students studying at Russian universities). The clause does not apply to persons presenting student cards of “trainee students” (in the absence of student card information about the faculty, a certificate from educational institution with the obligatory indication of the faculty);
veterans and disabled people of the Great Patriotic War, participants in hostilities, former minor prisoners of concentration camps, ghettos and other places of forced detention created by the fascists and their allies during the Second World War, illegally repressed and rehabilitated citizens (citizens of Russia and the CIS countries);
conscripts Russian Federation;
Heroes Soviet Union, Heroes of the Russian Federation, Full Knights of the “Order of Glory” (citizens of Russia and CIS countries);
disabled people of groups I and II, participants in the liquidation of the consequences of the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (citizens of Russia and CIS countries);
one accompanying disabled person of group I (citizens of Russia and CIS countries);
one accompanying disabled child (citizens of Russia and CIS countries);
artists, architects, designers - members of the relevant creative Unions of Russia and its constituent entities, art historians - members of the Association of Art Critics of Russia and its constituent entities, members and employees Russian Academy arts;
members International Council museums (ICOM);
employees of museums of the system of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and the relevant Departments of Culture, employees of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and ministries of culture of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation;
museum volunteers - entrance to the exhibition “Art of the 20th Century” (Krymsky Val, 10) and to the Museum-Apartment of A.M. Vasnetsova (citizens of Russia);
guides-translators who have an accreditation card of the Association of Guides-Translators and Tour Managers of Russia, including those accompanying a group of foreign tourists;
one teacher of an educational institution and one accompanying a group of students from secondary and secondary specialized educational institutions (with an excursion voucher or subscription); one teacher from an educational institution that has state accreditation educational activities during the agreed training session and having a special badge (citizens of Russia and CIS countries);
one accompanying a group of students or a group of conscripts (if they have an excursion package, subscription and during a training session) (Russian citizens).

Visitors to the above categories of citizens receive admission ticket denomination "Free".

Please note that the conditions for discounted admission to temporary exhibitions may vary. Check the exhibition pages for more information.

Days of free visits to the museum

Every Wednesday, admission to the permanent exhibition “Art of the 20th Century” and temporary exhibitions in (Krymsky Val, 10) is free for visitors without a tour (except for the exhibition “Ilya Repin” and the project “Avant-garde in three dimensions: Goncharova and Malevich”).

The right to free access to exhibitions in the main building on Lavrushinsky Lane, the Engineering Building, the New Tretyakov Gallery, the house-museum of V.M. Vasnetsov, museum-apartment of A.M. Vasnetsov is provided on the following days for certain categories of citizens:

First and second Sunday of every month:

every Saturday - for members of large families (citizens of Russia and CIS countries).

Please note that conditions for free admission to temporary exhibitions may vary. Check the exhibition pages for more information.

Visiting the museum on holidays

Dear visitors!

Please pay attention to the opening hours of the Tretyakov Gallery on holidays. There is a fee to visit.

Please note that entry with electronic tickets is on a first-come, first-served basis. You can familiarize yourself with the rules for returning electronic tickets at.

Congratulations on the upcoming holiday and we are waiting for you in the halls of the Tretyakov Gallery!

pensioners (citizens of Russia and CIS countries),
full holders of the Order of Glory,
students of secondary and secondary specialized educational institutions (from 18 years old),
students of higher educational institutions of Russia, as well as foreign students studying at Russian universities (except for intern students),
members of large families (citizens of Russia and CIS countries).

Visitors to the above categories of citizens purchase a discounted ticket.

persons under 18 years of age;
students of faculties specializing in the field of fine arts at secondary specialized and higher educational institutions in Russia, regardless of the form of study (as well as foreign students studying at Russian universities). The clause does not apply to persons presenting student cards of “trainee students” (if there is no information about the faculty on the student card, a certificate from the educational institution must be presented with the obligatory indication of the faculty);
veterans and disabled people of the Great Patriotic War, combatants, former minor prisoners of concentration camps, ghettos and other places of forced detention created by the Nazis and their allies during the Second World War, illegally repressed and rehabilitated citizens (citizens of Russia and the CIS countries);
conscripts of the Russian Federation;
Heroes of the Soviet Union, Heroes of the Russian Federation, Full Knights of the Order of Glory (citizens of Russia and CIS countries);
disabled people of groups I and II, participants in the liquidation of the consequences of the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (citizens of Russia and CIS countries);
one accompanying disabled person of group I (citizens of Russia and CIS countries);
one accompanying disabled child (citizens of Russia and CIS countries);
artists, architects, designers - members of the relevant creative Unions of Russia and its constituent entities, art critics - members of the Association of Art Critics of Russia and its constituent entities, members and employees of the Russian Academy of Arts;
members of the International Council of Museums (ICOM);
employees of museums of the system of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and the relevant Departments of Culture, employees of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and ministries of culture of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation;
museum volunteers - entrance to the exhibition “Art of the 20th Century” (Krymsky Val, 10) and to the Museum-Apartment of A.M. Vasnetsova (citizens of Russia);
guides-translators who have an accreditation card of the Association of Guides-Translators and Tour Managers of Russia, including those accompanying a group of foreign tourists;
one teacher of an educational institution and one accompanying a group of students from secondary and secondary specialized educational institutions (with an excursion voucher or subscription); one teacher of an educational institution that has state accreditation of educational activities when conducting an agreed training session and has a special badge (citizens of Russia and CIS countries);
one accompanying a group of students or a group of conscripts (if they have an excursion package, subscription and during a training session) (Russian citizens).

Visitors to the above categories of citizens receive a “Free” entrance ticket.

Please note that the conditions for discounted admission to temporary exhibitions may vary. Check the exhibition pages for more information.

Days of free visits to the museum

First and second Sunday of every month:

every Saturday - for members of large families (citizens of Russia and CIS countries).

Please note that conditions for free admission to temporary exhibitions may vary. Check the exhibition pages for more information.

Visiting the museum on holidays

Dear visitors!

Please pay attention to the opening hours of the Tretyakov Gallery on holidays. There is a fee to visit.

Please note that entry with electronic tickets is on a first-come, first-served basis. You can familiarize yourself with the rules for returning electronic tickets at.

Congratulations on the upcoming holiday and we are waiting for you in the halls of the Tretyakov Gallery!

pensioners (citizens of Russia and CIS countries),
full holders of the Order of Glory,
students of secondary and secondary specialized educational institutions (from 18 years old),
students of higher educational institutions of Russia, as well as foreign students studying at Russian universities (except for intern students),
members of large families (citizens of Russia and CIS countries).

Visitors to the above categories of citizens purchase a discounted ticket.

persons under 18 years of age;
students of faculties specializing in the field of fine arts at secondary specialized and higher educational institutions in Russia, regardless of the form of study (as well as foreign students studying at Russian universities). The clause does not apply to persons presenting student cards of “trainee students” (if there is no information about the faculty on the student card, a certificate from the educational institution must be presented with the obligatory indication of the faculty);
veterans and disabled people of the Great Patriotic War, combatants, former minor prisoners of concentration camps, ghettos and other places of forced detention created by the Nazis and their allies during the Second World War, illegally repressed and rehabilitated citizens (citizens of Russia and the CIS countries);
conscripts of the Russian Federation;
Heroes of the Soviet Union, Heroes of the Russian Federation, Full Knights of the Order of Glory (citizens of Russia and CIS countries);
disabled people of groups I and II, participants in the liquidation of the consequences of the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (citizens of Russia and CIS countries);
one accompanying disabled person of group I (citizens of Russia and CIS countries);
one accompanying disabled child (citizens of Russia and CIS countries);
artists, architects, designers - members of the relevant creative Unions of Russia and its constituent entities, art critics - members of the Association of Art Critics of Russia and its constituent entities, members and employees of the Russian Academy of Arts;
members of the International Council of Museums (ICOM);
employees of museums of the system of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and the relevant Departments of Culture, employees of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and ministries of culture of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation;
museum volunteers - entrance to the exhibition “Art of the 20th Century” (Krymsky Val, 10) and to the Museum-Apartment of A.M. Vasnetsova (citizens of Russia);
guides-translators who have an accreditation card of the Association of Guides-Translators and Tour Managers of Russia, including those accompanying a group of foreign tourists;
one teacher of an educational institution and one accompanying a group of students from secondary and secondary specialized educational institutions (with an excursion voucher or subscription); one teacher of an educational institution that has state accreditation of educational activities when conducting an agreed training session and has a special badge (citizens of Russia and CIS countries);
one accompanying a group of students or a group of conscripts (if they have an excursion package, subscription and during a training session) (Russian citizens).

Visitors to the above categories of citizens receive a “Free” entrance ticket.

Please note that the conditions for discounted admission to temporary exhibitions may vary. Check the exhibition pages for more information.

The Tretyakov brothers came from an old, but not very rich merchant family. Their father, Mikhail Zakharovich, gave them a good home education. From their youth they took up the family business, first trading and then industrial. The brothers created the famous Big Kostroma linen manufactory, did a lot of charity work and social activities. Both brothers were collectors, but Sergei Mikhailovich did this as an amateur, but for Pavel Mikhailovich it became his life’s work, in which he saw his mission.

Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov is not the first collector of Russian art. Famous collectors there were Kokorev, Soldatenkov and Pryanishnikov, at one time there was a Svinin gallery. But it was Tretyakov who was distinguished not only by artistic flair, but also by democratic convictions, deep true patriotism, responsibility for native culture. The important thing is that he was both a collector and a patron of artists, and sometimes an inspirer, a moral co-author of their work. We owe him a magnificent portrait gallery of outstanding cultural figures and public life. He was an honorary member of the Society of Art Lovers and Musical Society from the day of their foundation, he contributed substantial sums, supporting all educational endeavors.

The first paintings by Russian artists were acquired by Tretyakov back in 1856 (this date is considered the year the gallery was founded). Since then, the collection has been constantly replenished. It was located in a family-owned house in Zamoskvorechye, on Lavrushinsky Lane. This building is the main building of the museum. It was constantly expanded and rebuilt to suit the needs of the exhibition, and at the beginning of the twentieth century it acquired a familiar appearance. Its facade was made in the Russian style according to the design of the artist Viktor Vasnetsov.

From the moment the gallery was founded, Pavel Tretyakov decided to transfer it to the city and already in his will of 1861 he stipulated the conditions of this transfer, highlighting large sums on its content. On August 31, 1892, in his application to the Moscow City Duma about the transfer of his gallery and the gallery of his late brother to Moscow, he wrote that he was doing this “wishing to contribute to the establishment of useful institutions in my dear city, to promote the prosperity of art in Russia and at the same time preserve eternal time the collection I have collected." The City Duma gratefully accepted this gift, deciding to allocate five thousand rubles annually for the purchase of new exhibits from the collection. In 1893, the gallery was officially opened to the public.

Pavel Tretyakov was a very modest man who did not like the hype around his name. He wanted a quiet opening and, when the celebrations were organized, he went abroad. He refused the nobility that had been granted to him by the emperor. “I was born a merchant and I will die a merchant,” Tretyakov explained his refusal. However, he gratefully accepted the title of honorary citizen of Moscow. This title was awarded to him by the City Duma as a sign of high distinction and gratitude for his high merits in preserving Russian artistic culture.

History of the Museum

An important milestone in the history of the Tretyakov Gallery was the appointment in 1913 of Igor Grabar, an artist, art critic, architect and art historian, to the post of its trustee. Under his leadership, the Tretyakov Gallery became a museum of European level. Early years Soviet power Grabar remained the director of the museum, which was given the status of a national treasure by decree of the Council of People's Commissars in 1918.

Alexey Shchusev, who became director of the gallery in 1926, continued to expand the museum. Tretyakov Gallery received a neighboring building in which the administration, manuscript and other departments were located. After the closure of the Church of St. Nicholas in Tolmachi, it was converted into storerooms for the museum, and in 1936 a new building, called “Shchusevsky,” appeared, which was first used as an exhibition building, but then it also housed the main exhibition.

At the end of the 1970s, a new building of the museum was opened on Krymsky Val. Large-scale events take place here all the time art exhibitions, and also stores the collection domestic art XX century.

Branches of the Tretyakov Gallery also include the House-Museum of V. M. Vasnetsov, the Museum-Apartment of his brother - A. M. Vasnetsov, the Museum-Apartment of the sculptor A. S. Golubkina, the House-Museum of P. D. Korin, as well as the Temple Museum St. Nicholas in Tolmachi, where services have been resumed since 1993.

Museum collection

The most complete collection of art from the second half of the 19th century is unparalleled. Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov was, perhaps, the main buyer of the works of the Itinerants from their very first exhibition. Paintings by Perov, Kramskoy, Polenov, Ge, Savrasov, Kuindzhi, Vasiliev, Vasnetsov, Surikov, Repin, acquired by the founder of the Tretyakov Gallery himself, are the pride of the museum. Truly the best examples of the golden age of Russian painting are collected here.

The art of artists who did not belong to the Itinerants is also well represented. Works by Nesterov, Serov, Levitan, Malyavin, Korovin, as well as Alexandra Benois, Vrubel, Somov, Roerich took pride of place in the exhibition. After October 1917, the museum’s collection was replenished both due to nationalized collections and thanks to works contemporary artists. Their canvases provide insight into the development Soviet art, its official movements and underground avant-garde.

The Tretyakov Gallery continues to replenish its funds. Since the beginning of the 21st century, the department has been operating the latest trends, in which works are collected contemporary art. In addition to paintings, the gallery has a large collection of Russian graphics, sculpture, and a valuable archive of manuscripts. Rich collection ancient Russian art, the icon is one of the best in the world. It was started by Tretyakov. After his death it amounted to about 60 items, and in this moment has about 4000 units.

State Tretyakov Gallery - one of the most beautiful and famous museums in Moscow.

The largest collection of Russian fine art is stored here.

We present to your attention ten facts from the history of the congregation that you may have known but have forgotten.

1. Tretyakov began by purchasing Western European paintings.

Merchant and philanthropist Pavel Tretyakov Throughout his life he was interested in painting, but he himself never painted.

In his youth, he began collecting books with illustrations and engravings.

He made his first purchases at the Sukharevsky market, to which he liked to take Sunday walks

At the very beginning of his career as a collector, Pavel Mikhailovich did not even think that his collection would consist exclusively of works by Russian painters.

Like all beginning collectors, he made accidental acquisitions.

So, in 1854-1855 Tretyakov bought eleven graphic sheets and nine paintings by old Dutch masters.

Wanderer Ilya Ostroukhov, who later became one of the leaders of the Tretyakov Gallery, after Tretyakov’s death, recalled the following:

“The first two or three mistakes in such a difficult matter as determining the authenticity of old paintings turned him away from collecting old masters forever.

Subsequently, the deceased used to say: “The most authentic painting for me is the one that was personally purchased from the artist.”

Today's collectors contemporary art this sound argument will definitely be supported.

2. Pavel Tretyakov writes for the first time about plans to create a museum of Russian painting in his will.

At twenty-eight years old, Pavel Tretyakov wrote his first will - he was going to go abroad to study how linen weaving works in factories in Western Europe.

According to the rules of the time and by agreement with the partners, it was necessary to draw up a will.

The young merchant amusingly distributes everything that he receives from his father and that he himself has earned by the age of twenty-eight:

“I bequeath a capital of one hundred and fifty thousand rubles in silver for the establishment of an art museum or public art gallery in Moscow...

For me, who truly and ardently loves painting, there cannot be better wishes how to start a public repository accessible to all fine arts which will bring benefit to many and pleasure to all.”

3. The founding date of the gallery was the day of acquisition of the painting “Skirmish with Finnish Smugglers” by Khudyakov.

On this day, Pavel Tretyakov bought a painting by Khudyakov, and the artist received a receipt.

From this time on, Tretyakov acquired dozens of works, not even stopping at large expenses.

The collector himself considered the painting “Temptation” by the genre painter Schilder to be his first Russian acquisition; he writes about this in a letter to the critic Stasov (though thirty years after his first purchases) in 1893 after the transfer art gallery as a gift to Moscow.

Vasily Khudyakov "Skirmish with Finnish Smugglers" 1853

4. The Tretyakov Gallery is based on the collections of two Tretyakovs - brothers Pavel and Sergei, who collected Western painting.

The youngest of the Tretyakovs, Sergei, became interested in collecting much later than his brother.

In the early 1870s, he gradually began to collect modern Western painting, primarily French, which, by the way, was then more expensive than Russian.

Sergei's collection was small (included Daubigny, Corot, Mile) and was located in a mansion on Prechistensky Boulevard.

The owner showed it only to guests and, as they say, “on recommendation.”

He bought paintings for himself and sometimes on the advice of Pavel.

Some of his acquisitions were exhibited by his older brother

After sudden death Sergei Tretyakov according to his will the collection was donated to the city(its cost then exceeded 500 thousand rubles).

The will of his brother prompted Pavel to transfer his museum along with the mansion to Moscow.

So, in 1892, a corresponding statement appeared in the City Duma.

The Duma gave the resulting collection the name “Moscow City Gallery named after the brothers Pavel and Sergei Tretyakov,” and paintings from Sergei’s Western collection were exhibited right there in Lavrushinsky Lane.

Moreover, in 1910, according to the will of the collector Mikhail Morozov, Western art in the Tretyakov Gallery was replenished with works by Renoir, Pissarro, Manet, Monet and Degas.

Pavel and Sergei Tretyakov

5. Tretyakov competed with Emperor Alexander III in collecting Russian artists.

Tretyakov showed no less agility in acquiring new works than in commercial transactions.

Memories have been preserved according to which Emperor Alexander III and his brother Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich (by the way, he was the president Imperial Academy arts and in many ways became the reason for the departure of Serov and Polenov from the Academy) were often indignant at exhibitions, seeing paintings that had already been marked as Tretyakov’s property.

This is because he preferred to buy canvases in the studio directly from the artists even before the opening of exhibitions.

An indicative case occurred after the death of Alexander III.

In memory of him, his son Nicholas II, knowing that his father really wanted to get Surikov’s painting “The Conquest of Siberia by Ermak,” outbid the price and offered for it a record amount for that time of 40 thousand rubles, which Tretyakov could not afford.

6. The emblem of the Tretyakov Gallery became the façade based on a drawing by Vasnetsov.

The gallery was located in a house purchased by the Tretyakovs in 1851.

The more acquisitions there were, the more spacious new premises were added to the residential part of the mansion - for storing and displaying works of art.

In 1902-1904, after the death of Pavel Tretyakov, the famous facade of the architect Bashkirov, based on a drawing by Vasnetsov, appeared in the Russian style with a “kokoshnik” and a relief of St. George the Victorious (the patron saint of Moscow, who is depicted on the city’s coat of arms).

7. Repin’s painting “Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan November 16, 1581” was attacked by a vandal.

On January 16, 1913, a terrible thing happened in the Tretyakov Gallery - an unknown vandal dealt a fatal blow to Ilya Repin’s painting “Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan on November 16, 1581” with a knife.

It is interesting that the emperor did not like this painting terribly at one time. Alexander III and his surroundings.

By his decree, he banned it from being shown, and the painting itself thus became the first painting to be censored in the Russian Empire.

The ban was later lifted.

However, a new misfortune came with the 29-year-old Old Believer and son of a furniture magnate, Abram Balashov.

After the cuts he inflicted, Repin had to actually rebuild the faces of his heroes anew.

The then curator of the Tretyakov Gallery, Yegor Moiseevich Khruslov, upon learning of the damage to the painting, threw himself under a train.

8. The chronological arrangement of the paintings was introduced by the artist Igor Grabar.

At the beginning of 1913, the Moscow City Duma elected Grabar a trustee of the Tretyakov Gallery, and he remained in this position until 1925.

In accordance with world museum practice, Grabar decided to remake the exhibition.

Thus, the works of one artist were now exhibited in one hall, and the halls themselves were subordinated to a chronological principle.

9. Part of the Tretyakov Gallery is the Museum-Church of St. Nicholas in Tolmachi.

Due to the strengthening of anti-religious sentiments, the Church of St. Nicholas in Tolmachi was closed in 1929.

A few years later, its building was transferred to the Tretyakov Gallery for storage.

Later it was connected to the exhibition halls by a two-story building, the upper floor of which was specially designed for exhibiting the painting. Ivanov “The Appearance of Christ to the People.”

Today the temple has the status of a house church at the gallery.

Unique shrines are kept here, including Vladimir icon Mother of God , and once a year on the feast of the Holy Trinity an icon is brought from the halls of the Tretyakov Gallery to the temple Andrey Rublev "Trinity".

10. The Tretyakov Gallery was closed for a total of sixteen years (for two years under Tretyakov, four during the Second World War and ten for reconstruction).

For the first time, the gallery was closed for two years due to theft.

In 1891, four canvases were stolen from the gallery on Lavrushinsky Lane.

For Tretyakov, this incident turned out to be a real tragedy, and he ordered the gallery to be closed for two years. Later, two paintings were found.

During the Great Patriotic War, the collection was evacuated to Novosibirsk and returned in May 1945.

From 1986 to 1995, due to major reconstruction, the Tretyakov Gallery was closed to visitors.

Then the building on Krymsky Val became the only exhibition area of the museum for a whole decade.

By the way, it was merged with the Tretyakov Gallery just before the renovation in 1985.

Over the years of its existence, the collection of the Tretyakov Gallery has increased fifty-fold.