Belgorod State Art Museum

The Belgorod Art Museum is located in the very center of the city in a beautiful three-storey extraordinary building (project of architects V.V. Pertsev and V.A. Turchenko). He moved here in 2007. The interior of the museum is interesting for its flowing space, curved outline of the walls, rich decor of carved wood, colored glass and wrought metal when working on it, classical techniques of Art Nouveau style were used. A total of over 200 million rubles were spent on the construction of the “temple of arts”. During the construction of the Art Museum building, great attention was paid to high-quality light, which is of great importance for the perception of works of art. The museum has all conditions for a pleasant and comfortable pastime.

Initially, the basis of the museum collection was paintings, graphic sketches and sketches by the artist M. Dobronravov, a native of the city of Belgorod, presented to the city by his widow, and historical paintings by S. Molodykh, a Leningrad artist born in Belgorod.

Now the museum has about 4000 exhibits of icon painting, decorative and applied arts, painting, sculpture, graphics.

The museum actively cooperates with the Russian Museum, Kharkiv and Tula Art Museums, Kursk Art Gallery, creative organizations of sister cities of Belgorod Opole (Poland) and Herne (Germany).

On the first floor of the museum there is an art salon where you can buy various art products. The museum hosts meetings with artists, lessons and lectures for different age categories and even art therapy for pregnant women.