Excursion to the Maltsov Crystal Museum

The Khrustal Museum named after Maltsov in the city of Gus-Khrustalny, one of the best museums of domestic art glass, organically blended into the interior of the majestic architectural monument of the late XIX - early XX century - St. George's Cathedral, designed by the outstanding Russian architect Leonty Nikolaevich Benois.

The internal appearance of the temple is a single open space in the form of a basilica with a colonnade of black labradorite, a mosaic “Rejoices about You, Grace...” by the St. Petersburg mosaicist V.A. Frolov and a huge painting “The Last Judgment” by the famous Russian artist V.M. Vasnetsov.

You enter the hall and you are fascinated by the glitter and brilliance of sparkling faces. Quiet-sounding music merges with the magical chime of glass and the singing beauty of temple architecture. This magnificent palace is the Crystal Museum, which presents about 2 thousand amazing works of human hands.

From the first minutes of stay in the museum, the visitor gets acquainted with the most interesting history of Gusev glass, gradually gets acquainted with the crystal wealth of old masters and our talented contemporaries.

The Crystal Museum is a historical landmark of the city, it causes a sense of delight and admiration among tens of thousands of tourists.

Maltsov Krystal Museum