Kineshem Art and History Museum

Kineshem Museum of Art and History was founded in 1919.

The basis of the museum collection consists of objects of painting, graphics, decorative and applied art from the estate of N.P. Ruzsky (1865-1927) - an industrialist, collector who owned the estate of Studennye Keys in the Kineshem district of the Kostroma province.

The most rare of these are:

• works of outstanding Russian artists of the XIX - early XX century: K.A. Savitsky, M.K. Kiselev, S.A. Vinogradov, I.K. Aivazovsky, K.A. Korovin, etc.;
• works of decorative and applied art from metal of the second half of the XIX century: sculpture by E. A. Lancere, cast by the St. Petersburg master F. Chopin; products of artistic cast iron casting by the sculptor P. Klodt von Jurgensburg, Kaslin, Kursk and Western European masters;
• samples of the largest Russian and European porcelain manufactories: Imperial Porcelain Factory, M.S. Kuznetsov Association, German Porcelain Factory in Thuringia, Copenhagen, Vienna, Meissen Manufactories, private factories of F. Gardner, A. Kiselev, A. Popov;
• samples of furniture for the living room XIX - nach XX century. Russian and foreign production: decorated mirrors with pillows, sofas, armchairs, soft headset furniture, office and special furniture, made in various styles.