Murmansk Regional Art Museum

Murmansk Regional Art Museum is a landmark of the city of Murmansk only because it is located in the very first public stone building of the city, which is located in the historical center of Murmansk. The TPO building began to be built in May 1927.

On December 19, 1989, the first specialized exhibition hall opened in Murmansk. This event was timed to the VII zonal exhibition "Soviet North". On January 17, 1990, the exhibition hall was transformed into the Murmansk Regional Art Museum, and at the same time works of painting, graphics, sculpture, decorative and applied art from the Murmansk Regional Museum were transferred to its funds.

Now the collection of the art museum has more than 8,000 units of storage of the main fund and 2,000 units of storage of the scientific and auxiliary fund. Picturesque works of the XVIII, XIX and XX centuries, a collection of graphics, including widely presented graphics of Leningrad artists. A significant place in the collection is occupied by the collection of works by Murmansk artists. The section of decorative and applied art presents samples of art crafts of Russia.