Nizhny Tagil municipal museum of fine arts

Nizhny Tagil Museum of Fine Arts was opened on September 30, 1944. The collection of the museum is more than 8,000 items of storage of works of Russian and Western European art of the XV-XX centuries, at different times received from the State Museum Fund, the State Tretyakov Gallery, the Nizhny Tagil Museum of Local Lore. The museum stores unique works of the Renaissance, including the famous “Tagil Madonna”, attributed to Rafael Santi, as well as a collection of works by K.S. Petrov-Vodkin’s student Pavel Golubyatnikov. The collection of works by Tagil artists, known since the XVIII century Tagil tray, attracts attention. Every year since 1967, exhibitions of children's creativity have been held in the museum. The museum is engaged in educational activities, including in the field of contemporary art, organizing the work of pleinaire seminars. The museum has a department of urban sculpture and creative studios of Tagil artists. Since 2006, the virtual branch of the State Russian Museum with a cinema hall and three workplaces has been opened in the museum. Winner of the “Changing Museum in a Changing World” competition 2010 Project Soldiers - Soldaten. Dedicated to World War II Soldiers