State Museum - reserve "Pavlovsk"

The palace and park ensemble of Pavlovsk is rightly considered an outstanding monument of Russian artistic culture of the late XVIII - early XIX century. It was conceived as a summer residence for the son of Catherine II Paul, then still a great prince. The composition of the palace and park ensemble includes:

1. Pavlovsk Palace is the main building of the museum-reserve. Its creation was attended by outstanding architects, decorators and painters of the XVIII-XIX centuries: C. Cameron, V. Brenna, A. Voronikhin, J. Quarenghi, K. Rossi, P. Gonzaga and others. Funds, expositions, museum departments and services are located here. Pavlovsk Park is a unique monument of landscape art of the late XVIII – early XIX century with a total area of 600 hectares.
2. Pavilions and architectural structures: Pink Pavilion, Cold Bath, Vollier, Peel Tower, Dairy House, Round Hall, Temple of Friendship, Elizabethan Pavilion, Amphitheatre, Pavel Mausoleum, Three Graces Pavilion, Apollo Colonnade, Monument to Parents and others.

State Museum-Reserve "Pavlovsk" has significant art collections that are world famous. The basis is the objects of decorative and applied art and painting of the late XVIII - XIX centuries, collected by the owners of the palace.