Ryazan State Regional Art Museum named after I.P. Pozhlastin

The Ryazan State Regional Art Museum bears the name of the famous engraver I.P. Pozhastin, who lived in Ryazan for the last years of his life. Drawings and engravings, donated by the daughters after the artist’s death, formed the basis for the museum collection.

In the collection of the museum today there are more than 12,000 real works of Western European and domestic masters of the XV - XX centuries of various genres and types of art. A significant part of the collection is presented in the section of Russian art, icons and wooden sculptures of the XVI - XVIII centuries, graphics, sculpture and painting by Russian artists. Among the famous names of the masters of domestic art are V.A. Tropinin, V.L. Borovikovsky, A.K. Savrasov, I.K. Aivazovsky, A.G. Venetsianov, I.I. Shishkin, I.I. Levitan, V.I. Surikov, V.A. Serov, K.A. Korovin, I.E. Repin, sculptors A.S. Golubkina, S.T. Konenkov and others.

Now the permanent exposition is supplemented by monthly exhibitions from the museum funds, in addition, it is supplemented from the collections of other different museums of the country, group and personal exhibitions of contemporary artists of St. Petersburg, Moscow, Ryazan and other cities of Russia. The best creations from the museum collection are exhibited at exhibitions in many world countries.

Mode of the museum: from 11 to 19 hours daily, except Mondays